Nissan vs Toyota engines

Depending on what you want to do with the tray back, but there is no comparison between a 3.0L and a V8 any how!, IMHO.


Cheers Axle.

The yota V8 is new to the world wide range.
No idea about the 3.0 litre Nissan.

FWIW I went through similar thoughts a few months ago. As others have said the Toyota is new everywhere, time will tell but the 70 series must be understressed when the same block pushes out 215kw ( in the UK version)

The Nissan 3.0 CRD situation is very very strange. It's history is not spotless and from what I can determine it is an orphan in Australia. The main markets for the Nissan Patrol are Australia ( the biggest market), South Africa, the UK and Middle East. Petrol is almost free in the ME so there is no diesel version there. Elsewhere Nissan continue to sell the old ( in Australian terms) direct injection version. ( the Navara is 2.5l in Europe)

The euro 4 emission requirement on FWD's seems to be fairly unique to Australia ( it does not apply to the Patrol in the UK) so as far as I can find, the only CRD version of the 3.0 is right here. That adds up to production of about 300 units per month worldwide. Assuming there is a new Patrol in Jan 2009 that is a total of about 300 x 21 months ( from April 2007) = 6300 units ever made!! Sounds scary to me.

With no additional power, or torque over the "old" Direct injection engine it looks like a hack job to keep sales alive in Australia till the new Patrol arrives. If it was so good why wouldn't Nissan sell it everywhere? Good luck getting parts in 7 years.

references
www.nissan.co.uk
www.nissan.co.za
www.nissan-me.com

The other interesting thing is that diff locks are standard in the UK.

I think you have to rate the quality equal going forward with both companies although my heart will always pump Toyota because of it's long history of reliability for me personally. Secondly you can't compare the engines you mention as they are worlds apart, the V8 is a true tourer with huge towing capabilities whilst the Nissan 2.5 Litre engine, Navara D40 for example along with the Hilux equivalent are not in that league, although both are fine for towing reasonable loads.

Here we go ,,,, World War 3 has just started,,

mine's better than your's Syndrome !

Lets face it ,, they all are good if they are going.

All give problems, just some more than others..

Cheers All
Bucky

Oh what a feeling.... NISSAN..!

Bungarra

The 3.0 ltr Nissan motor is the same motor that has been in the Nissan since 2000 with a modification to common rail diesel.

The Toyota is a new motor. It has a lot more grunt than the Nissan.

I don't purchase a vehicle just for the motor. I look at the whole package. I suggest that you do the same.

Be very careful with the Toyota v8 diesel Out of 6 that I know of 5 have been dusted badly with one being completely shot in just a few thousand Ks

These are not just stories I know for a fact they are correct one has only been on qravel for 500 out of 14000 Ks