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Originally Posted by enzo1 View Post
friend has had 1 for about 3 months, gets 16.7 mpg combined. no towing, .. when I ask him about it he just shrugs his shoulders, think he thought it would get better gas mileage, dunno
I have the new 5.0 in a 2012 shortbox reg cab 4x4. It,s quite a bit lighter than all the other crewcab trucks and is getting about 13 mpg combined in the cold weather. I was getting high teens low 20s highwy in the summer.
I like the 5.0 but it is a little short on torque down low.The eco isn,t available in the short chassis or I would have considered it.
There is a lot of complexity with twin turbos but Ford seems to have made a big effort to develop the eco.
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