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Impress Ford with how you’d punish a 2015 F-150 and win a week-long test drive

What would you do if Ford handed you the keys to a brand new 2015 F-150 and said “Give us your worst”? Would you put it through the ringer on the jobsite? Would you take it off-road to your favorite mudding spot? Perhaps you’d hitch up a trailer full of cinder blocks and go about […]

February 7, 2014

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Ford will shut down its truck plants for 13 weeks in order to retool for assembly of 2015 F-150

Ford announced that it plans to shutdown two of its plants for a combined 13 weeks in order to retool and prepare them for assembly of the aluminum bodied 2015 F-150 pickup. The automaker will halt production at its Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan for 11 weeks, and at its Kansas City, Missouri plant for […]

January 29, 2014

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The 2015 Ford F-150 will get better mileage, but will higher price, insurance rates and repair costs offset fuel savings?

Last week, Ford unveiled the 2015 F-150. Beyond a new body design, the big news was that this would be the first full-size pickup with an aluminum body. That’s a good thing because aluminum is much lighter than steel and Ford says the new F-150 shaves 700 pounds off the weight of the truck. That […]

January 20, 2014

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Ford unveils the 2015 F-150: lighter aluminum body, tons of new tech (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

No. 3 Story in 2014 « No. 4 No. 2 »   After much hype and months of build-up, it’s here. And despite a multitude of improvements over previous models, most are calling Ford’s newest pickup the automaker’s biggest gamble yet. Ford unveiled the new 2015 F-150 in the wee hours of Monday morning and […]

January 13, 2014

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Report: Ford will unveil the 2015 F-150 next month and it will be made of aluminum

While other automakers turn to diesel engines to address fuel economy, Ford’s EcoBoost V-6 will reportedly have some help next year to add even more miles per gallon to the F-150: an aluminum body. According to a report from Bloomberg, Ford will unveil an F-150 with an aluminum body next month at the Detroit Auto […]

December 23, 2013