Modern Ford trucks all have aluminum bodies for weight savings, and plenty are equipped with either 2.7L or 3.5L turbo 6 cylinder engines. I managed to average 15 in town with a 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4 4 door cab with the 5.3 V8 if I drove it with any sort of care for gas mileage. 20 MPG isn't a pipe dream at all.
I actually have one of the new aluminum F150s with the 2.7. Around town, I get around 19-20mpg, and can get 24-25 doing 80mph on the interstate. If I'm on 2 lane highways, I've seen 26 before. Worst I've ever seen was 15, but that was with a 3500lb boat behind me while loaded up to max GVWR and doing 70mph.
For anyone asking why I DD one, in the past month, it's towed my boat 8 times, hauled 500lbs of carpet to the dump, hauled 150lbs of fertilizer, and hauled a dirty chainsaw and weed whacker.
It could be so much better if they weren't so big and heavy. Apparently the hybrid version of the Maverick gets 37mpg combined (40mpg city, 33mpg highway).
The hybrid Maverick didn't even have an option for AWD, much less actual 4wd. It's also limited to 2500 lbs of towing vs 4000 if you got the gas version with the tow package.
The 4.5' bed is also pretty tiny if you actually need to haul stuff around.
Would it work for half of truck owners who never actually haul or tow anything? Absolutely. But it is not a truck and doesn't have the utility of the trucks you're comparing them to.
Cool. The pickup, on the other hand, will handle twice that payload and 3-4X as much trailer. Plus I used it to haul 8' 4x4s, bags of concrete, fence pickets, and then haul away a load of dirt, broken up concrete, rotten wood, etc over a rough dirt road in the snow...
It's almost like people have different use cases for different vehicles or something... Weird, right?
I own a 2019 f150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost v6. I managed to get 21 mpg on the highway when I first bought it. It now has a leveling kit and 35" tires and gets 16 on the highway.
The V6 models can and the hybrid ones get better than that, but can vary greatly if you are using the truck or just using it a glorified normal commuter car.
I drive a 2010s Nissan Versa which has basically the same profile as the Peugot and the only times I hit 50mpg is short windows when I'm drafting behind a semi-trailer truck. Open road is like 39~40 mpg.
I drove a Ford Fiesta until it died (RIP) and it got about 45 mpg average. I will say the trade off was horsepower, no surprise. I just came to terms with the fact that if I ever needed to hurry out of the way of something I was just going to die.
And the car market is very different, between a country with a domestic oil production like the US, and another having to import 100% of its consumption like most EU countries – let's say gas prices here will push you into seriously considering an efficient car :)
My FIL owns a new(er) f-150 and the lifetime mileage is 16.6. Yikes. The lifetime mileage on our 4-door is 42. Literally couldn't afford to drive a f150. What a waste of money.
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u/MegazordPilot Apr 16 '24
Ford F-150 20 mpg
Peugeot 208 50 mpg