Call me Al: Driving the aluminum 2015 Ford F-150 - TechnologyTell
var tt_sections =... /* ]]> */ Much has been said about the Ford F-150’s transition to an all-aluminum body for 2015. So how does it affect handling and fuel economy. Understand, first of all, the contrast in vehicles that we in the autojournalism profession sometimes face: I got out of the cramped cockpit of the Ford Mustang GT , with its athletic performance and clambered directly into the cavernous interior... Perhaps that change is why I felt the Ford F-150 needed 40 acres to turn around. The Mustang, while not really a “small” car, per se, had a decent turning radius and was fairly easy to park in the day-to-day slog. The Ford F-150 felt like docking a houseboat by comparison. And after a week at the Mustang’s relatively quick-ratio steering wheel, it took me a couple of days to get used to the much slower steering rate of the Ford F-150. In sum, my initial impression was not one of lightness. As the week wore on, however, I became more used to the Ford F-150’s size. What I came to realize was while the Ford F-150 may be huge — and make no mistake, it is — it’s also pretty nimble for a pickup truck. Source: www.technologytell.com
