Nissan has finally updated the Titan! Yes, last year they launched the Titan XD but it cannot be considered a direct successor to the first-generation Titan as it is more of a three-quarter-ton truck than a half-ton. The 2017 Nissan Titan is a true second-generation Titan and Nissan hopes to capture more of the market with this second kick at

On a chilly morning, the Nissan Titan XD’s Cummins Turbodiesel V8 fires up after a few slightly laborious cranks which suggest something big is about to awaken. Ignition is achieved promptly after a little glow-plug warming and engine cranking, before charming diesel sound effects and vibrations move through the Titan’s body and cabin. Then, the en

“We didn’t want this truck to be a compromise,” says Rich Miller, chief designer of Titan for Nissan. His pride when he speaks about the team’s efforts on the Titan is palpable, as is his evangelical way of spruiking the purpose of this truck. “The Titan line-up fits into 80 percent of this market.” It’s not playing the numbers game, it

Truck buyers are a loyal bunch. Nissan knows this, which is why when it initially launched its second-generation Titan XD pickup, it acknowledged Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge in its "Shoulders of Giants" advertisement, thanking the big three Detroit manufacturers for showing the way forward. "Our philosophy is that if you build a good work truck

The 2017 Nissan Titan, a gasoline powered, non-fraternal twin of the Titan XD diesel unveiled in New York last week further expands Nissan's toehold in the truck market. It may share the same aggressive styling as the XD, but under the skin they are very different vehicles. "The Titan XD helped bring attention and street cred to our tru

Tucson, Arizona – Billowing red sand in our wake, we plow down the embankment and rumble along a dusty road hacked into the arid Arizona back-country. Towering saguaro cactus line the roadside like sentinels as we bounce over rolling desert in the rusty foothills of the McDowell Mountain Range. It's a bold move by Nissan – who have spent six

The rest of the world must look to North Americans and our obsession with pickup trucks in quiet awe. Our penchant for costly utility machines goes beyond the necessities of work vehicles, with many folks seemingly snatching them up for the perceived macho image they project. When the truck rolls on oversized, all-terrain rubber, wears butch-loo

Nissan has pulled the wraps off the Titan half-ton, the latest addition to the company's all-new line of full-size pickups. Notably, while this truck shares its name and styling cues with the heavier-duty Titan XD that recently reached Nissan dealers, this new half-ton model shares no common chassis components with the Cummins diesel-powered X

Nissan's Titan XD with the Cummins diesel has been on sale since earlier this year, and now Nissan has announced pricing for the 390-hp 5.6L gasoline V8 powered model which will arrive in showroom in early spring. The gasoline Titan XD (which is the middle-heavy duty 3/4 ton model, not to be confused with the regular 1/2 ton Titan ) will be avai

Making its debut at the New York International Auto Show, Nissan's 2017 Titan Crew Cab Pickup follows the previously released Titan XD , touted as the industry-first "tweener" – a truck that slots neatly between the light and heavy duty segments. "Titan shares its aggressive style with the Titan XD , but the two vehicles are completely diffe

The more I drive trucks, the more I like the things. Maybe I’m getting old, maybe I’ve been exposed to too many manly marketing campaigns, but driving a truck is just plain fun for me. Titan sales are up a whopping 217 percent year on year I even have a truck song, that I play in my mind whenever I’m driving one, and occasionally si

I hadn't been this excited about a test drive of a vehicle in quite some time, not even for any sports car or luxury sedan. Nissan was offering me an extended test drive of their new foray into the truck market: the 2016 Nissan Titan XD with the much-anticipated 5.0L V8 Cummins turbo diesel engine. The Titan XD was going to get a workout.

The pickup truck business is a tough gig. Not only do truck buyers tend to be fiercely loyal to a brand, but there are a lot of them out there, so the competition for market share is intense. Ford’s F-Series trucks – you may have heard of them? – they sell nearly a million units a year in the US and Canada combined. GM’s not far behind if you bunch

Nissan has announced pricing for their 2017 Titan pickups with the 5.6L gas V8 engine. They're announcing only the four-door crew-cab models, with single-cab and diesel pricing to follow later in the year. The "regular-duty" Titan is a new model for 2017. It's a different frame and body compared with the XD, and intended for the 1/2 ton market. T

Full-size pickup trucks are big business in North America. Make that a full-size business: During the first half of 2016, more than one out of every seven passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. was a pickup truck, and the Ford F-Series, Chevrolet Silverado and Ram pickups were the nation's top-three selling vehicles. In Canada the proportion of trucks