Does anyone have a V6 truck?

[black2002ls]

The new Chevy Colorado's should be hitting the lots soon. It gets 26MPG with the 305HP V6. They 4 banger and Diesels are coming next year and should do even better..

I saw your post in another thread and immediately looked them up. The prices I was seeing turned me away.

[White90GT]

Not that it matters since you've already made your choice, but...
I had bought a used 97 F150 extended cab 2wd back in early 97. It got 15-17 mpg on average. It was an automatic trans. I pulled our ski boat with it many times (about 3000 lbs). But after owning it those several months and seeing the kind of fuel mileage it was getting I decided to trade it in on a new 97 F150 extended cab with the 4.6L V8 and auto. The V8 got the same if not a little better on fuel mileage and hauled the boat and race car much easier, plus the sound of a V8 always trumps the sound of a six banger.

The newer Ford and Chevy trucks are doing much better in fuel economy these days. But by newer I mean in the last 3-4 years at the oldest. I've got buddies with the new Chevy trucks average 21-22 on the highway and my nephew has a 2010 F150 supercrew V8 2wd auto that gets 22-23 on the highway if you keep it around 70-75.

[ceyko]

I haven't put enough miles on it yet to hand calculate. I filled up last night and have gone ~70 miles. I will fill up in the morning to start the work week fresh. The instant MPG stays right about 35. I am hoping for 35-40 mpg. My '97 civic coupe with the 5 spd got 34 all the time, no matter how I drove it. I am going to burn the first couple of tanks down the same way I drove the s10 just to compare. Then I am going to try and make myself set the cruise at 75 on the interstate and see what happens. I am hoping for 40, but staying optimistic that I will average 35. I need to figure out how to reset the long term MPG display in the morning.

You should easily see 35 on normal days. I commute quite a ways in a '13 Accord and see 30-37 mpg. Bad traffic is low end, good traffic is high end. I had a '12 Civic before then with all the bells/whistles and saw a minimum of 35.

[Sgt Beavis]

I saw your post in another thread and immediately looked them up. The prices I was seeing turned me away.

Agree for the sticker price. IMO it will remain at that price for at least a year as GM already has a butt load of orders for these things. They've added a 3rd shift to the plant and the trucks are hitting dealer lots any day now..

BTW, Chevy announced MPG for the four banger today:

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/09/22/2015-chevy-colorado-gmc-canyone-fuel-economy-official/

27mpg.. Only 1mpg better gets you 200hp/191ft lbs instead of the 305 in the V6. Pricing for the four banger isn't out but I bet it's cheaper..