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Has anyone had one long enough to fill it up once to see what mpg they are getting? I'm going to order my Trailhawk on Saturday and not sure which engine to get. I want pentastar but may have to go smaller depending on mpg.
Trailhawk with the penstastar engine.
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Still waiting on the Trailhawk, but FuelEconomy.gov has them rated at 19/25 for the 2.4 and 18/25 for the 3.2.
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If it's really that close, I'd say 3.2.
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If it's really that close, I'd say 3.2.
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This I know, I'm looking for real world MPG.
I am guessing it is a mix of the much lower gearing and the AT tires. Plus the trailhawks don't have the active shutter technology like the others do.
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Add in the 1" lift as well as a factor.
Gearing is the same as one with active drive 2. Too little power.
I talked with a guy who test drove CH THs in South Florida for two months. I would not buy a Trailhawk with a 4cyl. It did a lot of gear searching on the highway and he thought it was gutless. (his words).
If you are a mall crawler who wants it for the cool factor then maybe a 4cyl would be fine.
I would never buy one with a 4 cylinder period. The only way is if it is like the Ecoboost. My fusion didn't have a whole lot of power and it was about the same amount of power and 1000 pounds lighter. No amount of gearing can make up for that at highway speed.
Fuel Economy?
I believe the EPA uses 100% gas with no ethanol for the tests.
Most stations have/sell only ethanol blended fuel. I know Illinois requires that the pumps be marked if the fuel contains ethanol.
I do have a station that sells both.
My 04 Grand Cherokee V8 will get 1-1.5 sometimes 2 MPG better mileage with 100% gas. So I would assume with ethanol 19 mpg (city) Cherokee V6 will be around 17-18 mpg vs. EPA 19 MPG.
I'm looking toward testing this out when my ordered one gets built.
I believe the EPA uses 100% gas with no ethanol for the tests.
Most stations have/sell only ethanol blended fuel. I know Illinois requires that the pumps be marked if the fuel contains ethanol.
I do have a station that sells both.
My 04 Grand Cherokee V8 will get 1-1.5 sometimes 2 MPG better mileage with 100% gas. So I would assume with ethanol 19 mpg (city) Cherokee V6 will be around 17-18 mpg vs. EPA 19 MPG.
I'm looking toward testing this out when my ordered one gets built.
Bought many a tank of gas for my wife's pentastar 2011 GC overland. I have always gotten the EPA estimate on 87 octane, no matter what. If I drive 80 on the highway it does 21 -22. If I do 70 it does 23 as advertised. Around town my wife drives the tach in the green stripe and gets far better than the 16 mpg on the sticker... usually it checks out at just a tick over 20 mpg.
Thanks for the information. I do hope I get the EPA rating on the V6. It will be great to go from 13 on my V8 to 19 on the Cherokee V6.
On my test drives, the V6 got BETTER mpg than the 4 cyl.
Sounds counter-intuitive, but hear me out. The 4cyl topped out in 7th gear at 70 mph, and the engine was at about 2100 RPM. The V6 on the same stretch of highway dropped into 8th gear, and the RPM was about 1650 at 70 mph. I reset the lie-o-meter on both before starting the test drives, and when I drove back onto the lot, the V6 eeked out slightly better mpg on my 20 min drive of each. Small "sample" I know, but it was enough to convince me that the V6 was the way to go.
Even if the 6 only matches the 4 cyl for mpg, it's still 90 hp advantage for very little penalty mpg wise. There is the initial cost for the V6 option, but I think it's worth it. That 3.6L pentastar (on which the 3.2L is based) has been good.
Sounds counter-intuitive, but hear me out. The 4cyl topped out in 7th gear at 70 mph, and the engine was at about 2100 RPM. The V6 on the same stretch of highway dropped into 8th gear, and the RPM was about 1650 at 70 mph. I reset the lie-o-meter on both before starting the test drives, and when I drove back onto the lot, the V6 eeked out slightly better mpg on my 20 min drive of each. Small "sample" I know, but it was enough to convince me that the V6 was the way to go.
Even if the 6 only matches the 4 cyl for mpg, it's still 90 hp advantage for very little penalty mpg wise. There is the initial cost for the V6 option, but I think it's worth it. That 3.6L pentastar (on which the 3.2L is based) has been good.
It would be easy to imagine the V6 not giving up much to the I4 at highway speeds and be safer to drive.
If you are mostly an urbanite though I think the I4 would be enough.
But you don't really buy THs for the mpg. They are geared so low that you cannot have mpg as a high priority.
If you want a great 4x4 system and get 3 to 5 better mpgs then you go latitude or limited AD II.
If you are mostly an urbanite though I think the I4 would be enough.
But you don't really buy THs for the mpg. They are geared so low that you cannot have mpg as a high priority.
If you want a great 4x4 system and get 3 to 5 better mpgs then you go latitude or limited AD II.
You think the difference will be that much? The EPA ratings are lower for thr TH version, but not THAT much lower....
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