---
title: "Nissan Titan Warrior Runs Amok in Detroit"
description: "Set loose in the heart of Motor City, a Japanese Titan flexes its muscles, and we wince."
date: "2016-01-11"
modified: "2016-01-11"
authors:
  - name: "Brendan McAleer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/brendan-mcaleer"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1592/nissan-titan-warrior-runs-amok-in-detroit"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Nissan News"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "Nissan"
  - "pickup"
  - "Titan"
---

# Nissan Titan Warrior Runs Amok in Detroit

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Nissan's Titan Warrior concept debuted today at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, a full-size, Cummins-diesel-powered pickup truck that's surprising for its relative subtlety. No. Sorry. Not subtlety. That's the wrong word.

Landing like a salvo of Hellfire missiles deployed from a four-story assault position, the Titan Warrior is about as laid-back as a rocket-propelled Gundam uppercut. Swollen in both height and girth by some three inches, this colossal design concept is the Raptor's katana-weilding *kaiju* rival. Think mecha-Godzilla in army boots: bulging overfenders, 37-inch offroad tires, integrated skid plates, a 5-liter Cummins turbodiesel V8 making 310 horsepower and 555 pound-feet of torque, and squared-off quad exhaust pipes [with a whiff of AMG about 'em](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1533/mercedes-benz-g65-amg-the-stats-they-wont-tell-you>). Dip the whole thing in a matte-gunmetal paint Nissan dubs “Thunder,” and you've got the Nissan Grimlock, head of the Dinobot-pickups.

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_art\_1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_art_1.jpg>)

The “Warrior” appellation is thanks to a previous crowdsourced Titan, one set up for Alaskan exploration. In partnership with the Wounded Warrior project, the previous-gen pickup was air-lifted into the Arctic, where it set about exploring the wilderness. This new concept is more [war machine](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/510/seven-military-vehicles-you-can-and-should-actually-buy>) than camo'd support vehicle, and based on the current-generation Titan XD crewcab.

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_gal\_1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_gal_1.jpg>)

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_gal\_2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_gal_2.jpg>)

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_gal\_3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_gal_3.jpg>)

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_gal\_4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_gal_4.jpg>)

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_gal\_5.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_gal_5.jpg>)

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_gal\_6.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_gal_6.jpg>)

Between this thing, the EcoBoost Raptor and the Ram Rebel, any upcoming [zombie apocalypse](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/520/our-gearhead-takes-down-the-walking-dead>) is going to be thoroughly and comprehensively skull-stomped. [Cheap gasoline](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/1542/when-will-gas-prices-go-up-again-ask-the-drive>) is fueling a sort of *Mad Max* arms race among all manufacturers, with an accompanying wave of aftermarket accessorizers ready to bolt on Baja-ready steel impact beams and enough LEDs to permanently blind desert wildlife, yea, even unto several generations. We are one model cycle away from somebody offering an optional bumper-mounted blood bag.

![nissantitanwarriorconcept\_art\_3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/nissantitanwarriorconcept_art_3.jpg>)

This, Nissan tells us, is optimism for the pickup truck market. We see it as naked profiteering, taking advantage of a seemingly endless public appetite for the semi-tactical pickup truck. Still, we wouldn't object to being thrown the keys. Because semi-tactical pickup truck.

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