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What dirt bags.

 

"When this crash test was introduced in 2012, the new F-150 was already far into development, Ford spokesman Mike Levine said. Engineers weren't able to design the extra front-end protective measures quickly enough for all versions, he said, so a decision was made to add them first to the four-door SuperCrew truck, which accounts for a large majority of F-150 sales. The protective measures will be part of the vehicle's 2016 design."

 

Then of course Ford does not want customers thinking it costs more to fix.

 

"The Institute ran low-speed crash tests with the new F-150 and older steel-bodied versions of the same truck. In these tests, the new aluminum truck had more damage and cost about 26% more to repair than the older steel truck. The results are roughly in-line with what the Institute has found for other vehicles with with high aluminum content, Rader said.

"We do not agree with the repairability costs and findings by IIHS," Ford said in a statement. "Real-world repair costs for the 2015 F-150 to date are comparable to or less than other full-size pickups and an average $869 more affordable to repair than last year's F-150 -- not the higher numbers released after crash stunts orchestrated by IIHS and others."

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I know that the body is supposed to give in to absorb energy.

But this truck crumbles like a 2 year old cookie when you hit it with a hammer.

 

And the leg room in the ext cab? GONE.

I haven't seen crash tests for my truck though. But it doesn't change the horrifying video of the F150.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

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I know that the body is supposed to give in to absorb energy.

But this truck crumbles like a 2 year old cookie when you hit it with a hammer.

 

And the leg room in the ext cab? GONE.

I haven't seen crash tests for my truck though. But it doesn't change the horrifying video of the F150.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

 

Just throwing these out there. Think your truck is an ext cab, not a crew like in the test. But still worth the watch.

 

 

 

 

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I don't care as long as my gmt800's tested well, oh wait...

 

 

Marginal results although mine is a 3 door.

 

I was just about to post that video. The amazing thing is that is a regular overlap impact text where half the width is impacted. The F150 texted above is a newer, small overlap test and only impacts maybe 25% of the truck's front. Had a 2000 model Silverado been tested like the F150 above the results would've been much, much worse.

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The disturbing part is that Ford only reinforced the model they assumed IIHS would test, which is their most popular model the SuperCrew. Ford added additional steel reinforcement to the wheel well seen here in yellow:

 

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Ford left off that additional protection from all other trim levels (the regular and SuperCab versions.) IIHS usually only tests the most popular model, so that is the one they placed additional reinforcements on. They saved money by removing those protections from the trucks that they thought the IIHS would not test. The IIHS got wind of this and decided to test both models and found the huge difference in performance.

 

So essentially Ford decided to save money on trucks that would not be rated at the expense of safety. The IIHS says it plans to test more models from other manufacturers. Let's not get so high and mighty yet because GM may do the same thing. I hope this isn't standard practice. They should be ashamed.

 

More here: http://blog.caranddriver.com/iihs-2015-ford-f-150-crash-tests-reveal-disparate-results-between-crew-cab-and-extended-cab/

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