TFL Trucks did a fuel economy test on a Chevy Trail Boss, Ford Raptor, and Ram Rebel with E Torque and compared the actual fuel economy to the advertised fuel economy.Brand____Actual___Advertised___Delta Chevy____19.3_____20___________.7Ford_____17.29____18___________.71Ram_____17.9_____22___________4.1Link

Dang, the Raptor and Rebel highway mileage is about the same as my combined mileage.

If you watch the video, they say the Ram is basically new with only a couple hundred miles on it, where the other trucks have a few thousand. They also mention that Ram does not have the EPA do a different MPG estimate for the Rebel version of the Ram 1500 4x4. The Rebel is an inch higher, has the knobby tires, and IIRC, no air dam in the front. Those will all lower highway mpg, so they should. They mention that for those types of reasons, Chevy has the EPA do a different mpg number for the Trailboss version of the Silverado. Lastly, E-Torque will have little to no benefit at highway speeds.

"They also mention that Ram does not have the EPA do a different MPG estimate for the Rebel version of the Ram 1500 4x4"If true that is not the consumers problem. This is a Ram problem. What is the point of the EPA estimates if they are not required to reflect the vehicle the sticker is attached to.Hopefully once the break-in tune expires the mpg will be more accurately reflected in their tests.

Do people actually buy trucks based on their mileage rating? I think most purchases are based on price, brand, looks etc. They’re trucks, they all suck, literally.

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bikendan
Explorer
Dec 02, 2018
joshuajim wrote:
By the way, I own a Ford EcoBust that gets terrible mileage.

I recently got 20.2mpg(not towing) on a 400 mile RT trip, in my 2014 3.5 SCREW Ecoboost F150. It was a mix of freeway, country roads and some stop and go city driving.
And since it was in Washington, there wasn't much flat driving.

i get usually average 10-11mpg towing.
transamz9
Explorer
Dec 02, 2018
bikendan wrote:
joshuajim wrote:
By the way, I own a Ford EcoBust that gets terrible mileage.

I recently got 20.2mpg on a 400 mile RT trip, in my 2014 3.5 SCREW Ecoboost F150. It was a mix of freeway, country roads and some stop and go city driving.
And since it was in Washington, there wasn't much flat driving.

I recently got 20 in my 16 3500 Cummins on a 1500 mile trip to Florida and back loaded going down.
FishOnOne
Nomad
Dec 02, 2018
transamz9 wrote:
bikendan wrote:
joshuajim wrote:
By the way, I own a Ford EcoBust that gets terrible mileage.

I recently got 20.2mpg on a 400 mile RT trip, in my 2014 3.5 SCREW Ecoboost F150. It was a mix of freeway, country roads and some stop and go city driving.
And since it was in Washington, there wasn't much flat driving.

I recently got 20 in my 16 3500 Cummins on a 1500 mile trip to Florida and back loaded going down.

I rented a 2019 F150 crew cab 4x4 2.7EB to haul some marketing stuff from Houston to Dallas and back. That truck made a solid 24mpg round trip. Probably would have been 25mpg without a load.

If this was a truck I purchased I would have been very satisfied with it's fuel economy and performance.

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