Diesel Titan Info
Here is a little info video on the new Nissan Titan Diesel. The shape reminds me of the GM's. Just form looks I wish it was a little taller in the front (also like the GM's). And I think it will be...
Forum Discussion
ksss wrote:
There is no way Nissan or Toyota will be able to offer 500 plus foot pounds, and a payload capacity of 2k or higher and call it a .5 ton. Its not going to happen. The specs of the Cummins are very close to the specs of the LB7 Duramax. That power was wrapped in a HD pickup. I don't see how they can now harness that kind of power in a half ton pickup and expect it to hold up, unless they have electronically restrained it to the point light duty running gear can hold it. Then your paying for power you cant even use. I suspect the payload of these Cummins half tons will be around 1100 pounds. It will be hard to justify low twenties mpg, true half ton capacity, and pay the upcosts for the diesel.
The Ecodiesel is about 6 miles per gallon short of being where a half ton needs to be to make the dollars work. I think the greatest success for Nissan and Toyota would be in a midpowered 2500-3500 pickup. Offer it for 45-50K nicely loaded and they would sell. Now the mpg, capacity and money make sense together.
If they've limited the payload to 1100# they've made a big mistake.
But here's some teaser shots of the new Nissan Cummins. Looks pretty robust to me. Can anybody ID the rear end (#8)? the transfer case (#6)? the tranny(#7)?
Teaser shots
