IKTR x0

Nissan: *eyes American trucks* "What's the diesel engine of the most popular truck?"

Board member #1: "Power Stroke?" (Ford)

Board member #2 "Duramax!" (Chevrolet/GMC)

Nissan: "No, no. Those aren't it... Ah! What's those Ram guys have? Cummins?" *Rubs hands manically* "We shall borrow the idea of the most popular American truck! Everyone shall buy our Titan XDs! Weeeeeeee!"

With a crack of thunder, a lightning bolt strikes a random Nissan Titan on the street, and he is endowed with the gift of having a diesel engine (even though his transmission wasn't made for it really well)~

In actuality, the Titan was first born in 2004 as a gasoline-only pick-up. The diesel option didn't come around until 12 years later, and then they killed it off.

"Development of the Titan began in September 1999, with design work under Diane Allen. Giovanny Arroba's TA60 exterior was chosen in late 2000, with a final production freeze in July 2001. The design language of the future truck was previewed by the 2001 Alpha T concept shown at the 2001 Detroit Auto Show, which had previously developed through November 2000.

Production began on September 21, 2003 and sales on December 1, 2003. The Titan used Nissan's new full-size F-Alpha platform. This new platform was shared with the Nissan Armada and Infiniti QX56 SUVs, with all three manufactured in Canton, Mississippi, United States. The first generation Titan continued without a major redesign through 2015.

The second-generation Titan was to be a lightly reskinned, rebadged version of the Dodge Ram (I wasn't making this up, lol), but those plans fell through with the 2008 worldwide financial crisis.

Nissan unveiled the second generation Titan at the 2015 North American International Auto Show. The company targeted 5 percent market share, or 100,000 annual sales in U.S. Sales reached 21,880 units in 2016.

The standard engine is a 5.6-liter V8 gasoline engine. The engine increased in power compared to the previous model, producing 390 hp (290 kW) and 394 lb⋅ft (534 N⋅m) of torque mated to a seven-speed automatic. Additionally, through the end of 2019, the second-generation Titan offered a 310-horsepower (230 kW) Cummins 5.0-liter turbodiesel V8 that produces almost 555 lb⋅ft (752 N⋅m) of torque. The engine is referred to as the ISV.

The second-generation Titan is available in two forms, regular and XD. The XD version is built on a heavy-duty frame based on Nissan's commercial vehicle line and includes the Cummins diesel engine as an option. The platform is shared with the Nissan NV."

"Saying goodbye to the best pickup Nissan ever built. The Nissan Titan XD Cummins is dead after four years of production. Starting in 2020, the Cummins turbodiesel 5.0-liter V-8 will no longer be available in Nissan's full-size pickup. It's part of an effort to stanch the brand's bleeding."

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Nissan Titan
2004-Present Day



The XD~