liedoctor
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I'm just wondering if anyone knows what the gas mileage will be on the new 2025 Ram 1500 with the Turbo I-6, verses the current Hemi?
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SO Hurricane fuel economy ratings have been out for a while. Combined mpg is 19 for the SO. I have yet to see a window sticker for a HO so I'm not sure what that's going to be rated at.Lots of predictions and published numbers floating around but it looks like the SO is going to be around 21mpg combined and the HO is going to be around 17mpg combined.
My 2019 HEMI window sticker (1500 Big Horn 4x4) said 19mpg combined but I got 15mpg so I would take the numbers with a grain of salt.
I would have liked more but I bought a truck to be a truck so fuel economy was not a concern when I purchased it.
That's one of the reasons why I went with the hemi.I6 fuel economy is basically Hemi territory
I recently watched a TFL episode where they compared a Hurrican RAM Rebel to a GMC 1500 6.2L Sierra and the Ford F150 Tremor with a Coyote engine. They took all three on a 100-plus mile driving loop. I expected more from the Hurricane, but the Coyote engine beat the Hurricane by 2 MPG.
I agree that the NA engines would be down on power due to the Denver altitude. That should not mean they had increased efficiency. The E-470 around Denver is not a hill climb. The speed limit is 75 and they appeared to be cruising in the right lane in the video.I wonder how much their increased elevation played in to that. Figure at that altitude, NA motors are down roughly 15% on power since they have a tougher time dealing with the thinner air. Less air needs less fuel but makes less power. Interesting test, though, be interesting to see if the same holds true at lower elevations. If I were buying a 1/2 ton today, it'd probably be the Tremor. I came pretty close to buying one when I got my PW anyway.
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I agree that the NA engines would be down on power due to the Denver altitude. That should not mean they had increased efficiency. The E-470 around Denver is not a hill climb. The speed limit is 75 and they appeared to be cruising in the right lane in the video.
I had thought that the Aero drag would be the deciding factor. The GMC disproved that. The aero on the RAM is a brick into the wind. The GMC is a cinder block. The fact that it beat the ram had me searching for "other" reasons.
Based on this, it's not the Hurricane engine that's getting poor mileage - it's the Rebel trim. This of course begs the question - why are we comparing highway fuel economy on trucks with off road trims. It may be a 1:1:1 comparison, but is that what the customer is buying that off road trim for? Anyone for a muscle car towing competition?
If anyone wants to see the fuelly data - speak up.