The Dodge/Nissan Thor or The Current Titan?

*Mr. Finch* · 04-20-2008, 06:49 PM

Hi guys,

I am trying to decide if I should get an 08 Titan or wait for the redesigned Dodge/Nissan Thor, which I am told will be available later next year. From what I understand, the Nissan Thor will basically be a re badged version of the current Ram with a unique power-train and styling.

The new Ram 1500 looks good but they have sacrificed payload for ride comfort and without driving one, it seems more geared to being a passenger vehicle than a truck.

Currently, I drive a Frontier but I want a larger truck.

*bbomar* · 04-20-2008, 07:07 PM

I would wait if I were you.................

Then in 2010 give us a full review!!

37L1 · 04-20-2008, 07:09 PM

Thor?

Thounds like thomthin' you put ointment on.

*Mr. Finch* · 04-20-2008, 07:44 PM

The problem is that I'm not sure I can wait for the Thor. My Frontier is at
250k and may not go another year.

I do like the bed rail boxes on the new Ram; hopefully they make it on the Thor.

PSNissanFleetMgr · 04-20-2008, 08:08 PM

Which engine is in your Frontier? 3.3L?

If it means anything, I just took in a 2000 Mercury Villager with the Nissan 3.3L and 296000 miles. They are great engines.

GlendaleTitan · 04-20-2008, 08:10 PM

cant find any info on "Thor" Google brings up MX stuff an Monster jam truck "Thor".

hemislayer1 · 04-20-2008, 08:12 PM

i would stick with the fronti they way gas is going. I wish i had my nismo still.

**Arachnid** · 04-20-2008, 08:18 PM

I'm not sure why you would wait for the Dodge/Nissan when we really don't know if it's really going to happen, or if it does how it will be configured. If you like the Titan then buy one.

*bbomar* · 04-20-2008, 08:20 PM

There is not yet a new name for the truck replacing the Titan....

Thor is your imagination!! LOL

Unless of course you have info no one else does!!

*KillerBBBs* · 04-20-2008, 08:20 PM

From what I read Dodge will make the 2011 models.

GlendaleTitan · 04-20-2008, 08:24 PM

please share your source.

MuskyHunter · 04-20-2008, 08:27 PM

I don't think I will ever buy a brand new design vehicle until after a few years of having production kinks worked out. With that said, buying an 08 will give you a reliable vehicle until you get your "Thor" in 2013 or 2014.

*Mr. Finch* · 04-20-2008, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSNissanFleetMgr

Which engine is in your Frontier? 3.3L?

If it means anything, I just took in a 2000 Mercury Villager with the Nissan 3.3L and 296000 miles. They are great engines.

Yes, it is a 3.3L 4X4. I have maintained it since new so mabe it will go another year then. I just get nervous after 250k.

I don't think there will be too many changes to the new Ram 1500 before the Thor debuts but I still want the Nissan touches. Besides, they should have all the kinks worked out of the new Ram by the time the first Thor rolls off the assembly line.

*KillerBBBs* · 04-20-2008, 08:35 PM

I can't post the link because I don't have enough post yet! but here the story....but I may be wrong about the year.

Chrysler, Nissan will expand list of products they share
New small car, full-size pickup won't affect plants in Tennessee
By G. CHAMBERS WILLIAMS III • Staff Writer • April 15, 2008

Nissan has agreed to begin building a small car for Chrysler to sell in North America and other markets beginning in 2010, while Chrysler will provide Nissan with a full-size pickup a year later to replace the slow-selling Titan.

The agreement — announced Monday — expands a shared-product deal that the two automakers announced in January, in which Nissan will provide a variation of its Versa subcompact sedan for Chrysler to sell in parts of South America.

Nissan plans to build the new small car for Chrysler LLC at a Nissan factory in Japan, while Chrysler would manufacture the light-duty pickup, based on the Dodge Ram chassis, at its plant in Saltillo, Mexico.

None of the changes will affect Nissan's auto assembly plant in Smyrna or its engine plant in Decherd, Tenn., the company said from its North American headquarters here.

In a telephone news conference, Dominique Thormann, senior vice president for administration and finance at Nissan North America, said Nissan decided to go with a Chrysler-built pickup to replace the Titan because of the high development costs of a new model.

Because of changes in U.S. environmental and safety regulations, the current Titan would have to be extensively redesigned for 2011, he said. With current sales of the Titan at just 60,000 a year — compared with more than 900,000 a year for General Motors Corp.'s industry-leading line of full-size pickups — the deal to let Chrysler make the new Nissan truck makes more sense financially.

Although Chrysler will build the new Nissan truck, its design will be "unique to Nissan," Thormann said. But it will use engines from Chrysler, and not the 5.6-liter V-8, built at the Decherd plant, that now powers the Titan, he said. That engine is used in several other Nissan vehicles, as well.

"This agreement will extend the offerings we have now" with the Titan, Thormann said, which is limited to the one engine and two cab and bed configurations. Chrysler offers a variety of V-6 and V-8 engines in its Ram pickups, and it is planning to add diesel and gasoline-electric hybrid powertrains in the near future.

"We're not giving up on the Titan," he said. "There is a customer base we need to satisfy. We're a small player now. We don't compete in 100 percent of (the) segment. We had to decide how we could satisfy our customer base, and so what we are announcing is very much a win-win situation."

GlendaleTitan · 04-20-2008, 08:40 PM

Although Chrysler will build the new Nissan truck, its design will be "unique to Nissan," Thormann said. But it will use engines from Chrysler, and not the 5.6-liter V-8, built at the Decherd plant, that now powers the Titan, he said. That engine is used in several other Nissan vehicles, as well.

Cant imagine having a 318 or 360 in a titan!

Thormann=Thor?