2017 F150 EcoBoost vs 2016 Ram EcoDiesel Towing MPG Review
Here's the TFLT test review. Link
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Fast Mopar wrote:Bionic Man wrote:
According to fuelly, the 3.5 averages about 16 MPG. The 2.7 comes in at 18.
The Hemi comes in at about 15 MPG. And the EcoDiesel comes in close to 23.
According to the Motor Trend long term real world test from around 2 years ago, the F150 3.5 Ecoboost averaged around 14.5 mpg for the year and the Hemi Ram averaged around 15.5 mpg for the year. The numbers on the Ford might be a little better now for 2017.
I remember that review as well. Personally, I think it is a little silly to make a decision based on +/- 1 MPG. To me, the moral of the story has always been that while the EcoBoost is a good towing engine, it has little to no advantage over a V8 for fuel economy.
Not surprisingly, someone will come on and "know someone" who does better than what is reported.
But I will put more faith in fuelly reports of literally millions of miles, (as well as what MotorTrend did for about 30,000 miles each) than someone's neighbors, friends, niece's hairdresser..........
