2017 Ford F-series Super Duty Spied: Touched By the Aluminati - Car and Driver (blog)

Why It Matters: The Super Duty is one of the reasons Ford can claim that its F-series trucks are the best-selling vehicles in the U. S. —like the competition, the company lumps its standard- and heavy-duty truck sales together—and those trucks, in... Private customers as well as businesses and all levels of government rely on heavy-duty F-series trucks to get their dealings done, so this is an important vehicle to the Blue Oval’s bottom line. Also of major consequence: It will adopt aluminum body panels like its little brother, the new-for-2015 F-150. Platform: We expect the all-new F-series Super Duties to ride on beefed-up bones incorporating lots of high-strength steel and, as... At first blush, it appears that Ford isn’t trying to reinvent the box, so to speak, with the next-gen Super Duty’s styling. Careful inspection, however, suggests that wind-tunnel testing may have contributed to certain details, such as the deep front aero bib, extended tailgate lip (some of which may be fake), and whatever lies beneath the fake roof extension, rear... Source: www.caranddriver.com