Hoovey689

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Nissan offers to make Peyton Manning a Tennessee Titan... sort of

In yet another case of a carmaker hoping to get media coverage by giving a vehicle to a millionaire celebrity who probably doesn't want it (and certainly doesn't need it), Nissan has offered to build a Titan pickup for Peyton Manning. Or at least it has issued a press release to that effect.

The hook here is that the Tennessee Titans NFL franchise is wooing the former Indianapolis Colts quarterback and likely future NFL Hall of Famer, with owner Bud Adams offering Manning a lifetime contract, according to ESPN. Nissan, of course, relocated its North American operations to Tennessee in 2006. Manning also has roots in the state, as he attended the University of Tennessee, where he was the Volunteers' all-time leading passer.

We suspect Manning has better things to do right now than help Nissan stage a further publicity stunt, given that he's spent the past week working out for two other NFL teams in addition to Tennessee. That's not stopping the PR team at Nissan from suggesting that Peyton might want a Titan, the slowest-selling full-size pickup in America, because it's built in Canton. That's Canton, Mississippi, rather than Canton, Ohio, where the NFL Hall of Fame is located.

And lest anyone get all up-in-arms over Nissan's homer-ism, the company has said it will give Manning the truck regardless of which team he signs with "as a gesture of gratitude recognizing your great accomplishments and philanthropic contributions to our national community." Click past the jump to read the full press release.

*UPDATE: If a slew of reports are to be believed, it appears Mr. Manning is headed the Denver Broncos. As some readers have noted in Comments, we, too, hope that Ford takes this opportunity to build Peyton – and the rest of us – a new Bronco.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/19/n...-titan-sort-o/

bagwell

sorry, he's headed to Denver!!!!

I hate Bud Adams anyway for screwing Houston.

GiantsFan

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He should have signed with the 49ers... They would have been an instant super bowl favorite...

MPLexus301

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Offer him a Titan.....as he gets into a GX 460

FrankReynoldsCPA

Lol, nobody wants a Titan.

EDIT: It would be frickin awesome though if Ford resurrected the Bronco. They could offer it with a choice of Ecoboost v6 or the 5.0 v8.

Brian@Vossen

lol!!

I can't believe he is a Bronco...poor Tebow