Nissan
has announced it will offer a newly-developed Cummins V8 turbo diesel in its
next generation full-size Titan pickup.
Now in the latter stages of
development and testing, the available Cummins 5-litre V8 Turbo Diesel engine
has been “optimized for the next generation Titan” as a result of the
partnership between Cummins and Nissan. Cummins also is developing a version of
the engine for its commercial vehicle customers.
The big question everyone
is asking is: “Will the new V8 diesel carry the latest in cylinder block
technology, namely a vee block cast in compacted graphite iron (CGI)?
