I just cant get with this program...

mich800 wrote:

Tystevens wrote:
I'm not sure I get this truck, either. The engine seems like overkill in a 1/2 ton, especially in light of what Ford and RAM are getting out of their 3.5 and 3l V-6's. It would seem to fit in a 3/4 ton package, but if Nissan is 'bragging' about a 10k gooseneck, the ratings probably aren't there.

I hate to admit it, as I am vocal about being not brand loyal at all, but I also would like to see this in an American truck. I really couldn't see myself buying a Nissan truck, no matter what it could do.

Of course, 4 or 5 years ago, I couldn't have seen myself buying and loving a V6 truck, either, so I guess you never know ...

Would you buy the Ram if it had the v8 cummins? They are a foreign company. Would you buy the Nissan if Ford purchased the company? I know it has been stated before. But pretty much all the auto manufacturers are public corporations. You can put as many American dollars as you want into their stock and buy something from a company YOU own not a foreign entity.

I probably should have explained better (or not included it in the first place, more likely). My pickup truck preference is less a function of corporate ownership nationality and more sentimentality and history. I just kinda like my trucks to be historically American based and made. A Cummins engine in a domestic brand makes the needle move for me. This combo, not so much. I suppose this is why the Tundra and Titan have never really appealed to me, regardless of their comparative specifications.

I seem to like my full sized trucks American, my cars and chainsaws German, my hiking boots Italian, and my handguns Austrian. No reason why, just that's what I'm used to, I guess.