The new '15 Ford F-150 debuting later this year will be the first-ever aluminum-intensive fullsize pickup and it will be the beginning of a major trend, with 75% of all new pickup trucks produced in North America featuring aluminum bodies by 2025, a new study predicts.

The study, performed by Ducker Worldwide and commissioned by the aluminum industry's trade group, surveyed all major automakers and reports Ford, General Motors and Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles will become the biggest users of aluminum sheet in the next decade.

In a development that could severely cut into steel's market share, Ducker also predicts the number of vehicles with complete aluminum body structures will reach 18% of North American production, from less than 1% today.

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