Military grade aluminum LOL
Watch this Troy then ask yourself if this is what you want your next truck made out of! Ford Tough NOT! Don
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The only way that manufacturers are going to reach the fleet average CAFE standards from now on is by either reducing weight and/or increasing engine efficiency (turbo/hybrid/smaller displacement/turbodiesel/electric/whatever).
Ford just happens to have taken the first large scale manufacturer (no, Porche is not a large scale manufacturer, even if they are owned by VW), to reduce the weight of their best-selling vehicle.
There will be bumps along the road, and people may have to change the way they do things (don't dump bricks from 4 feet up into your bed), but I think they are going along the right path.
Being ahead of the pack means some people may ridicule the steps that you take now, only to realize that you may be right later.
That being said, they could have made the bed out of carbon fiber. Lighter and stronger.
Ford just happens to have taken the first large scale manufacturer (no, Porche is not a large scale manufacturer, even if they are owned by VW), to reduce the weight of their best-selling vehicle.
There will be bumps along the road, and people may have to change the way they do things (don't dump bricks from 4 feet up into your bed), but I think they are going along the right path.
Being ahead of the pack means some people may ridicule the steps that you take now, only to realize that you may be right later.
That being said, they could have made the bed out of carbon fiber. Lighter and stronger.
