Ecoboost Gas Mileage, all hype?

I heared all this hype about the great gas mileage on a F150 with the Ecoboost engine, rumors of 25-27mpg. So I searched on Fuelly.com to see if I could find anything and came up with these averages:

16.3
16
15.9
15.3
15.7
17.2
18.1
17.5

http://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/f-150/2011
I found only 1 guy who broke 20mpg once.

 

Someone on here did a review on it and had similar findings. He said once you're in boost, forget it, MPG's go to the crapper. I guess it really only does well cruising down the highway and the engine isn't under much load.

 

I read an article that the epa mileages are obtained with the best combo of axle ratio to engine and the ecoboost was done with 3.15 axle.

 

Is that the 4 cyl.?

 

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No, sorry, just reiterating the fact that you said SHO... They don't make I4 SHOs

 

Sooo did they get the 27mpg from a single cab 2wd going down a 5% grade with a 50mph tail wind or what? I don't see how they can say 27 when it averages around 16.

 

People here say they get 25 mpg in a tacoma v6...when I only got around 16..so I guess it varies

 

LOL right..

I'm 20+ under 65 in the summer.
I'm < 17 under 65 in the winter.

Cold weather kill the MPG on all trucks...too many factors.

From what I can gather on checking out the forums the ECO Fords are about equal to Tacoma mpg in similiar driving and you get alot more upside in power and towing.

 

i got 25 mpg once when my truck was stock. it was summer and all highway driving.

 

This and bad resale, less reliable. Its probably a good thing for people who want/need a full size, but if it gets the same mpg as a new taco, Ill stick with the taco. It just suits me better, if I needed a full size I would get a diesel.

 

I've also heard rumor of a 1 liter 3 cyl.

 

Fords don't seem to rust out like the Tacos do around here... Just playing the fence guys.