Nissan recently teased us with a sketch of its upcoming NV2500 Concept, but the cargo van may have hinted at more than just the future face of Nissan’s commercial lineup. Thanks to some gumshoe work, it appears as though Nissan could be moving in a new direction with its naming scheme.
According to PickupTrucks.com, in addition to the NV2500 name, Nissan also has the trademarks to NV1500 and NV3500. Assuming that NV stands for Nissan Van, it looks like Nissan will offer cargo vans in the half to one-ton segments.
But more interestingly, PickupTrucks uncovered several more Nissan trademarks. Nissan has trademarked the names NP1500 through NP5500, with the corresponding paperwork indicating that NP denotes a pickup truck. While Nissan is expected to produce heavy-duty trucks alongside its commercial vans, the NP1500 name seems to indicate a not-quite HD model. Could Nissan be planning a name switch for its full size Titian? We don’t know for sure, but it’s certainly possible.
Stay tuned as we’re sure to hear more on the NP1500 during the upcoming auto show season.
11/12, 5:25 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
Ok. I’ll stay tunes.
11/12, 5:32 PM
posted by:
A4
hahaha
keep the titan name… unless you use it like Chevrolet with a “Titan NP1500″, or “Titan 1500″ with the NP for internal use
11/12, 5:54 PM
posted by:
Borat
That was news worth the paper it is written on
11/12, 6:40 PM
posted by:
zoomzoomer
Well, since the next Titan will essentially be a Ram 1500, why not name it NP1500? Would that make the Frontier the NP500?
11/12, 7:59 PM
posted by:
inline6
Perhaps the P stands for “Passenger”, as opposed to “Van”.
Perhaps this is the distinction they’re making between passenger vans and panel vans. Or maybe it stands for “Panel”, and the NPs will be the panel vans, while the NVs will be the passenger vans.
But I seriously doubt they’ll change the name of the Titan to something so commercial and generic-sounding. F-150 works because it’s been around forever. But there’s a reason Chevy/GMC, and Dodge changed their pickup names from alphanumerics to nameplates in the ’80s and ’90s: lack of recognition and brand strength.
We’ll just have to see.
11/12, 8:56 PM
posted by:
gbb
Nissan should cut to the chase, call it like it is……
“Announcing the all new Nissan Fugly POS!”
“Available everywhere soon!”
11/13, 3:35 AM
posted by:
thegriffon
This is really old news.
The new names apply only to the Nissan Light Commercial Vehicle range. Thus the rebadged Ram will remain a Titan, while the commercial trucks built by Nissan will get the NP1500 etc. designations. In other markets the retail-market Frontier/Navara is sold alongside the NP300 (the old Navara/Frontier updated for the commercial market).
11/13, 3:46 AM
posted by:
thegriffon
Oh, yeah, that’s right as well. Nissan will be building commercial vehicles in the plant currently building the Titan. The “new” trucks will continue to be built by Nissan, with Cummins diesel engines, for the commercial market, while the Ram will replace the Titan in the retail market. This has already been announced by Nissan. The new names for the commercials were the only secret, although we’ve known about them for several months (since January in fact). There are more than LLN has revealed here as well.