What are these trucks actually getting for mpg?

Wilson said:

I'd be pissed running a v6 getting less mpg than a V8

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Ruger said:

For comparison:

On summer gas (winter gas has less energy) I get between 15.5 and 16.5 mpg with my 2011 6.2L SCAB in 2WD. This is absolutely unfailing. It doesn't matter whether the driving is predominantly city or highway. Surprisingly, speed doesn't matter either. What does matter is my right foot. Drive sanely and the big V8 will produce surprisingly good gas mileage.

You guys who waited for a GEN2 because you thought that a V6 with twin blowers would produce markedly better fuel economy forgot something important:
Physics. It takes a certain amount of energy to move a heavy, big body, high profile vehicle down the road. To do the same work requires the expenditure of the same amount of energy. That energy will come from the fuel consumed and from nowhere else. Miracles do not happen between fill-ups. Physics happens.

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Ruger said:

According to a Car & Driver review, the weight of the 2017 Raptor is 5600 to 5800 pounds. Presumably, that's 5600 lbs for the SCAB and 5800 lbs for the SCREW. The Ford specs for my 2011 SCAB give the weight of my Raptor as 6012 lbs. Comparing the 2011 and 2017 SCABs, the difference is 512 lbs.

So what is that going to mean? If you agree that the aerodynamics of the GEN1 and GEN2 Raptors are essentially the same, then the mpg at steady state speeds should be the same. The differences will be in accelerating and stopping. The GEN2 may be expected to use a little less gas when accelerating, and may expected to stop a little shorter.

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NASSTY said:

I am impressed with my MPGs so far. My truck had 99 miles on it when I took delivery of it today and I put 77 miles on it. I drove it pretty hard and spun the tires several times and still averaged 16.7 MPGs in the 77 miles I put on it....according to the lie-ometer

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