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Insurance has Your Back...
Ford worked heavily with insurance companies to make sure you don't take a hit simply because your truck is aluminium...
Ford Gets Insurance Biggies On Its Side For Radical 2015 F-150 Pickup - Forbes
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It wasn’t a finger-snap, though. Ford worked with Allstate and its in-house research operation, Tec-Core Applied Research, for several years prior to the new F-150’s launch to analyze the truck and educate and train both body-shop technicians and Allstate’s own adjusters. The company said more than 2,500 adjusters and claims staff completed aluminum-repair training specific to the F-150.
“The result of all this work ahead of the new truck ever hitting the road is that the insurance premiums on the 2015 Ford F-150 are in line with the prior model year when Ford used steel instead of aluminum,” said Dave Border, Allstate vice president of Vehicle Product Management, in a release.
“The result of all this work ahead of the new truck ever hitting the road is that the insurance premiums on the 2015 Ford F-150 are in line with the prior model year when Ford used steel instead of aluminum,” said Dave Border, Allstate vice president of Vehicle Product Management, in a release.
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That's good to hear because it would suck to have higher insurance costs for the aluminum body. That could have been a weakness of this truck but ford seems to have nipped that in the bud.
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Glad they took what the consumer would have to into consideration, but of course their stronger motivation is what that'll do to their sales volume. Imagine the discussions going " don't want an F150 anymore due to aluminum.... this is my other option..."
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Wow... that's something I would have never expected a company to do
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Wow... that's something I would have never expected a company to do
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