2015 Ford F-150 Aluminum-Body Pickup: Mixed IIHS Safety Scores - Green Car Reports
It was one of the biggest questions about the 2015 Ford F-150: How would the truck's aluminum cab and pickup bed fare in today's rigorous safety testing. While aluminum has been used for the bodies of several luxury cars before now, Ford's decision to deploy it on the best-selling and high-volume F-150 generated spirited discussions about the metal's potential faults. DON'T MISS: Aluminum-Body 2015 Ford F-150 Gets 5-Star NHTSA Rating For Crash Safety. The four-door F-150 SuperCrew model received "good" scores--the highest level achievable--in all IIHS tests. ALSO SEE: 2015 Ford F-150 Gas Mileage: Best Among Gasoline Trucks, But Ram Diesel Still Highest (Nov 2014). However, Ford's F-150 extended cab model--which only has a small rear seating row and half-size doors--did not score as well. This model received "good" scores in the moderate-front overlap, side, roof-strength, and head-restraint tests, but only a "marginal" score in the small-frontal overlap. The IIHS says Ford added structural elements to the SuperCrew's front frame to improve its crash-test performance, but did not add them to the extended cab. Source: www.greencarreports.com
