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07-23-2014, 11:08 AM | #1 |
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Ford Beats weight reduction estimate on F150
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07-23-2014, 04:46 PM | #2 |
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07-23-2014, 04:54 PM | #3 |
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That is good news. I don't know if I've seen too manufacturers beat their weight goals, especially on a massed produced car. It's almost always over due to costs. And also if only there were some sort of mechanism, like pricing, in a free market, like ours, that could change the way people buy things? Hmm novel concept. If they can still afford it why would things change? They trucks are more efficient and cleaner than ever, people can get what they want. As soon as the government dictates what cars you can and cannot buy, we will no longer be in the great USA.
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Jesus christ. Even sane conversations get tossed out?
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http://www.freep.com/article/2014071...d-Audi-Porsche
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07-23-2014, 05:03 PM | #6 |
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To be fair, if you read the rules for N&R this thread was breaking at least 2 of them...
I just wish mods were as proactive about keeping the trolls and whiny bitches from posting the same crap over and over. |
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Like I've stated to you before (and now also by someone else in this thread), get rid / penalize the idiotic comments that start to spark the PP conversations and this would become a non issue. |
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07-23-2014, 05:18 PM | #9 |
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That would have been the very first comment in this case, which did get removed, along with all other comments on the issue. I'd much rather just have my comment removed if it's in response to someone else's political debate as opposed to all of us getting points.
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07-23-2014, 05:18 PM | #10 |
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Let he who has not started a political debate throw the first mousepad.
Well done Honda. |
07-23-2014, 05:22 PM | #11 | |
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This is a car news discussion. Want to argue politics? (yes, the term is argue not debate) go to PP, there are plenty of threads there for you to choose from. |
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07-23-2014, 05:22 PM | #12 |
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There should be a rule that Pre can't bring up Subaru's lack of hatchbacks/wagons for 6 months.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: I like what Ford has done with the aluminum. I hope it trickles down to the rest of the lineup, because 700 lbs decrease in this day and age is amazing. |
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Either start pointing people for idiotic comments that are not based in facts, which will devolve into political arguments, or simply move it over to PP. |
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Yea I wish mustang didn't add all that pointless safety equipment and went full aluminum lol stupid engineers
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07-23-2014, 06:52 PM | #16 | |
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As you darn well know one persons facts will be dismissed as garbage by another. Facts need not apply to NASIOC. Too many political hacks here. Now can we get back to talking about the F150 or lets just close it down. I thought actually beating the advertised weight loss was extraordinary. I bet with the small ecoboost we see over 20mpg city in this thing. THAt is no small feat. |
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07-23-2014, 08:50 PM | #17 |
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Now if they could make the Mustang weigh 200+ pounds less, they'd be on to something...
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And yes as I posted above F has done an amazing job in being the first mover in using Aluminum so widely. I'd like to see that 20% move over the next 5 years to be going higher and higher. Other OEMs (Honda for example) are utilizing Aluminum + steel welds. Thats also super interesting. And FWIW, CAFE requirements drove a lot of this innovation. |
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07-24-2014, 12:04 AM | #19 |
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Now this is good news. Let it signal the beginning of the end of the increasing weight trend in vehicles in successive generations. I want this to work, and not just for Ford.
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07-24-2014, 12:30 AM | #20 |
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I'd like to point out that that article claimed the Corvette had an aluminum body. I thought the gag was that it and the car's leaf springs are fiberglass.
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Now where is the SVT Lightning prototype running around with the TT 5.0 V8 under the hood? |
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