With the S550 I understood it, the first all aluminum vehicle for ford was the 2015 F150 and then the 2017 SD and 2018 exp/nav. I’m sure Ford was trying to get the high volume vehicle in aluminum first. But to not carry it over to the new mustang boggles me. The main reason(s) I can consider is that manufacturing aluminum vehicles has a whole slew of its own issues that make it harder to mass produce than steel
Aluminum is sort of limited on compound body lines too from my understanding, I think it would be very difficult to get the trademark rear flare done in aluminum. I really was not a fan of the sheet metal on the last 13th gen F-150, the 14th gen has a lot better lines but even so it’s very boxy and straight as a truck. The Mustang needs to flow both for aero and that trademark flare. It’s very possible it just cannot be done with aluminum.
You can actually get a much deeper “draw” out of aluminum, which makes it easier to get those deep flares. It’s a pain in the ass to manufacture and assemble aluminum components though
And I think the F-150’s utilitarian structure may make it easier to assemble. It’s not a unibody, no secret that cold rolled steel is stronger. The mustang relies on thsoe body panels with the unibody structure for all its strength. No ladder frame like an F-150 to fall back on. There are pluses and minuses to everything. For me in New York the aluminum body was a huge selling point, my entire college career I’ve driven trucks with holes through the rocker panels. I wasn’t dropping $50,000+ on my first new truck to have it be eaten alive in 5 years.
I would in a minute
parents have one
LOL! Wait until they see autonomous EV 18 wheelers barreling down the highways.
I think Karen is still mad at her boyfriend from high school 30 years ago that chose his Mustang over her…he made a damn good decision!!!
You people need to maybe read a little before forming opinions?
We have neither the tech, nor infrastructure to make EVs profitable until probably 2030 when the continuing shitstorm that is public charging first turns around and then ceases to exist and shed the stigma that's not even close to peaking.
I agree with this sentiment. I think electric is very likely the future, but with all these 2030 “electric only” goals this will be a dumpster fire. The charging infrastructure is horrendous, and some states (looking at you California) all ready want you to turn off your ac at night to avoid brownouts. How do you charge your car after work now? What about apartment dwellers with no at home charging? Just forget them right! Anyone who truly believes we can ditch internal combustion in 7 years is smoking crack. I like to base this transition on realistic updates to infrastructure, not magic buzz words.
Totally cool with that strategy actually. The 3.5 isn't that much worse than the powerboosts overall in terms of efficiency. I really couldn't justify the hybrid currently offered because I don't really tow much or put city miles on. The highway efficiency in the powerboost is simply unacceptable.
