This is deplorable news and, of course, reasonable news. Another classic model is about to "shrink the cylinder", it is Nissan Tule.
As a "brother" is also a competitor, Toyota's new generation of Land Cruiser has completed the road of "shrinking cylinders", V8 to V6, in order to save energy and reduce emissions, this is an indisputable fact, but also automakers must face.
According to the news, the next generation of Nissan Tourer will abandon the use of the V8 large self-priming engine, but use a twin-turbo V6 engine. This change seems to give people a glimpse of the path taken by the Toyota Land Cruiser and the LX SUV.
The new generation of Nissan Touring will be listed overseas in 2023, and China will still be purchased through parallel import channels.
The current generation of Tule, code name Y62, has been alive for a long time, it was born in 2010, during which there have been two changes, the latest of which is a redesign of the instrument cluster and the use of a more modern car system.
Earlier this week, Nissan announced it would be the first to halt the development of new internal combustion engines in Europe, followed by China and Japan. A considerable part of the R&D expenditure will be transferred to the field of new energy technology. The United States may be an exception, there are still a small number of large displacement engines will remain updated.
However, the Ford Conqueror sold in the United States and the new generation of Nissan Sequoia used V6 engines, and the new generation of Sequoia also provided a hybrid system to ensure that the performance would not fall too much because of the "shrinking cylinder". As a beacon, the upcoming new generation of Tourette in the United States is also very likely to use the V6 engine to improve fuel economy.
G60 Tule
At present, the current Tourer is equipped with a 5.6L V8 self-priming engine, the maximum power is 298 kilowatts, matching the 7AT transmission, four-wheel drive, the comprehensive fuel consumption of this car is 14.7-15.7L/100km. In contrast, the new Generation Land Cruiser and Lexus LX600 are equipped with a new 3.4T twin-turbo V6 engine with a maximum power of 305 kW and a peak torque of 650 Nm, and when matched with a 10AT gearbox, their fuel consumption in urban sections is only 12.4L/100km.
Y60 Touring
If the news is reliable, nissan Touring will once again return to the six-cylinder era, but at that time, Tule was an inline six-cylinder instead of a V6. At present, the corner master can not know any details of the new generation of Tourette's twin-turbo V6, but speculation may be based on the Nissan Frontier pickup 3.8L V6 engine.
Nissan Frontier pickup
The Nissan Frontier pickup truck is equipped with a 3.8L V6 self-priming, a maximum power of 231 kW, a peak torque of 381 Nm, and a 9AT transmission. If it is used in Tule, Nissan will introduce VC-Turbo technology to this engine, transforming the 3.8L V6 self-priming into a twin-turbo V6 engine, which is expected.