2015 Ford F-150 brings big aluminum to the Rust Belt [w/video] Just when you thought you’d figured the fullsize truck market out, Ford goes and throws us a massive curve ball with the 2015 F-150.

But for the 2015 F-150, Ford is abandoning the tried-and-true, all-steel, body-on-frame-construction pickups it has built since the turn of the century and created an all-aluminum body atop a ...

That would apply in any F-150 redesign, to be sure, but the aluminum-intensive construction complicates things. “The thing that really sticks out is the fastening,” says Mike Spagnola, vice ...

Corrosion remains a concern, with Ford coating components to prevent decay Aluminum appears 13th on the periodic table of elements. A 111-year-old vehicle manufacturer is hoping that number has no ...

The rust issue with the 2021 Ford F-150 was first reported by the Detroit Free Press in a story that detailed rusty rear axles, rear differential housings and suspension components, among other parts.

How Ford secretly used customers to test its aluminum F-150 ... “They told us they noticed the boxes did not produce red surface rust when heavy use scratched through the paint,” said Kansier.

The fascinating answer is that, beyond all the standard durability testing the company has used in the past, it's added some real-world tests that included racing a stock, aluminum F150 in the ...

Ford has unveiled a new F-150 with a body built almost entirely out of aluminum. The lighter material shaves as much as 700 pounds off the 5,000-pound truck, a revolutionary change for a vehicle ...

To see if the all-new F-150, now made of aluminum instead of steel, is as tough as it needs to be, Ford disguised six prototype trucks as conventional models and asked its most demanding customers ...

The new F-150 also gets two new engine options designed to boost fuel economy and power-to-weight ratio. One new engine, a 3.5L Ti-VCT V6, is the base engine, and the other, a 2.7L EcoBoost V6, is ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - After laboring for five years to develop its aluminum F-150, Ford now confronts a new challenge: preventing buyers from being deterred by higher insurance rates and a dearth of ...