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Old 01-17-2014, 07:21 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
What's even more amazing to me is that they're claiming prices will not go up (significantly or at all)... this could mark a milestone for aluminum use in automobiles.

Note that there are areas that are still steel, because it's still too hard to make them in aluminum... hence 97% instead of 100...
Pretty sure some article said they're going to lose profit margin by using the aluminum. Loss leader parts.
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