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Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
Posted on 04/09/2008 10:51:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
Nissan Motor Co. plans to break into the U.S. market for light commercial vehicles, and the move means more work for Cummins Inc. The Columbus company will make diesel engines for the three new offerings, Nissan said.
Nissan wouldn't discuss specifics, but officials said the vehicles will range from pickup trucks to buses and that they'll hit the market in the first half of 2010, according to the Associated Press. Nissan officials made the announcement at a Monday press conference in Detroit.
Nissan will spend $118 million to expand a Canton, Miss., production plant to build the vehicles, and German-based ZF Friedrichshafen will make the transmissions.
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
KnOcK!.............
Nissan is behind the curve. The new VW TDIs will be available this summer.
But these engines are Cummins............
Is that TDI a pickup or a bus?
This should make the Toyota folks either sh*t or get off the pot regarding the cat engine myth in the tundras.
I would have loved too see the cummins in the tundras.....dang !
my current project of shoehorning a 05 / 5,9L cummins 610 into a old 1992 FJ80 landcruiser is going along fine.....looking for some volvo truck portals to stuff under it etc......will post some pics and a story as to the work done when I am finished for ya’ll to help me find the good and bad......
But, but I thought in-sourcing of jobs would only help Japan!
I don’t understand, these are AMERICAN-MADE and designed engines!
(Yes, intentional stupidity.)
To be honest, I missed THAT part of the article. :{
couple = coupe
Cummins does make small diesels, too......
According to another thread, Nissan intends to use those engines in light commercial trucks assembled in Mississippi. They're aiming at GM and Ford, not VW.
Yep, v-6 and v-8 set to show up starting late 09 as early 10 models.
“my current project of shoehorning a 05 / 5,9L cummins 610 into a old 1992 FJ80 landcruiser is going along fine.....looking for some volvo truck portals to stuff under it etc......will post some pics and a story as to the work done when I am finished for ya’ll to help me find the good and bad......”
That’s pretty cool. They make a long bed Diesel Land Cruiser that they ship to Africa and Asia that I always wanted. I had a 76’ that I dearly loved, built like a tank.
Oh yeah there are some very cool versions overseas. I saw a bunch of em in middle east, Oman, Qatar, Kenya, UAE, SEA, South Africa and Australia etc etc ......Aussie versions are diesels off the shelf and that made converting mine easier as the frame will carry the cummins easy. Minor mods needed.......
Still a work in progress, very little left of the original drive train. The FJ80 series had a very very good drive train yet that six under the hood just died on me finally after 412k......:o) the body and interior is near perfect condition so it was just a project that had to be done IMO.
Looked at a ramjet, a cummins 4BT etc as that would have been an easier project and my insurance lady kept an eye out for a totaled dodge w/ a cummins. Bingo !
As stated I will post some pics and ping ya when I get er done !
Stay safe !
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