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**co_nixz** · April 22nd, 2009 09:18 AM

[SIZE=4]GT-R saloon may come wearing the Infiniti badge[/SIZE]

A new rumor on the waves says Nissan is getting ready to expand the GT-R family, this time with a Saloon. The four-door saloon will share its chassis and gearbox with the GT-R coupe, but the hood is likely to house a 5.0-litre V8 from Infiniti’s FX50 SUV. This adds up to a power of 420bhp, and a top speed of 170mph, and with a zero to sixty mph dash taking less than five seconds. With all these changes, a big one would be that this GT-R won’t carry Nissan’s badge, Infiniti’s insignia will take its place on the grill of the GT-R saloon, if it ever comes out, which could possibly happen by 2011.

[SIZE=4]Nissan Titan to be powered by Chrysler’s HEMI[/SIZE]

It only seems obvious at this point that Nissan would be borrowing all the truck expertise from the ones that actually are good and giving the American market the trucks they love. Nissan has already paid for the mechanics and the know-how of the Ram and it seems only a matter of time that the company will announce the fact that the next batch of Nissan Titans will be powered by the Chrysler’s 5.7L HEMI V8.

While it has not yet been officially confirmed by Nissan, Chrysler chairman Jim Press declared at an LA Motor Guild meeting recently that the Nissan Titan would indeed receive HEMI power. While it would be wonderful if anyone could indeed get inside the boardroom and see how Nissan would have reacted to this since they might be the ones who might have wanted to make the big official statement, there is still no confirmation on it from Nissan. The new HEMI from Chrysler is already the best truck engine that is around and it only makes proper sense that Nissan put it in Titan when they have already paid for it. So hopefully you will see the next Titan roll out with a HEMI at its heart.

**Burai** · April 22nd, 2009 11:05 AM

its like going back to days na bumabalik mga car companys to bigger engines (and some are not economical/efficient at all) dahil sa medyo stable at mababang price ng gas ngayon. haayy... :speechless: was it really that much need for the titan?