RAM Pickups To Hold Off On Aluminum Bodies Through At Least 2020

Chrysler Group is planning an extensive facelift of its full-size Ram 1500 pickup in spring 2017, but has no firm plans to follow rivals General Motors and Ford Motor Co in replacing steel body panels with aluminum until a complete redesign after 2020, industry sources told Reuters. While Ford and GM are shifting to lighter aluminum body panels to dramatically reduce the weight of their best-selling full-size pickups - this fall and in the fall of 2018, respectively - Chrysler is planning to stick mainly with steel when it updates the big Ram pickup in 2017, according to two sources familiar with the automakers' plans.
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skytop - 8/25/2014 12:15:27 PM

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I can hear the crying and cussing of the future aluminum F150 owners. They will experience the pain finding that aluminum is extra fragile, dent-able and easily creased. Insurance cost was necessary rise for aluminum trucks.
A truck needs to be robust and tough to resists the hard life it leads. Steel body panels are the superior and best choice.