Ford's new idea...

[wildbill23c]

Not directly.

Early imported cars used a thinner steel of a different composition that came out to be as strong as thicker American steel... but had nowhere near the corrosion resistance.

Aluminum sounds great and while IMO it is more stable than steel it has issues too. I kept having a tire go down on my Ranger, in 4 days it would be completely flat. Aluminum wheel was corroded on the bead all around both sides and lost the seal around a wheel weight.

And it does funky things when combined with steel, it will be interesting to see how GM's aluminum bed with a steel floor works out.

Aluminum bed with steel floor...beds will be falling off their trucks probably soon...Ford has issues with all their emblems falling off...GM just took it a few steps farther...let's just design the truck so the whole bed falls off while flying down the freeway LOL.

Hey at least after an accident you'll get like 45 cents a pound for aluminum scrap .