What is Nissan's strategy?

[gronk]

yes, but not pissy tiny extremely stressed 1 ltr engines....

They want good old lazy 6.6ltr,  7.3ltr etc

You'd be surprised how the yanks are slowly turning........the price of petrol is surprisingly dear compared to a few yrs ago, and as always, the back pocket talks.....

[BigJules]

Those consumption figures are unladened. From expensive experience I can state that when working hard consumption in my V8 Cruiser goes up more than in an equivalent diesel.

But again, for me, the big difference is the 50% more torque the diesels deliver.

Also, if one takes a 200TTD as an example, a chip and a pipe and all of a sudden it's producing more like 300Kw and 700-800Nm. You can't get those same magnitude increases out of a modern petrol engine, and maintain efficiency and reliability. 

[Robin Miller]

Hi Jules

One of our 4.8lt petrol Patrols makes 420kw and almost 900nm - but I expect you will have us on the reliability and efficentcy.

Those consumption figures are unladened. From expensive experience I can state that when working hard consumption in my V8 Cruiser goes up more than in an equivalent diesel.

But again, for me, the big difference is the 50% more torque the diesels deliver.

Also, if one takes a 200TTD as an example, a chip and a pipe and all of a sudden it's producing more like 300Kw and 700-800Nm. You can't get those same magnitude increases out of a modern petrol engine, and maintain efficiency and reliability.

[CGS]

I have a letter from Nissan stating their 2013 Patrols have a unknown problem, even found in show room rigs and IMHO will be a big recall once they find out what it is.