Is this the future of the Powerstroke?

Nissan to ready diesel pickup in US by 2009 -paper
TOKYO, June 15 (Reuters) -

Nissan Motor Co. is preparing a diesel-powered version of its Titan full-sized pickup truck by 2009 for the United States, with engines built by local truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp. , industrial daily Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun reported on Friday. Japan's third-biggest automaker, held 44 percent by Renault SA , offers no diesel vehicle now in the United States, where the fuel-efficient powertrain is used mostly on commercial vehicles including large pickup trucks.

A spokeswoman at Nissan said the company could not comment on future product plans.

Nissan launched the Titan, its first and only full-sized pickup, in 2004 hoping to carve a place in the lucrative, U.S.-dominated segment, but sales have failed to live up to expectations.

In May, Nissan sold 4,899 Titans, down 18 percent from the year before. So far this year, sales are down 15 percent at 28,668 units.

A 2008 model year Titan went on sale in April in a segment facing stiffer competition from Toyota Motor Corp.'s remodelled Tundra, which Japan's top carmaker has called its most important product launch to date.

Toyota has hinted that it would eventually offer a gasoline-electric hybrid version of the Tundra.

The U.S. pickup market is dominated by Ford Motor Co.'s F-Series and General Motors Corp.'s Chevy Silverado, the two best-selling vehicles in the world's biggest auto market.

International Truck and Engine Corp., Navistar's principal operating company and the exclusive supplier of diesel engines to Ford's Super Duty pickups, will supply Nissan with the V8 diesel engines, the Nikkan Kogyo said.

The Titan is now powered by a 5.6-litre V8 gasoline engine.

Nissan is due to launch a diesel version of its Maxima sedan in the United States in 2010 with engines produced by Renault.

 

wow...still dont think ford has anything to worry about UNLESS...they can make them more powerfull and cost less....

 

How ironic!!

I'm putting a 6.0 engine and drivetrain into a Navara(Frontier). Maybe I'll beat Nissan to it!

Yes it will be a major project, custom chassis, airbag suspension etc, etc.

 

The engine will add $7300 to the cost of the truck alone. The titans suspion will greatly need to be inproved. The titan in my area cost around $4000 more than a f150 trimmed trhe same way. Its good to see that the great amercian backbone in unwaving when it comes to its trucks. It stinks that japan cornered our electronic market and made a pretty good number on our autos. But I dont think when it comes to work you cant beat good all USA muscle.

 

Why is all this junk being posted in the 6.0 section??? I dont care about nissannnn, this is the 6.0 forum, am I wrong? I thought there was other sections for this..... I could suck up a nissan in my intake and spit it out my exhaust, and I think thats all there good for.....

 

Moved to FvC

 

Titans are built in Canton, Mississippi, not in Japan.

 

For a pickup to be a sales success, it has to have a substantial commercial market. I haven't seen and don't forsee a commercial market for the Titan. That is also a challenge for Toyota. Commercial users already have the mechanics, tools and experience to maintain and repair Fords and Chevys and changing over to another brand as well as the availability of reasonably and readily available parts.

 

I wouldn't say they are "built in America" but rather they are "assembled in America" and they are mostlikely assembled my robots and such.

 

Everyone uses robots today.

Titan domestic parts content = 65%

Tundra domestic parts content = 75%

 

I still haven't been able to figure out why Nissan using a Navistar diesel is a bad thing?

Presuming, of course, they don't use the Powertstroke(tm) brand...

What am I missing?

 

toyota and nissian do not have a full size truck capable of living up to a diesel yet...but a new model will appear if they follow through.

 

I can imagine a 6.4l Navistar/Powerstroke with a CVT behind it- as long as they put something a bit stouter than a D44 in the back end.

 

So your saying??????????
I was talking about the powerstroke and not the ford nor was I bashing the titan. But since you did brang it up....... On what playing field does the titan measure up even close to a ford superduty? Right here this day it doesnt. They will have to build that critter, and even then it wont add up. Look at the 1/2 tons. The f150 has answered every challege that toyota and nissian has came up with. I think nissian is getting the right idea. To sell units in America its going to have to appel to our appatite. Theres only a handful in my area that likes rice for the most part its beans and taters.

 

Titan measure up to a SD? It doesn't. As far as the F150 measuring up to a Titan or Tundra, it depends on what you are comparing it to. Styling goes to the F150 exterior and interior, but F150's don't have the same power the other two have. Not one magazine has rated the 2007 F150 higher than either the Tundra or Titan. I'm not blaming Ford, it takes years to develop a new truck. When introduced in 2004, the current F150 was the benchmark, but things develop so quickly today, after three years, the F150 has fallen behind.


The topic of this thread was Nissan Titan with a cornbinder diesel. I only added the made in the USA remark because that where Titans are assembled.

As a former Nawlins resident, I prefer red beans and rice.