Titan Diesel

[Cjack1]

Maybe i missed another thread.... Dodge building the Titan

[Cjack1]

Originally Posted by Cjack1

Maybe i missed another thread.... Dodge building the Titan

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[Leadsled124]

Originally Posted by Endurance57

Isuzu is owned by GM. Nissan has no relationships with them currently.

But Nissan is AXEing the current Titan design and will be allowing Dodge to make them a truck to replace the Titan under the Titan name. As of this moment, the Versa badged as a Chrysler will only be sold in Africa.

So what ur saying is its gunna fall apart on the freeway. nice

[12glocks]

Diesels are coming, there coming in cars and in trucks. The head of Toyota said they will have to do it in their trucks to meet future gas mileage requirements, not to mention it is what us consumers want.

My read on the Nissan Dodge relationship is that Dodge may supply the heavy trucks and they will share development costs with each other. I have been wrong before.

Last I heard GM does not own Isuzu but had a contract with them to make their diesel powerplants. I heard that contract expired (but I do not follow GM closely) which is why they are going in house on there half ton diesel powerplant. I contend the previous poster about GM owning Isuzu is incorrect.

As to the Cummins issue, I thought that contract (about the exclusiveness) had expired as well?

The head of Toyota has announced in the mainstream press that the 2009 Tundra will have a diesel V8.

Message to the bean counter running Nissan: I'll be happy to buy a diesel Titan. I'll be happy to buy a diesel Tundra if you don't make one. If I wanted a Dodge I would have one already.

[EricCartmann]

I hope it will be 2011 when they come out. That is when my truck will be paid off and I will be ready to buy another new truck.

[Juday]

Originally Posted by Endurance57

Isuzu is owned by GM. Nissan has no relationships with them currently.

But Nissan is AXEing the current Titan design and will be allowing Dodge to make them a truck to replace the Titan under the Titan name. As of this moment, the Versa badged as a Chrysler will only be sold in Africa.

Where did you hear this from?

[Juday]

Originally Posted by Endurance57

True only about the part the Titan is being discontinued, but they will continue to have the Titan but it will be a Dodge truck built for Nissan with the cummings..

Along with this statement. What is the source of your information?





















Also, it's "Cummins" by the way (not to be a jackass about it).

[TitanEngineer]

Originally Posted by Endurance57

Isuzu is owned by GM. Nissan has no relationships with them currently.

But Nissan is AXEing the current Titan design and will be allowing Dodge to make them a truck to replace the Titan under the Titan name. As of this moment, the Versa badged as a Chrysler will only be sold in Africa.

I love these diesel threads, always with the same bad info:

GM Owned stock in Isuzu as of last fall they sold their stake, however they do still control the plant that makes the Duramax motor as it was a coop project between the two. and before it gets said ford doesnt own Cummins or any part of it.

Previously before more recent events, there was a deal between Nissan and Navistar for a diesel but with the light of a possible new partnership with chrysler than if they are building the new Nissan trucks than I can only guess that they will be getting the same light duty diesel motor that Dodge is putting into the ram in 09. I have been prodding old friends at the plant but all they know is rumors nothing has been said for certain yet, its all still up in the air

[Riverratt]

I think getting the Titan production out of Mississippi would be the best thing Nissan could do. If they haven't figured out how to assemble a truck by now (and they haven't) they never will.

[Nissanloyalist]

This is the only official staement I could find between Nissan and Chrysler. http://www.nissannews.com/corporate/...11090733.shtml

[Yahooligan]

The deal with Cummins and Dodge isn't that Cummins is/was only allowed to supply engines to Dodge for light-duty trucks, but the other way around. Dodge has a contract with Cummins that says Cummins will be the exclusive supplier of diesel engines for their Ram trucks.

Cummins is more than welcome to supply engines to whoever they please.

[TitanEngineer]

Originally Posted by Riverratt

I think getting the Titan production out of Mississippi would be the best thing Nissan could do. If they haven't figured out how to assemble a truck by now (and they haven't) they never will.

I take pretty big offense to this statement, the only quality problems the titan ever had were design related and had nothing to do with it being assembled in Mississippi. Over half of the Altimas assembled every year are built here and they still sell strong and are quality vehicles. If Mississippi was so bad, i don't believe Toyota would be coming here to build a plant of their own.

[TitanLou]

Originally Posted by TitanEngineer

I take pretty big offense to this statement, the only quality problems the titan ever had were design related and had nothing to do with it being assembled in Mississippi. Over half of the Altimas assembled every year are built here and they still sell strong and are quality vehicles. If Mississippi was so bad, i don't believe Toyota would be coming here to build a plant of their own.

I agree, I know some good people in Mississippi.

[Riverratt]

Take this test:

Go to a Nissan dealer and look at 5 different Titans. On each truck check the following items:
1) front door seals mounted on the cab. Look for folds / wrinkles
2) gap between outer aft ends of bumper cover and fender, left and right sides. Varies side to side and truck to truck.
3) forward end of sealant which covers the roof splice on the RH and LH sides (in the channels). Width and taper varies on the forward ends.

Good luck finding two alike. Whan a design has not changed since 2004 and there is still this much variability from side to side and truck to truck, I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

[RckyMtnTitan]

Originally Posted by Riverratt

Take this test:

Go to a Nissan dealer and look at 5 different Titans. On each truck check the following items:
1) front door seals mounted on the cab. Look for folds / wrinkles
2) gap between outer aft ends of bumper cover and fender, left and right sides. Varies side to side and truck to truck.
3) forward end of sealant which covers the roof splice on the RH and LH sides (in the channels). Width and taper varies on the forward ends.

Good luck finding two alike. Whan a design has not changed since 2004 and there is still this much variability from side to side and truck to truck, I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

When you find a real problem, something that would actually constitute a poorly built truck, that would actually be drastic enough to change locations of the plant, get back to us.