There are plenty of vehicles sold today that use aluminum bodies, but according to Automotive News, the keys to their success come down to proper adhesive application and having the right type of ...

SOLIHULL, England -- The humble rivet. That's what Demos Hoursoglou, Jaguar Land Rover's body-in-white manufacturing manager here, puts near the top of his list of worries about assembling the ...

Ford says their certified repair centers can fix the 2015 Ford F-150 and its all-new aluminum body "no problem." But this crazy story of a month-long job and an unbelievable service bay bill — $17,000 ...

Ford invested %24359 million to gut and redo the body shop at Dearborn Truck "The first day employees were ecstatic%2C" said Ron Ketelhut%2C chief engineer. "It was quiet." Two things are missing in ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Ed Jolliffe's name. DETROIT — Michigan Ford dealer Ed Jolliffe has been calculating the cost of getting his body shop ready for ...

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DEARBORN, MI -- It's Ford Motor Co.'s biggest bet in decades: an aluminum-sided F-150 that could set a new industry standard - or cost the company its pickup truck crown. Ford was scheduled to start ...

Henry Ford’s Model T was the 20th century’s boldest automotive stroke. Like Lotus’s Colin Chapman and every other shrewd motorsports engineer, Ford—even way back when—identified weight as the enemy.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Ford Motor Co.'s billion-dollar gamble on manufacturing its full-size pickups with aluminum alloy is about to bring big changes to Louisville's Kentucky Truck Plant. Although Ford ...