DETROIT (AP) — Ford’s Super Duty trucks are getting a new aluminum body, just like their smaller sibling, the Ford F-150 pickup.
Ford’s 2017 F-250, F-350 and F-450 trucks sit on a new high-strength steel frame and have aluminum body panels. The materials help shave up to 350 pounds off the vehicles’ weight, making them more nimble and fuel efficient and increasing towing capacity.
Ford will offer three engines: a 6.7-liter V8 diesel, a 6.2-liter V8 gas engine and a 6.8-liter V10. Fuel economy hasn’t been released.
Ford is also adding features, including blind spot detection, lane departure warning and LED lighting in the cargo box.
Super Duty work trucks make up about one-third of Ford’s F-Series sales.
The 2017 Super Duty goes on sale next fall.
Very misleading headline, This implication is as bad as calling Glocks plastic guns despite having a steel slide, barrel and fire control and all springs.
I’m having trouble seeing how the headline is supported by the story. According to the story the trucks are made of high strength steel and aluminum. As an owner of several Ford trucks, past and present, it would be a joy to have one that wasn’t going to have its floor to rust out.