Everyone is downsizing—even on the truck side. Nearly every mid-size pickup from the Chevrolet Colorado and Ford Ranger to the iconic Toyota Tacoma packs a base four-cylinder engine in 2026. The only truck maker that doesn’t offer a base four-cylinder engine on its mid-sizer? Nissan, and the company plans to keep it that way.
In a recent interview with Nissan’s Senior Manager of Product Planning, Brent Hagan, he tells Motor1 that the company is leaning hard into its V6 roots. In fact, the company officially designated May 5 as "V6 Day"—you might have seen a few videos floating around on social media promoting that fact. Brent says:
