Aluminum body on F150
I'm skeptical of new things. Engineers and marketing experts sometimes make mistakes. I suppose the Ford 6.0 diesel being such a problem makes me this way. It chased me away from Ford trucks when ...
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Bionic Man wrote:
Higher MPG requirements require the manufactures to try new technologies to increase their CAFE ratings. Some of these risks will fail, but I don't think this will be one of them.
My guess is in upcoming years you will see everyone using more aluminum.
It is interesting to see Chevy using "high strength steel" in their advertising.
It was also interesting to see RAM and their chief engineer go on record to give the sales pitch that their 2012 trucks don't need DEF (of course leaving out their 4500/5500 truck..cough...cough) and this stuff is corrosive and they wouldn't let him pour the fluid in and the sky is falling. Guess what RAM introduced the following year.
