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Alcoa Wheels Drive New Ford Designs.


CLEVELAND -- Ford Motor Company will now offer a new line of 20-inch Alcoa (NYSE NYSE

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:AA) wheels as Genuine Ford Accessories for Super Duty trucks.

Referred to as Super Duty Dubs, customers may now choose from five styles of the strong, hot-forged aluminum wheels - from a flared 6-spoke to a wide 5-spoke design. Each is engineered to meet Ford specifications for durability and vehicle dynamics Vehicle dynamics refers to the dynamics of vehicles, here assumed to be ground vehicles.

For two-wheeled vehicles see Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics. For the dynamics of air vehicles see Aerodynamics.
 standards. These wheels are now included as a Genuine Ford Accessory by the U.S. automaker.

Ford introduced these Alcoa Forged branded Super Duty Dubs in November at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturer's Association show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. .

"Alcoa 20-inch wheels match Ford super duty See also Ford Super Duty engine for the 401, 477, and 534 engines built from 1958 to 1981. The Ford Super Duty is a line of commercial trucks (over 8,500 lb GVWR) introduced in 1998 for the 1999 model year.  strength," says Kevin Kramer Kevin A. Kramer (born August 24th, 1976) is a television writer and producer. He has worked on the reality shows, The Biggest Loser, Beauty and The Geek, and Unan1mous. Kevin is currently writing for the Cartoon Network show, Chowder , President of Alcoa Wheel Products. "Each Alcoa wheel is hot-forged and fully machined from a single aluminum billet, allowing maximum payload and uncompromised towing rating."

To learn more about these great wheels go to http://www.superdutydubs.com/

About Alcoa Wheel Products

Alcoa Wheel Products is the leading manufacturer of aluminum wheels and accessories for commercial vehicle, truck, motorcycle and automotive markets worldwide. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation).
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state.
, Alcoa Wheel Products employs approximately 1500 people worldwide and is a division of Alcoa Inc.

About Alcoa

Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap(R) foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa(R) wheels, and Baco(R) household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding, closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 120,000 employees in 43 countries and has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average

The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
 for 45 years and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2001. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com
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