However...aluminum is a tad more expensive than steel and that means higher prices for the truck. How much higher? Who knows?
I've always felt the real agenda of the "regulators" (safety, fuel economy, and emissions) was to drive up the cost of vehicles, making them too expensive for serfs, and driving the serfs toward public transit.
It's starting to work, the average age of US vehicles is at an all time high, 10.8 years. I think the ultimate desire is to make us look like Cuba.
More expensive per pound, cheaper by volume