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Cummins To Supply 4-Cylinder Diesel For Nissan Titan – HybridCars.com

15 May 2015 | Author: dima | Comments Off

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Today Cummins of Ind. is expected to announce a diesel engine developed for use in Titan full-sized pickup

This is according to the Wall Journal which cited familiar with the arrangement.

After this pre-news was released, Nissan issued a that its Titan would receive a 5.0-liter Cummins V8 – different than the four-cylinder reported.

Nissan announced it will a newly-developed Cummins V8 turbo in its next-generation full-size pickup. The came during Nissan an industry showcase of Nissan#8217;s product and technology portfolio.

fact that we#8217;ve working on this together for a of time, we#8217;ve had the time to do it right,#8221; said Ric Kleine, President of Cummins, Inc.

The V8 turbo diesel engine from a partnership between and Cummins. It#8217;s now in the latter of development and testing. Cummins is developing a version of the engine for its vehicle customers.

#8220;Mainly, we#8217;ve had a great between our engineering teams, and for us, just been a great to work together,#8221; said #8230;

#8230; For competitive Nissan is not yet announcing launch for the truck.

But engineering prototype trucks by the Cummins engine are already extensive public-highway performance and testing.

#8220;Hopefully the Titan no longer be the best kept especially now that we have the power plan and the unique new I think we are going to make everyone in the world knows the new Nissan Titan,#8221; Diaz.

The Titan’s sales flagged in comparison to offerings by Motors and Ford, and last Nissan sold 21,576 in the U.S. and a few more in Canada and the East.

Previously Cummins had been a four-cylinder diesel for Chrysler’s RAM but in the wake of the 2009 Chrysler that contract was voided.

already supplies a powerful diesel for Dodge pickup that is also used in duty commercial applications.

Cummins is the largest supplier of duty truck engines in America, and holds down 40 of the market.

The new four-cylinder diesel slated for the Nissan was reportedly under a U.S. Department of program. The decision to use it in the Titan followed just months Nissan hired as sales former Chrysler Ram brand Fred Diaz.

Nissan’s of Chrysler’s lead is also not precedent in the area of chassis. In Nissan had said it would buy Chrysler its RAM truck platform to the Titan. For this chassis, had planned to trade a compact car desired by Chrysler, but its bankruptcy this deal as well.