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Old 12-19-2014, 11:19 AM   #901
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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette View Post
Fen, any chance these trucks will shed some weight and go aluminum in the next three to four years? Try to get that fuel mileage up a little more. Or would that be a next generation thing. Not sure what the current weight is.

A lot of emphasis on steel in that ad and based on the comments by Mark Reuss, GM doesn't think buyers will "value" an aluminum cab. With oil (gas) prices headed down, looks like Ford's gamble may prove to be a miss.

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we didn't go in and overspend on things. We didn't go in and do things the customer wouldn't value

Read more: http://blogs.motortrend.com/1412_gm_...#ixzz3MMQKcVZI
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