Ford might put an aluminum body on the next Super Duty

Ford may use an aluminum body on its new Super Duty pickup, similar to what it is doing with the smaller 2015 F-150.

Although the company won’t comment on that possibility, it has said it plans to use aluminum extensively in other vehicles.

Last week, a spy photographer for KGP Photography was shooting a prototype of the F-350 Super Duty at a testing area in Colorado and was able to get close enough to place a magnet on the truck’s bed, according to Automotive News.

The photographer, Brian Williams, said it would not stick.

Glenn Paulina of KGP figures that if the bed of the heavy-duty truck is apparently aluminum, the body probably is as well. The new Super Duty is expected to arrive in the next 18 months or so.

“If they’re using aluminum here, in the key punishment-point of a heavy-duty work truck, it stands to reason that aluminum is being used throughout the rest of the Super Duty prototypes – just as they have on the 2015 Ford F-150,” Paulina told Automotive News.

Ford hopes that the new aluminum body will shave 700 pounds off the 5,500-pound F-150, which should arrive at dealerships later this year.

That could increase fuel economy by 20 to 30 percent.

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