The F-150’s available 250-hp, 440-lb.-ft. (597-Nm) turbodiesel is rated by the EPA at 22/30 mpg (10.7-7.8 L/100 km) with RWD and 21/28 mpg (11.2-8.4 L/100 km) with 4x4. This is the first fullsize truck to achieve a 30-mpg (7.8 L/100 km) highway rating, but we’...
Drive your S10 within the speed limit. Although the truck has a powerful 4.3 engine, neither it nor the transmission was designed for high-end speeds. Rather, it was built for low-end power and torque. Thus, your truck will begin to experience reduced gas mileage when driven at higher spe...
Speeding wastes lots of fuel. Depending on how the truck is geared,fuel mileageusually decreases rapidly at speeds above 50 and 60 mph. Even if the latest multi-speed transmissions keep engine revs low at higher speeds, it still takes more power to move the vehicle and overcome wind resistanc...
Some pickup-truck drivers take it as an article of faith that they're saving fuel by driving with the tailgate down, or removed, or replaced by a mesh fabric or metal gate. False. Aerodynamic studies show a pickup truck is most fuel efficient with its tailgate up. It seems the upright...