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GM Steps Up Aluminum Pickup Effort - WSJ

Nice read even though it's a little old.

The funny part is that GM 's truck commercials are all about touting high strength steel durability but what they've failed to openly disclose is the plan to build an aluminum bodied truck.
 
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Chebbys new commercial about not needing aluminum to get good mpgs and this article made me, lol.
 
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