Jan 17th, 2012 by Ross Edwards
The 2012 Toyota Tundra and 2012 Nissan Titan are full-sized pickups from Japanese brands that made their names with tiny pickups that would be dwarfed by today’s massive workhorses. Toyota and Nissan have left the fuel efficient, tiny pickups behind and haven’t looked back, instead embracing the American buyer’s mantra ‘bigger is better.’ The Tundra and Titan are huge, V8 powered monsters that will tow and haul more than the 3/4 and 1-ton models of yesteryear.
The 2012 Toyota Tundra.
One of the major differences between the Tundra and the Titan is that the Tundra is available in true work truck form – two-wheel drive with a V6 engine, designed to be beaten to death within a few years of being purchased. Both The Titan and the Tundra have the option of two-door extended cab body styles and four-door double cab bodystyles. The Titan isn’t available with a regular cab. The 2012 Toyota Tundra is available with three different engines, a V6 and two V8s. The 4.0-liter V6 engine with 270-hp and 278 lb –ft of torque is only available on two-wheel drive versions. The base V8 engine is a 4.6 with 310-hp and 327 lb-ft of torque. The top-of-the-line Tundra engine is a 5.7-liter V8 with 381-hp and 101 lb-ft of torque. Gas mileage ranges from 13-mpg city, 18-mpg highway with the Double Cab, the largest V8 and four-wheel drive to 16-city and 20-highway with a Regular Cab, V6 Tundra with rear-wheel drive.
The 2012 Titan.
The 2012 Nissan Titan only has one engine available, a 5.6-liter V8 with 317-hp and 385 lb-ft of torque . The Titan gets 12-mpg city and 17-mpg highway with four-wheel drive and 13-mpg city, 18-mpg highway in two-wheel drive form.
Inside, the Titan and Tundra are pretty similar in size. The 2012 Nissan Titan has 40.2 inches of front head room, 63.0 inches of front hip room and 42.5 inches of front leg room. The 2012 Toyota Tundra has 41.0 inches of front head room, 41.8 inches of front leg room and 61.3 inches of front hip room. The 2012 Titan’s 9,5000 lb maximum towing capacity is beaten by the 10,000 lb capacity of the Tundra.
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