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The Nissan Titan is a fullsize pickup truck produced in (and for) the American market. The truck shares Nissan's F-Alpha platform with the Nissan Armada and Infiniti QX56 SUVs, and is manufactured in Canton, Mississippi. The Titan was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award for 2004.

Market and sales

The Titan was created to challenge the market-leading Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra, Dodge Ram, and Toyota Tundra. In particular, Toyota had been unable to break into the North American fullsize truck market since its 1993 introduction of the smallish T100, and Tundra sales since its 1999 introduction, while good, were still off compared to GM or Ford.

The Tundra hovered just over 100,000 units annual sales when the larger Titan was introduced, while the Ram sold 400,000 and the Silverado/Sierra and F-Series sold 900,000 annually. During the first full year of production (December 2003 to December 2004), 85,920 Titans were sold, while the Dodge Ram declined somewhat and the F-150 jumped to nearly 950,000. 86,945 Titans were sold in 2005. Toyota responded to the strong sales of the Titan with a redesigned, and much larger, Tundra for the 2007 model year.

Models and Equipment

The Titan features the 5.6 L VK56DE V8 engine which generates 305 hp (227 kW) at 4900 rpm and 379 ft·lbf (514 N·m) of torque at 3600 rpm. It is available in either rear wheel drive or four wheel drive with a 5-speed automatic transmission.

Features

The Nissan Titan comes in three basic trim levels: XE, SE, and LE. The trim levels are combinations of the features offered on the truck which include:

Navigation system
DVD player with screen
Side airbags
Off-road package
Sunroof
Big Tow Package
Sirius Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
Leather Split Power Bench Seat
Utili-Track bed rail system

Safety

The Titan has a 5-star rating from the NHTSA for driver frontal crash, and a 4-star rating for passenger frontal crash.

Head Injury Criterion
* Driver: 488
* Passenger: 579
Chest Deceleration (Gs)
* Driver: 43
* Passenger: 42
Femur Load l/r1 (lbs)
* Driver: 723/532
* Passenger: 495/212

Performance

Brake system
* Front: 12.6 in (320 mm) ventilated discs
* Rear: 12.6 in. (320 mm) discs
Braking performance
* 70 - 0 mph: 190 ft (59 m)
* 60 - 0 mph: 137 ft (42 m)
Acceleration
* 0 - 60 mph: 6.9 s
* 0 - 100 mph: 19.6 s
* 1/4 mile: 15.3 s at 90.4 mph
Top speed: 120 mph
Lateral acceleration: 0.71 g

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