2016 Toyota Tundra to come with Cummins diesel

otrfun wrote:
1. Toyota has offered an OEM supercharger for their 1/2 ton 5.7 V8 since 2007. It boosts the stock engine from 381 HP/401 ft. lbs. to 500+ HP/550 ft. lbs of torque--equivalent torque specs to the 5.0 Cummins. Absolutely no engine or frame issues with this combo. No reason to believe there would be any issues with the 5.0 Cummins. FWIW, The OEM Toyota factory warranty still remains in effect with the supercharger as long as a Toyota dealer installs the supercharger.

Cracked frames on the 1st gen Dodge chassis showed up towing much heavier loads than a Toyota can handle. Plenty of reasons to think the light duty Toyota frame isn't up to up to towing big heavy trailer with either engine.

2. How can Toyota (or Nissan) seriously compete in the 3/4 ton market when they're not competitive in the 1/2 ton market? Big 3 buyers are pretty finicky and very brand faithful--especially in the macho, Heavy-Duty market What could Toyota and Nissan offer to compete head-on with the Big 3, big displacement, high-torque (850+ ft. lb.) diesels?

Looks like your looking for a argument.
Never said anything about Nissan. What I said was quote;
"IMO Toyota knows at some point they will have too compete in the HD pickup market. The 3/4 ton is the most popular of the HD pickups so naturally they would start at that point."
Toyota would like to compete in the 3/4 ton truck market. There is a place for a 3/4 ton HD pickup with a 300-500 new gen diesel that can show lower fuel usage rates and less maintenance and less up front costs.
Truck owners in the 3/4 ton market now have either the huge 750-850 ft lb diesel or a high hp smallblock gas guzzler at high rpms at high noise levels. IMO a 300/500 diesel would have a place in a HD 3/4 ton for a start.