My neighbor, sales menager for Nissan, told that diesel...

[gnorthern]

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27.6 miles per gallon overall.

[Max465]

Originally Posted by TXBlackKnight

Interesting, good to hear that some competition is going to eventually bring their diesels to America. I still thing Mahindra will have an advantage [if they eventually come] because of their payload capacity compared to some of the other trucks. That 2700+ pound payload is far above what the current competitors offer. Of course, there could be a redesign of some of the smaller diesels by then, but who knows.

Bottom line though, competition will be good for the future of diesel trucks in America.

Honestly the more diesels the merrier – manufacturers have ignored clean diesel technology for far too long. Europeans are making an attempt but more needs to be done. Especially in the compact pickup space. There is currently NO diesel offering – why is it that if I want the benefits of greater mpg, greater torque and longer engine durability I can only go for things like the F-250 Super Duty or a Silverado 2500HD?

I also think Mahindra has the advantage not only because their preliminary payload capacity and fuel mileage are off the charts but also because the company will be FIRST here with a diesel… well before 2012.This is the first rumor we are hearing about a potential Nissan Frontier diesel and I don’t believe it until the company confirms it.
Mahindra to announce U.S. launch date by month’s end

[Coach]

My wife drives an Infiniti I30. I've owned a 2004 Frontier 4 banger and a 2006 Frontier 6 cylinder. My sons have owned Sentra SER, Maxima SE, Xterra, and minivan. As you can see we're a Nissan kind of family. Mahindra better hurry because if Nissan comes out with a diesel Frontier it's all over. They have a long history with diesel and a dealer network already in place. That's a winning combination in my books.

[graydonblair]

Now if Isuzu, Toyota, Ford, Chevy, and a few others were do pull something similar out of their collective hats, we'd have some serious competition going....

Nissan made one heck of a fine diesel though in trucks here in the States years ago. They're still sought after if you can find them and the truck hasn't rusted away.

Even the old Toyota diesel pickups are still around. Mahindra better get it's act together & get that thing launched or the competition will eat their lunch.....you know, the lunch that's been WAITING and WAITING for it to happen.

[Momic]

Personally I would feel more comfortable with a Nissan. Two things worry me about Mahindra. First is the never ending lack of credible information about their own product. Second is the three step distribution. There are legal reasons for this that might allow M&M to bail without liability. The GV distrubutor would be left holding the bag.

I would be very excited to see others enter the small truck market. This Mahindra saga has really made me very weary.

[DickIsGone]

8.5l/100kms =

2.25 gallons/62 miles = 27.55 mpg

Not too shabby

oops, GNorthern beat me to it.

[xrbaker]

Over Decemeber I was in Chile where I rented a 2006 or 07 four door 4x4 Nissan Terrano that had a 2.5L turbodiesel with a 5 speed manuel. I loved that thing. I've been driving a 3.0L ranger for the past ten years and that nissan blew the socks off any small truck I've driven up here. There were some steep hills and roads we traveled on there and that thing would accelerate up the hills with a pretty good load in the bed. We used the four wheel drive quite a bit and after 2.5 weeks of driving approx 1600 miles we averaged 27 MPG (that's converted to US MPG). The worse part was these truck were everywhere, and made by every manufacturer...ford, toyota, chevy, mahindra, holden, peugeot, nissan, mitsibishi (which was my favorite that I saw), dodge. They were all four-doors, 4x4 diesels...EVERYWHERE. And diesel was way cheaper than gas, go figure. Granted they weren't the clean diesels so the smog in Santiago was horrible. My wife and I said that if it wan't illegal we would fly back and drive on home. Send letter to your local senators and reps to get these here ASAP. If more automobile companies did this they wouldn't have a problem meeting the new CAFE standards for the average fleet MPG. But what do I know.

[blue7.3]

Welcome to the site XR and thanks for sharing! Great story! Wish we had that kind of diesel competition here!

cheers!
-pete

[ToneyC]

I love it! Wish I had the choice to buy one of those!!

Thanks for sharing.