Nissan NT500

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Nissan NT500
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Overview
Manufacturer Nissan
Also called Renault Trucks D Cab 2 m
Production 2014–2016
Assembly Ávila, Spain
Body and chassis
Class Light/medium truck
Body style COE
Powertrain
Engine 3-litre I4 common rail
Chronology
Predecessor Nissan Atleon

The Nissan NT500 is a light/medium truck produced by Nissan between 2014 and 2016.

Truck type of large automobile

A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration; smaller varieties may be mechanically similar to some automobiles. Commercial trucks can be very large and powerful and may be configured to be mounted with specialized equipment, such as in the case of refuse trucks, fire trucks, concrete mixers, and suction excavators. Strictly speaking, a commercial vehicle without a tractor or other articulation is a "straight truck" while one designed specifically to pull a trailer is not a truck but a "tractor".

Nissan automotive brand manufacturer

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., usually shortened to Nissan, is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama. The company sells its cars under the Nissan, Infiniti, and Datsun brands with in-house performance tuning products labelled Nismo. The company traces its name to the Nissan zaibatsu, now called Nissan Group.

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History

The NT500 was unveiled in 2013 and was aimed at replacing the Atleon. [1] Its production started in February 2014 at Nissan's Ávila plant in Spain. [2] The assembly was indefinitely halted by late 2016 [3] and, in February 2017, Nissan confirmed the end of production because of the low sales volume. [4]

Renault Trucks has sold the vehicle as the Renault Trucks D Cab 2 m. [1]

Renault Trucks is a French commercial truck and military vehicle manufacturer with corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest near Lyon. Originally part of Renault, it has been owned by the Volvo Group, a Swedish multinational manufacturing company, since 2001.

Renault Trucks D

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Technical details

The truck has versions with 3.5, 5.6, 6.5 and 7.5 tonnes GVW. The NT500 is powered by the ZD30, a 3-litre inline-four diesel engine. The engine was available in two versions: one with single turbocharger and the other twin-turbo. The first has a power output of 150 hp (112 kW) and a torque of 350 N⋅m (260 lb⋅ft). The second, only used in the 7.5 tonnes GVW version, power output of 177 hp (132 kW) and a torque of 540 N⋅m (400 lb⋅ft). Gearboxes are six-speed manual and automated. [2]

Tonne Metric unit of mass

The tonne, commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States and Canada, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms or one megagram. It is equivalent to approximately 2,204.6 pounds, 1.102 short tons (US) or 0.984 long tons (UK). Although not part of the SI, the tonne is accepted for use with SI units and prefixes by the International Committee for Weights and Measures.

The gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), or gross vehicle mass (GVM) is the maximum operating weight/mass of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer including the vehicle's chassis, body, engine, engine fluids, fuel, accessories, driver, passengers and cargo but excluding that of any trailers. The term is used for motor vehicles and trains.

Inline-four engine Inline piston engine with four cylinders

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a type of inline internal combustion four-cylinder engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft. Where it is inclined, it is sometimes called a slant-four. In a specification chart or when an abbreviation is used, an inline-four engine is listed either as I4 or L4.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Renault Trucks lance son petit camion de 3,5 à 7,5 tonnes" [Renault Trucks launches its small truck from 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes]. L'Argus (in French). 18 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Production of the all-new Nissan NT500 begins in Spain" (Press release). Nissan Europe. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. "Nissan Ávila detiene la producción del camión NT500" [Nissan Ávila halts production of the NT500 truck]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. "Nissan confirma el fin de la producción del NT500 en su planta de Ávila" [Nissan confirms end of the NT500 production at its Ávila plant]. todotransporte.com (in Spanish). 2 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.