New F150 coming to Detroit auto show

Road Ruler wrote:
Lighter weight is a positive step to solve some of the shortcomings of pickups. Don't understand why they don't design some fuel saving aerodynamics into pickups. The cost would be low with notable advantages.

All three truck builders do wind tunnel tests on all vehicles they produce. The problem with a pickup is they must meet some universal standards for pickups. Like it must accommodate the standard slide in camper body, or when the pickup body is removed it should have the correct length from back of cab to center of rear axle to accommodate the aftermarket truck bed body.

So while they can change the front half of the pickup, the back half is pretty much standard, and has not changed much from 1972 to present day - in that most will still be able to carry the same size pickup campers that they could a few years ago.

Yes there was a huge uproar about the model change when people with new trucks and a older camper needed to build a 2" or 3" high pad to put under the older style camper so the overhead section would clear the new pickup design roof. This does not happen often.

Fred.