Things You Should Know About The New Ford F-150

Ford certainly made quite the splash during the 2014 Detroit auto show with the new Ford F-150 pickup, and a huge part of the truck’s lightning rod effect can be traced to its nearly all-aluminum construction. Below are some of the important things you must know about this new Ford truck:

More than 90% of the F-150’s cab aluminum, and the bed is aluminum. The only notable steel component in the truck are the mounting rods for fitting bolt-on parts, the majority of the firewall, the frame, the door latches and hinges, body rivets, and the cross-door side-impact beams. By the way, the steel firewall is used because steel has excellent vibration, noise, and harshness-quelling characteristics.

On the other hand, aluminum is a softer and less-dense metal than steel. It has a yield strength that is 42% lower. Ford emphasized that the aluminum it uses for the inside of the bed is a thicker gauge than the steel which resulted not just in a lighter-weight unit but one with better ding and dent resistance.

Among the F-150’s slicker features is its near-flush-fitting sliding rear window. The glass is indeed bisected by a pair of pillars which support the sliding window mechanism. This technology has not changed in decades, and while it works, it does not look good. The new Ford F-150’s rear window appears to float within the rear glass, thanks to a sliding mechanism mounted in the truck away from view.

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