Carbon fiber bed for GMC
This article on the coming carbon fiber bed is interesting. Car and Driver on the carbon fiber bed I was surprised to see how much the bed flexes under impact. That is actually a good thing as ...
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rexlion wrote:
It amuses me when I recall that GM ran ads not so long ago, extolling the virtues of their steel pickup beds (versus Ford's then-new aluminum beds). And now they may be abandoning the oh-so-wonderful steel beds. :D
If GM does go to Carbon Fiber beds you can bet Ford will be running some of their own testing just like GM did to them. This should be amusing when it comes out.
Don
Looks like Ford will have a tough time getting this bed to fail. Good job G.M., they should make it an option on the Chevy too.
"In addition to drop tests with cinder blocks, gravel, and steel drums, the company performed extreme temperature testing and something it calls the snowmobile test, in which a 250-pound rider revved up a sled with a studded track inside the truck bed to see how it would hold up. The company says the only damage done was some "minimal scratching.""
