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It won't change my mind but it would be nice to know lol.
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Seems to me like they could’ve made the 2.3 with a little less HP and a little more fuel-efficient. I would venture to guess that everyone that cares about power and the why no V8 crew will be going for the 2.7 anyway. Doesn’t really make sense to me to have a smaller and a bigger engine with no concern for either being fuel efficient.
Maybe not. It's a heavy truck with a lot of running gear. I'd think a V6/V8 would be getting just about the same MPG as the 2.3 just because of what the bronco is. Hybrid and Diesel are the only ways to boost MPG numbers on something like this.
with the size and weight of the tires i am betting the turbos will be always working. My guess would be low teens for MPGs. Fuel tank size is going to be a huge concern
I bet the EPA on the 2.3L 4 door to come in at 22 city, 25 highway so it can beat the 2.0T JLU Wrangler by 1 mpg in the spirit of being 0.1" better at everything on paper... but in real life driving it will probably be like 17 city, 20 highway with stock tires and like ~3 less than that 'squatched. Back to the lifted box on wheels with AT tires is fighting all kinds of physics to move forward so cannot expect it to compete with boring sedan or crossover.
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I average 16-17 combined on regular fuel in mostly highway so I'm pretty confident a Sasquatched 2.7L Bronco will manage 18-20 in the same conditions.
However, I drive like a total grandma on pavement so YMMV.
However, I drive like a total grandma on pavement so YMMV.
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I doubt it at 65 on the highway, but for sure once you're going 80+.
Fuel tank size will definitely be a bigger planning factor off-road excursions than what I'm used to.
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I had a 60 mile commute one way and no ability to charge on the return end so 120 miles only 16 or 17 of which were pure electric. Then my son started taking it to school which would get him pretty much almost round trip
My commute to work was 120 mi round trip and only able to charge at home so 105 of my miles were generally in hybrid mode. Eventually it became my son's car and his round trip commute to school would pretty much be covered with a single charge from home.
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I'm sure the 2.7 will be the best MPG and smallest engine I own. All my daily drivers get between 7.5-12 mpg on a typical tank. Fuel economy i could care less about, I drove my V10 Excursion daily (450 miles a week at the time) during $4.75/gallon gas getting 8 MPG, nothing scares me haha
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This is the crux of the matter; Fuel range with the small tanks (especially on the 2-door). The extra cost of a relative gas guzzler is insignificant compared to purchase price and and depreciation. I don't see the 2-door going 325 miles on a tank, even on a straight highway run. That is going to be annoying to a lot of folks. I am not swayed by the current options (limited manual transmission choices specifically), however if that changes in a couple model years, my use would be for work, traveling all over the middle third of the Country (and the occasional mild off roading on the weekends wherever I am at.) and that requires a lot of highway travel. a 2-door fits me better...a real world range of less than 350 miles would give me pause for thought as I have sites that are literally 80 miles from town or two hours away on a mountain
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WhAt diD YoU sAy tO Me!?!!!!!
I only buy cars that get crap gas mileage because it makes me feel good! 30mpg!? Barf.
I'd pour gasoline on the ground if I could just to lower my MPG!
I don’t care about the MPG of the Bronco. The fuel cost difference between a car that gets 15 or 25 mpg with average miles (12k) over the course of a year isn't as much as people think. Less than $1,000. Well worth the fun factor of the Bronco! I expect the Bronco to be somewhere around 20 mpg. I have a hybrid daily that gets 42 mpg (Fleet vehicle) and will probably drive the Bronco 8k miles or less per year. I can understand the concerns of people who do a lot of mileage on a daily driver that gets poor MPG. The fuel cost adds up over the years but you also have to have fun in life and that has value too.
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