Technology--Wow

[Wylie C]

I had to go to NY to bury my mother. She passed Sept 14th. I was running 75 mph with the cruise on and I was getting 28.4 mpg. In Penn there was a lot of traffic and had to slow to 65, I was then getting 30.1 mpg. I am amazed at this car. 460hp and that kind of gas mileage unbelievable. Back in the day that kind of hp would get maybe 6 or 8 mpg. Anyway just thought I would share that.

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[ChromaticGrey]

Sorry to hear about your mother.

I am also amazed at the mileage these newer engines get. I get very similar gas mileage to my 2001 Acura CL with a 3.2 liter V6 and that thing had 225 HP. This engine has almost twice as much HP, but can get similar MPG, especially if trying. It's hard not to do a couple full throttle pulls, which can really eat into the mileage. The Acura used to feel peppy, now it feels like the engine is an anchor, lol.

 

[gmupatriot]

Lucky you! My 2018 GT gets about 24MPG at best. I have the A10 with 3.55 ratio and 20inch factory rims. It use to be really good when new but with 28K miles on it, the MPG has certainly dropped a bit.

 

[Monopoly]

Try my old beater 2002 Ford Taurus SE. 3.0L v6 SOHC got worse gas mileage on the hwy. Slightly better city though. 150hp! The S550 is heavier and has 3xHP!

 

[Zathras]

Condolences on your mother. If you are getting those MPG figures from the trip computer, it tends to cheat a little. My trip computer was consistently about 6% optimistic compared to manual calculation based on actual fuel consumed.

 

[Wylie C]

I was going by the trip computer. I'll figure it manually the next trip. I hope it's close. My GT is A10 and 3:55 also, with 20's
Thanks for the kind words about Mom.

 

[Briebee72]

Actually this topic got my curious. The MPG of Mustang has been fairly consistent since they were first made a few mpg swing up and down but still fairly consistent. https://www.cjponyparts.com/resources/mustang-mpg-ratings this site lists all years mpg in a chart.

 

[Ebm]

I had to go to NY to bury my mother. She passed Sept 14th. I was running 75 mph with the cruise on and I was getting 28.4 mpg. In Penn there was a lot of traffic and had to slow to 65, I was then getting 30.1 mpg. I am amazed at this car. 460hp and that kind of gas mileage unbelievable. Back in the day that kind of hp would get maybe 6 or 8 mpg. Anyway just thought I would share that.

If you think that's impressive, look at the Camaro SS. Has old-school tech with pushrods, but gets better mpg than the GT. Yes, some of that could be the platform losing a lot of weight. But SS guys getting the mpg they are getting out of a freaking pushrod motor is impressive. I'd say more impressive than ours because the Coyote is oozing with fairly new tech.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Actually this topic got my curious. The MPG of Mustang has been fairly consistent since they were first made a few mpg swing up and down but still fairly consistent. https://www.cjponyparts.com/resources/mustang-mpg-ratings this site lists all years mpg in a chart.

I think Wylie is old enough to remember driving cars from the late 1960's when they were brand-new/on their first drive off the dealership lot. CJ's data doesn't go that far back.

There was a time when a V8 car getting 15 highway mpg was clearly the exception. That'd be in easy real-world driving, not EPA numbers measured via specified "drive cycles" on a dyno. FWIW, I think the early EPA numbers tended to be unrealistically high, and I seem to recall the drive cycles having been revised at least once over time as a result.


Norm

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