Bob Tomes was among the Ford Motor Co. dealers who sank tens of thousands of dollars into new equipment and training to repair the automaker's aluminum F-150 pickup when it debuted in late 2014.

When a redesigned Ford F-150 pickup truck arrived in late 2014 with aluminum bodywork, it prompted attacks from rivals and concerns from truck buyers. One of the biggest questions was whether aluminum ...

Edmunds decided to inject some fact into the fray over repair costs for the aluminum 2015 Ford F-150: it bought a $52,000 long-term F-150 and clouted it with a sledgehammer. Twice. Then it drove the ...

The Blue Oval's big aluminum gamble paid off in the form of cheaper repairs and no insurance cost increases for owners. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has ...

Aluminum as a material to make car bodies is preferred because it’s quite a bit lighter. However, should you damage any of the aluminum parts, the repair costs (and complexity) go up considerably over ...

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Either out ofstubbornness or cheapness, I've lived with all the idiosyncrasies of my 240SX for more than a decade now. One problem I've never been able to fix on my own was the slight bend and ...

While steel was the traditional material used for car hoods, aluminum is becoming more popular. Here's how both metals ...