Ford Owners
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Probably for the same reason that everything is Gluten Free now, marketing ploy.
No joke, im yet to see an eco boost get better than 16mpg, ours gets 14, our f350 gets 11mpg and the dodge 1500 gets 23 haha.
So far I have been happy with mine. It's rated at 33 mpg and I can achieve that pretty easily.
Average or highway? My personal F150 Ecoboost isn't broken in yet, but at around 700 miles I drove for 4 hours (highway) and got 19.X. Average right now I'm at 15.6, which is mostly city.
With mine it all depends on how I drive it. If I drive reasonably, I can get better than 16 easily. If I really get on the turbos, of course I will not get better than 16. Des Moines/Chicago round trip this past weekend I got 19.4 mpg (only went 5 mph over the speedlimit). For fun, one Des Moines/Cherokee roundtrip on backroad highways I set the cruise at 55 and got 24.1 mpg.
I have noticed that I get 1 to 1.5 mpg less during the winter than the summer - not sure why that is though.
All that being said, I do a lot of city driving and through 34,000 miles, I average 16.7 mpg. I do, however, like to get on the turbos from time to time just for the fun of it.
For us the big advantage is the towing--lots of low end torque (2013 Ford F-150 | View Full Engine Specifications | Ford.com). We had been using diesel pickups (before the price for diesels took off). This gets us close and has decent fuel economy. To go to the big V8 it would be combined fuel economy/highway of 13/16; for the Ecoboost it is 17/21. I'll take that. Gas Mileage of 2013 Ford F150 Pickup
The 5.3L Suburban is 17/21 as well, FWIW. Gas Mileage of 2013 Chevrolet Suburban
On fuelly.com I think the ecoboost average is about 16, but you see anywhere from 13 to 18 or so.
If Ford should ever put the 3.2L PowerStroke diesel that is rumored for the 2014 Transit into the F-150, we actually would have a real "eco" boost pickup...
Just get the V8. If you are buying a truck, you should be looking for capability not mileage.
I know. But I drive them anyway (along with many other people not living in North America).
You can't use an EPA estimate. They are notoriously wrong with new technology. You will not get better mileage towing with a V6 ecoboost as opposed to the V8. My brother in law has one and is is getting far worse towing mileage than the 7 year old Silverado he had before. He is not happy with the vehicle.
Unless of course you dont feel like paying nearly $10,000 grand extra for the 6.2 V8...
Dodge is partnering with VM Motori to put a diesel 3.0L V6 into the Ram 1500 this fall. It's the same company that made the little 2.6L diesel for the Jeep Patriot years ago.
This is going on my Christmas list...
