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2015+ Shelby GT350 Mustang
Why is this car not all Aluminum?
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<blockquote data-quote="SID297" data-source="post: 15228654" data-attributes="member: 8858"><p>There's a lot of difference (engineering wise) between building an aluminum body that will be fitted to a ridged steel frame and building a full aluminum unibody. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This touches on my point.</p><p></p><p>Don't for get about diminishing returns. Using aluminum in the construction of large full-size trucks will get you more weight reduction than it would on a mid-size car.</p><p></p><p>There's also the cost of converting the factory's body shop to aluminum production. This will prove to be the biggest holdup for Mustang. Currently it shares a production facility with Fusion. For the Mustang to go aluminum Ford would have to build a second body shop, convert the Fusion to aluminum, or move Fusion out of Flat Rock (which would leave the plant unprofitably underutilized). None of those things are likely to happen. Decisions like this take years to make because they have ripple effects throughout the company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SID297, post: 15228654, member: 8858"] There's a lot of difference (engineering wise) between building an aluminum body that will be fitted to a ridged steel frame and building a full aluminum unibody. This touches on my point. Don't for get about diminishing returns. Using aluminum in the construction of large full-size trucks will get you more weight reduction than it would on a mid-size car. There's also the cost of converting the factory's body shop to aluminum production. This will prove to be the biggest holdup for Mustang. Currently it shares a production facility with Fusion. For the Mustang to go aluminum Ford would have to build a second body shop, convert the Fusion to aluminum, or move Fusion out of Flat Rock (which would leave the plant unprofitably underutilized). None of those things are likely to happen. Decisions like this take years to make because they have ripple effects throughout the company. [/QUOTE]
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