I just cant get with this program...

I would say this is going to change the whole ballgame. Watch all the ½T haters try and bad mouth it, with out ever seeing one or driving one, just because it has ½T on its badge......

I know eh?
Its just wrong
cummins-ram thats how it has always been.
I hate change :-)

That engine should be in the Ram 1500, but that said it is still less HP than the EB. It will be interesting what the GVWR, GAWR, and tow ratings will be for this truck.

6 bolt hubs. That seems a little under whelming.

I'm waiting for the sticker shock.

Looks good to me. Am quite satisfied with my 14 Ram, but I guarantee if I were in the market for a half ton pickup, I would be waiting to check this one out.

. This motor just doesn't belong in this truck. Anyway, as much as I would like Chrysler not to be a foriegn company I do think Fiat is doing a good job. I understand why they would go with the Motori diesel but I certainly would have loved to see this motor in the 1/2 ton Ram, heck I would have loved to see this motor as a cheaper alternative in the HD Rams. As far as the Titan goes, it looks pretty good IMO.

Fiat wanted their motors in the 1500 Ram trucks. That is the reason. I think all of us would have loved to see the Cummins in the half ton Rams. But it is what it is. Titans have not been selling well. This should propel the sluggish Titan sales higher and higher on the charts and give the Tundra serious competition.

A few years ago Mercedes was thinking of putting their diesel into the Ram trucks but stopped short when they realized the love affair between Ram owners and the Cummins engine. They were smart not to mess with that very successful relationship. Some people put the Cummins into other brands of trucks, almost nobody puts any other diesel into a Ram.

I think Nissan will price the new Titan XD right between a 1500 and 2500 series truck. That seems to be their marketing strategy, aim right in between a 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton.

The Cummins wouldn't of gotten Ram the mpg they needed. The Motori does. The Cummins would've drooped that already low payload number even further. No use having all that power if you don't get high mpg's and can't carry enough in the bed for TT's

A 5.0L Cummins? A V8 no less?

What's the point? It's not that much smaller than the venerable 5.9L. Probably weighs just as much.

The Fiat diesel in the 1500 Rams is a much better match for that size/capacity truck.

How about the transmission- both Nissan and Ram HD offer an Aisin.
Certainly Ram was offered this 1/2 ton (Cummins/Aisin) combo first and decided to pass on it-
My guess is that the economics of "buying" in house made more sense than going outside. Perhaps the cost of going outside was too expensive for them to be able to sell many trucks or perhaps they got greedy and could make an extra few dollars staying inside. Perhaps the MPG was what they were after- which at todays oil price is far less of an issue.

Given the choice I would absolutely buy the Nissan (Cummins/Aisin) over the Ram (Fiat/Motori) offering. Nissan makes good vehicles and with a Cummins/Aisin- it's a no brainer! The thing is gonna be a 1/2 ton brute built for the long haul!