What do you think the reasons were for Nissan to kill off the Titan?
I have the 2019 Titan (7 Speed trans) I feel it does a pretty good job, wish it would drop a gear a bit faster when trying to pass but other wise its good. I drive 75 miles a day for work (70% highway/ 30% Chicago traffic) and average 18.5 mpg. My dad just bought the 2022 nissan frontier with the updated 9 speed transmission (he came from the old 5 speed trans in the 2017 frontier) he said its insane and the fastest/ smoothest shifting trans he has ever driven. I guess its like a Honda transmission (some folks love em and some hate em) But I think they are good. I feel the titan has enough comfort items (leather, big sunroof, in bed/ cab power, heated cooled seats etc) but its a truck and it feels like a trcuk and it refuses to pretend to be something else. Might also be why its days are over. Just an honest truck that I wish more folks gave a chanceI see and read how great the Titan is (V-8, 9 speed, no auto start/stop or cylinder de-activation, comfortable sears, nicely weighted steering, sound insulation, value), but I’ve also read about some problems with the JATCO transmission. Carcomplaints makes it seem like it’s reliable, though. what do Titan owners say? Good bet? Would you buy again? How about compared to 2nd gen Tundra?
Fed MPGs can play a role for sure, I think poor sales were also a leading factor. Nissan spent a TON of money on the Titan and just didn’t see the sales volume. There were a lot of frustrated people at Nissan during this time and the bad press C&D called it the worst truck they had every driven after it broke down on them a few times. I was also pretty critical that you just didn’t see the truck on the roads around the plant where it’s built. If the employees aren’t buying them, then that says something to me.I switched to Nissan trucks after being a 30 year Ford guy in 2007.
I've had two Frontier and two Titans, a 21 PRO4X currently with 56k trouble free miles. It saddens me that they are dropping them. I was told they were doing so to appease the feds mpg mandates.
Also had both 7&9 speed tranny's took a while but. I like the 9 better. Although I haven't seen any better milage.
Yeah, they had no clue how to market it, they spent ad money on small margin Altima and Rogue (remember the flying Rogue on to the Train commercial they ran ad nauseum?).I think it's because they seemed to do no advertising at all. A lot of people probably didn't even know about the 2020 refresh.
Damn, that’s a cool looking conceptNissan could have put more effort on the trims, and their Warrior concept at the Detroit auto show around 2016 might have infused some renewed interest from the public:
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Anecdote: when I decided to purchase a V8 truck, I first contacted a Nissan dealer here in NJ, asking if they were selling at MSRP. They never answered, so I went to Chevrolet. Could the dealers have done a bit better themselves? Bottom line is, it is a shame the Titan is going because it is a good truck, and a good looking truck IMO. Nissan Corp. should have tried to undercut the competition pricewise, playing a long game to get some conquest buys.
Part of the issue was the 5 liter Cummins diesel was a bust.What do you think the reasons were for Nissan to kill off the Titan?
Nope. They announced two new EV SUVs will get built at that plant instead.With Nissan killing off the Titan and all the extra plant capacity now they can get back to making actual compact pickup trucks like the old days.