Ford F 150 Aluminum Body Crash Test

Iihs says that the f 150 s new aluminum.

Ford f 150 aluminum body crash test.

Crash test ford f 150 aluminium body and steel body. The new aluminum f 150 is 26 percent more expensive to repair and if you want the safest possible version of the truck the crew cab is the way to go according to the iihs. Ford f 150 supercrew 2018 side pole crash test duration. If this is your first look at a particular f 150 and you don t know what year it is there is another easy way to tell.

Ford f 150 aluminum crew cab aces crash tests f 150 aluminum extended cab doesn t fare as well. All models 2015 and newer have aluminum construction. The first f 150 models to have aluminum body panels came with the thirteenth generation design which first debuted on the 2015 model year. First the good news.

Top crash test performance of 2019 ford f 150 including best possible rating in passenger side small overlap front crash test is enabled by high strength steel in the frame plus high. This ford f 150 marks the first time the f series is produced with an aluminum body instead of steel. How does the 2017 ford f 150 aluminum body perform in the snow. Body panels use high strength almost military grade aluminum alloy including the bed but the frame is still made of steel increasing in fact from 23 to 77 plus the firewall.

This morning the insurance institute for highway safety released crash test scores for the new aluminum bodied 2015 ford f 150 pickup.