When the 2015 F-150 was announced in January a lot of people wondered just how durable a pickup with an aluminum body could be.
Wonder no more.
Today, Ford let us in on their torture-testing process for the 2015 F-150 with video of all 10 steps. Some of these steps are so grueling that just five days of prolonged testing would equal 10 years or 150,000 miles by what Ford calls the “roughest customers.”
By the time the new F-150 hits dealers this fall, it will have been subjected to 10 million miles of combined real-world and simulated durability testing. Below are descriptions of all 10 steps. If you’d rather see the full video of testing we’ve included it below.
Ford’s custom torture rack twists and shakes the F-150 in seven different ways simultaneously for five days to stress-test the durability of the frame. That’s the equivalent of 225,000 miles.
