TIME WILL TELL is the theme for today.
So what your saying is that Fiat diesel's are better than Cummins, if you think Fiat is not an inferior engine. Also you should then be OK with Fiat ending the Cummins contract and going with their in-house diesel. But time will tell.
First off, those fiat diesels you want to compare with, are medium duty trucks that cant even get out of thier own way, but they are a cheap option for small business, and seem to always get in front of me on a two lane country road where I cant pass them. Sort of like the old VW bus, last one up the hill, first one to go over the top of the hill. I'm sorry if you are insulted that I think Fiat diesel's are inferior to Cummins but thats my opinion. We wouldn't be having this discussion if Obama didn't give away Chrysler and screw the investors over the Union contracts. Cummins would be in a 1500 Dodge, and would kill the market. But now Fiat, in their greed, went with an in-house diesel and opened up the market to the competitors. So now Nissan has a very good engine and transmission with a strong chassis. Toyota is not going to sit on the sidelines and so now there is another competitor, even though they are behind the competition now. If Fiat would have gone with the Cummins engine, both Toyota and Nissan would still be looking for an engine to compete. But time will tell.
I did look into getting an Eco-Diesel for my new service truck, but they can't support the service bed when equiped, so I went with the 2500 and to my surprize, my company bought it for me. Had the Titan been available with the Cummins, it just might have been able, the vans available have a very stout chassis, and that is another plus for Nissan. But time will tell.
The Aluminum Heads on the Isuzu (Duramax) have been updated several times due to failure under stock power levels. That and the Glowplugs that took out engines. Unfortunatly Aluminum heads are here to stay, but I would trust Cummins to get it right. But time will tell.