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July 31, 2015

Ford's aluminum F-150 gets mixed crash results

  • The Insurance Institute also said the repair costs were 26 percent higher for the aluminum-bodied truck.
    • By DEE-ANN DURBIN
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — Ford's new aluminum-sided F-150 pickup saw mixed results in new crash tests by the insurance industry, and the damaged trucks cost more to repair than steel-bodied ones.

    The four-door Super Crew version of the 2015 F-150 got top ratings in all five of the crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. For now, it is the only full-size truck on the market with the institute's “Top Safety Pick” rating.


     
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