Why the new Ford F-150 is different from any truck you'll drive - WQAD.com
The 2015 Ford F-150 is the first all-aluminum body truck in the world, and Quad City Ford dealerships say there’s a long list of benefits to the new truck. Ford officials replaced the truck’s steel frame with aluminum, which is produced by Alcoa, one of the Quad Cities’ largest employers. Ford announced that their trucks would be 97 percent aluminum back in January, 2014. The announcement brought “job security,” according to Brad Greve, the vice president of the United Steelworkers Local 150 in Bettendorf. “The lighter body is going to get you better gas mileage,” said Javier Calleja, a sales consultant at Dahl Ford in Davenport. Ford offers four different engines: The 2. 7-liter EcoBoost, 3. 5-liter EcoBoost, 3. 5-liter Ti-VCT V6 and the 5. 0 Ti-VCT V8. Drivers with the 2. 7-liter EcoBoost engine could get up to 19 miles per gallon in city, and 26 highway. Although the 2. 7-liter EcoBoost engine is a smaller engine, Calleja said it can still tow up to 8,500 pounds if properly equipped. Source: wqad.com
