Ford F-150 Going Unibody For 2015 - Truck Trend News

2015 F150 - Unibody, no V8. This is a sick April Fool's joke right? I was laughing while reading the article because it sounds insane, it's either a good joke or the end of the F-150.

 

Clearly an April Fools, or expect the demise of the Oval.

 

I agree...Clearly an April fools joke. It even hints at the possibility of it just being an elaborate April fools joke at the bottom of the last paragraph.

However...My own fears of a Non V8 unibody F-150 are tingling a little after reading that haha.

 

The entire paragraph about the Raptor is BS in my opinion. The dealers can't keep these trucks on lot longer than a few days before being sold. It's a cash cow of cash cows.

I'll wager that the whole article is BS except for the use of more aluminum body panels.

 

Insane, perhaps not since most F150's are used as cars, heaviest load they see is kids and the weekly groceries.

 

I tend to agree these days...especially when all I see in dealer stock usually is NON max tow trucks. I asked them why they don't order them with it and they said they don't have much demand for them.

 

It would be insane for Ford to make a huge change, such as this story suggests. Not because the typical half ton owner uses the vehicle as a car. But Ford would be insane to make these changes to the product line that offers the most profit margins and sales.

Why do you think GM stayed as close to "staying between the lines" as they did with the 2014 half tons. Risk assessment is a major factor in these games.

 

Why would Ford do this? I already have the option of buying a truck that hauls less and tows less. It's called a Chevy. Or a GM. Or a Ram. Or a Toyota. Or a Nissan. Did I forget anyone?

 

Exactly my thoughts! Thats why I call B.S. on this article. My .02. Bryan, when I saw you posted a thread here, I thought we had another convert Hows the truck, or should I say the engine, treating ya? I miss the old KR but this F150 has done me proud so far

 

When my wife's Jeep finally dies (probably because I'll **** in the gas tank and pour water into the intake vac line like a can of SeaFoam), she's getting an F-150, so I'm always watching the updates. We broke her family Chevy tradition with the Jeep.... baby steps.... blue oval is next Well, as long as they don't stick the F-150 badge on a modern Ranchero running on a lawnmower engine like this jack-wagon was joking about!

The 6.0L is doing it's job... these $19k HPFP failures in the 6.7L are enough to keep me happily content swapping oil coolers and injectors for a LOOONG time before it get's retired. Not like's it's worth anything on a trade-in, so I'm more married to this truck than I am to my wife

 

As I've said before Bryan, Ford isn't going to lose supremacy in the 1/2 ton truck segment. The F-150 is perhaps Ford's most profitable high volume vehicle.

 

I was waiting for the article to state that front wheel drive would be standard with auto four wheel drive as an option!

 

I know Ford has made great strides with muffler bearing technology over the last couple of years and they expect to move this into the '15 trucks. That wasn't mentioned either. Poor journalism.

 

Apparently it is a joke.

Truck Trend spoofs F-150 for April Fool’s Day | Sport Vehicles

 

All I gotta say about this, is that GM, Ram, Toyota, and Nissan are hoping that there is at least some bit of truth to this article. At other than the use of aluminum in the body construction. After all that is the only way that anyone of them is going to ever dethrone the F series as the king that it is now. However that being said I think Ford would have screw the superduty as well as the 150.