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Ford lowered repair cost of F-150 by going aluminum, could Mopar do the same?

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#1 ·
Critics claimed that the aluminum bodies of the modern Ford F-150 would lead to much higher repairs costs, but the new F150 trucks actually cost less to repair.

"According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the "collision claim severity" is 7% lower for the 2015 and 2016 Ford F-150 than it was for the steel-bodied 2014 F-150. The group cites the lowered cost of repairs for this 7% decline in claim severity, so based on that information, a given accident with a 2015+ F-150 is going to cost you about 7% less than it would if a 2014 F-150 was involved in the same accident," reports Patrick Rall from Torque News.

Should Mopars consider aluminum too?
 
#2 ·
It maybe cheaper to “repair” aluminum, but, if you get hit, you have a big hole in your vehicle, a guy I work with,
has a Ford F-150, he got hit by a Jeep, and his tailgate had several holes in it. So instead of dents, you get holes.
 
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