2011 Mustang-305 HP AND 31 MPG!

[liberaltrucker]

http://jalopnik.com/5485162/2011-ford-mustang-v6-first-300-hp+-car-to-achieve-31-mpg

2011 Ford Mustang V6 EPA certification just finished and, though Ford predicted 30MPG from their 305HP 3.7-liter V6, they actually got 31. According to Ford, it's the first 300HP+ car ever to return over 30MPG. Having cake, eating it too.



USA! USA! USA!

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[old mark]

1. 1.Can you get a convertible? 2. Does it have a 6 speed stick?

Don't care how much it might cost.

mark

[liberaltrucker]

2. Article didn't say

Ford may have the info.

[liberaltrucker]

3. More info

http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/press-releases/press-releases-detail/pr-2011-ford-mustang-v6-performance-31279

[CRF450]

4. A first for an EPA tested car, been done in the real world a long time ago

My 2001 Trans Am with the 350hp LS1 v8 and 6 speed manual has gotten 31mpg on the interstate to Georgia.

[rcrush]

5. Thats pretty good

I had a 05 GT that got 13 mpg. Traded it in for the Prius cause the gas was killin me LOL

[Tobin S.]

6. I don't think you'll get 31 mpg if you want to make use of that horsepower.

[hippywife]

7. Last I heard

was that EPA was over estimating their mileage figures. Still true?

[CRF450]

8. No, they lowered the estimates in 08

I've always gotten better than the EPA estimates in every vehicle I've driven, except my Dodge Dakota currently because its winter. I can't seem to get anymore than 14mpg out of it, yet during summer it can easily get 17mpg.

[jakefrep]

9. This news seems...

...to have aggrieved the soulless pricks in GD/LBN who want us all to drive beige Priuses.

[nickinSTL]

10. pffft. BFD

31 mpg isn't that great - ok, sure it has 300hp.

Why not apply that kind of effort on improving mpg to something more reasonable, like a Focus?

Isn't that about the same mpg as a Focus?

On that subject, why is it they haven't produced a hybrid Focus yet?

I'm not impressed - seems like just a way to justify using more gas than necessary to be "cool".

Let me know when they get a 50+mpg vehicle.

[CRF450]

11. Most of the time a Ford Focus can average 30+mpg for most drivers.

I expect the new Mustang's v6 to average anywhere from 20 to 25mpg.

[Deep13]

12. Yeah, but it's still just a Ford rustang.

A Pinto with a big engine and a symbolic back seat.

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