Sweet! Bring on them MPG's! It'll be interesting to see what kind of aluminum they use and how they treat it to harden it for places like the bed of the truck.
This will allow automakers charge even more for their overpriced trucks!! I was going to trade in my 07 for a 14 but the prices have just gotten out of control!!
This will allow automakers charge even more for their overpriced trucks!! I was going to trade in my 07 for a 14 but the prices have just gotten out of control!!
Hopefully the same thing that happened to points and carbs, gone away. Detroit can and should make some advances. The new F150 is all aluminum and supposed to save 700 lbs. that's a lot of weight!
That 700 lbs ford is saving brings the weight down to 350lbs less than the '14 Silverado LTZ
With current models, the Silverado is ~350lbs lighter
I dont see it as "revolutionary" myself. More $$$ for repairs in Ford's pocket, especially with the "official aluminum repair approved dealership" stuff
You'll see a lot more trucks getting wrote off if they are aluminium. The cost of repairs will make the decision easier for the insurance companies to just pay out for a new truck...
This will allow automakers charge even more for their overpriced trucks!! I was going to trade in my 07 for a 14 but the prices have just gotten out of control!!
How much have truck prices gone up in the last half dozen or so years? It looks like they went up about 10% over the 2013 model year but I attribute some of that to the change to the next generation of body style. What did a similarly equipped 2007/2008/2009 cost compared to say the similar 2013 or even 2014?
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