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Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:14 am
I actually participated in the redesign - so to speak.
I got a call from Nissan wanting to know if I'd be up for a Q&A session, along with other owners, about our Titans. The North America design center is here in San Diego.
The first part was answering a bunch of phsyco bable questions over the phone. That qualified me for the second part.
I think I may have got in on a technicallity. Every one of the 6 others that showed up for the "round table" discussion had the tow package and made good use of it. My '04 had that package but my current '05 does not (I lemon law'd the '04) and the interviewers seem a little surprised at my being there. Anyways, lots of questions about what we liked best about the truck, what we hated, and what we would like to see different.
The final part (when I got paid $300 for my troubles) was a one on one with me and my truck. They wanted it to be in "every day, normal" condition. Not cleaned up and made pretty for the occasion. We walked around the truck and pointed things out, they asked about this and that, they took pictures of all of it.
At one point I told them I had heard that they were putting out a new, bigger Titan to compete with the diesel type big boys. He said some to the effect "well, I'd say your part right".
One funny thing that happened is that one guy in the round table said he'd like to see a special edition Titan made with lots of aftermarket Nismo goodies... Now, mind you, there were about 7 or 8 Nissan "people" sitting close by taking notes and interjecting questions now and then, when I said "Yea, how about making a Titan GT-R, that's what I want to see!" and 3 of the observers jumped out of their seats and started high-fiving, laughing, and giving me the thumbs up. They were obviously stoked on the idea and had not thought of it. I then asked for a commision should they run with the idea!!
Anyways, they were a bit secretive about the why but also asked if I would be intrested in coming back to see if what they came up with "fit" what we'd want to see in a new Titan. I'll keep you guys posted.
FYI - We also met the lead designer of the Titans exterior. She was a very nice lady .