2016 Ford Superduty - Aluminium

hone eagle wrote:

Campfire Time wrote:

BB_TX wrote:
Every pound saved in the body adds a pound in payload, with the same suspension.

Yes, but from Ford's standpoint, every .10 of a gallon per mile saved get them that much closer to CAFE compliance.

Is CAFE even applied to this class of vehicle ?

Not yet but I thought I read it will be. The problem with CAFE is that the total number of vehicles you sell will need to achieve a harmonic average of 25 mpg which will require pulling out all the stops (new tech, old tech and some extreme fuel savings measures including electric cars) to meet this goal.

The big 3 will be the most challenged by this goal because they sell so many full size trucks with Chrysler at a big disadvantage right now due to the Dodge brand not having a strong fuel efficient car line up and the Fiat brand does not have a strong presence in the US.