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So this should be interesting. I got confirmation this morning that my 2016 Nissan Titan XD diesel is in shipping, and I'll see it in early January.
A little back story, I run the leasing department for one of Canada's bigger rental/sales/leasing/fleet companies. Our current fleet is around 12,000 vehicles; most of which are pickups. My department has about 1/4 of those vehicles. Any time anything new comes out, I order up a few of them.
I'm torn now, because I'm loving my Rebel, and already have another on order to replace my silver one. But I'm excited to try this new Titan. as I'm a firm believer in diesels. I actually wish my Rebel had the EcoDiesel in it.
Back in 2012, I spent six months with a Titan Pro4X and loved it. Fantastic truck, but definitely starting to feel old, as it hasn't had any real upgrades to speak of since it launched in 2004. So Nissan really had to do something special with this new one. The specs are sound good. 5.0L V8 Cummins diesel, the same 6-speed auto transmission that's found in the Ram 3500. Not sure why Nissan went the"heavy half" route, and didn't just beef it up a little more to make it a true heavy duty 3/4 ton. Especially considering that there will be a standard Titan as well as the Titan XD.
Will give a full report on how it compares. I ordered a Pro4X model with the Luxury package. Got to drive a pre-production model for about 5 minutes back in September, and it felt pretty good.
One thing I've noticed, no matter what I drive, I always seem to come back to a Ram. I'm not expecting this upcoming Titan experience to be any different.
A little back story, I run the leasing department for one of Canada's bigger rental/sales/leasing/fleet companies. Our current fleet is around 12,000 vehicles; most of which are pickups. My department has about 1/4 of those vehicles. Any time anything new comes out, I order up a few of them.
I'm torn now, because I'm loving my Rebel, and already have another on order to replace my silver one. But I'm excited to try this new Titan. as I'm a firm believer in diesels. I actually wish my Rebel had the EcoDiesel in it.
Back in 2012, I spent six months with a Titan Pro4X and loved it. Fantastic truck, but definitely starting to feel old, as it hasn't had any real upgrades to speak of since it launched in 2004. So Nissan really had to do something special with this new one. The specs are sound good. 5.0L V8 Cummins diesel, the same 6-speed auto transmission that's found in the Ram 3500. Not sure why Nissan went the"heavy half" route, and didn't just beef it up a little more to make it a true heavy duty 3/4 ton. Especially considering that there will be a standard Titan as well as the Titan XD.
Will give a full report on how it compares. I ordered a Pro4X model with the Luxury package. Got to drive a pre-production model for about 5 minutes back in September, and it felt pretty good.
One thing I've noticed, no matter what I drive, I always seem to come back to a Ram. I'm not expecting this upcoming Titan experience to be any different.




