Aluminum F-150 Named IIHS Top Pick - Truckinginfo
Ford's 2015 F-150 crew cab model has been named a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, while the extended cab model was rated as good by the group. This spring, Ford's aluminum-body F-150's three cab configurations, including the regular cab model, achieved 5-Star ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The 2015 F-150 crew cab, called the SuperCrew, earned good ratings in all five assessments performed by the insurance industry group, including small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength, and head restraint evaluations. The institute usually only evaluates the top-selling model, which is the F-150 crew cab, but added the extended cab model due to its high volume of sales. In this test on the F-150 exteded cab, intruding structure seriously compromised the driver's survival space, resulting in a poor structural rating, according to the institute. The institute ran crash tests at 10 mph with the 2015 F-150 crew cab and its 2014 steel-bodied predecessor. Engineers crashed the front left corner of the aluminum pickup into the right rear corner of the steel pickup at a 15 percent overlap, and then flipped the test and ran the steel pickup into the back. Source: www.truckinginfo.com
