Nissan Plans to go Diesel

Optimist · 12-01-2005, 03:24 PM

"You'll probably see large diesel pickups and SUVs," Nissan's Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo Friday. "We are preparing it."

http://www.aiada.org/article.asp?id=53491

Wings · 12-01-2005, 09:55 PM

In Europe Nissan's Patrol has been available with a diesel engine for years. Both my Dad and my brother have been driving them, they haul big campers and boats around.

92TripleBlack · 12-01-2005, 10:00 PM

There have been threads on this for almost a year. My buddy has been working on it since February. Old news.

Optimist · 12-01-2005, 10:22 PM

Old news? This is the 1st official word from “the man, head honcho, big cheese” that I am aware of.
Yes Wings, I am aware but this is specific to the consumer truck line.

Wings · 12-01-2005, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Optimist

Old news? This is the 1st official word from “the man, head honcho, big cheese” that I am aware of.
Yes Wings, I am aware but this is specific to the consumer truck line.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean with the "consumer truck line". The Patrol is just an SUV...not a commercial type truck-or did I misunderstand?

Optimist · 12-01-2005, 11:02 PM

Wings my fault, Love the Patrol by the way. I have Mitsu's version the Pajero well Montero here anyway.

This is the 1st for the NA market & I assume will share no components from "Patrol" nor Nissans commercial counterparts, the only significance of the article was Ghosn’s acknowledgement of what was until now just rumor.

I assume plenty of news will now follow.

PHOEBISIS · 12-02-2005, 11:33 AM

Will it still be the Cummins V-8 that has been discussed here?Has Cummins ever made a V-8 before?Do they make a V-8 now?Thanks.Charlie

QShip · 12-02-2005, 11:59 AM

I'll be glad when they come out with the diesel Titan.

GO_VOLS! · 12-02-2005, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by PHOEBISIS

Will it still be the Cummins V-8 that has been discussed here?Has Cummins ever made a V-8 before?Do they make a V-8 now?Thanks.Charlie

The Dodge Cummins is a V8.

kman · 12-02-2005, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PHOEBISIS

Will it still be the Cummins V-8 that has been discussed here?Has Cummins ever made a V-8 before?Do they make a V-8 now?Thanks.Charlie

they're going to have to i think, otherwise if they try to shoe horn an I6 in we'll be resting our coffee on the valve cover!

akangl · 12-02-2005, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GO_VOLS!

The Dodge Cummins is a V8.

Nope, the Dodge Cummins is a 5.9L I-6 (inline 6 cyl), the best design out there, there is no question an inline diesel is the way to go.......its what the big rigs have.

*BAT1* · 12-03-2005, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by GO_VOLS!

The Dodge Cummins is a V8.

The Powerstroke is an 8 cyl., not the Cummins as the post above states.