We've been hearing the was stepping up its game with a 5.0 turbocharged Cummins diesel, an engine that might also show up in the . We were almost ready to forget that 'til today, when Nissan started titillating us all over again with "" on Twitter.

Nissan sells something like 1,000 Titans a month, probably mostly to employees who need something to tow their boats to Tennessee lakes on weekends. The truck is in desperate need of an awesome-injection and with all the praise being lauded on , Nissan just might be able to ride the Cummins cache back to relevance in the full-size truck market.

Bob Hegbloom, Director of Ram Truck Brand and Mike Cairns, Director of Ram Truck Engineering…

I got to drive a smaller Cummins engine in a , and while the test-mule experience was a little unrefined the powerplant felt great.

If you had three wishes, they'd be "small, diesel, pickup truck" right? I had a chance to get those

Give us the D, Nissan. We're ready already.

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