My current work van will be dead soon, and I'm thinking of getting a small pickup with 4 wd to use for work/highway miles, that can double as local deer hunting and ice fishing rig. This would save a lot of miles on my 3/4 ton diesel and make it last longer. I'm open to Chevy colorado/ford ranger/ tacoma/ almost any brand actually. It has to have 4x4 and my biggest concern is fuel economy after that. Anyone want to share thier experiences, likes, dislikes? I've found that some of these small trucks don't get any better fuel mileage than a half ton.
Small 4x4 truck with best fuel economy?
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MThuntr
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FWIW my F150 gets similar mileage to the current line of Tacomas. It may be 1 or 2mpg behind the Taco (EDIT based on examples below my F150 gets better mileage ~20 unless on interstate which is ~18.8) AND I get the advantage of having room in my truck. I feel like if you're over 5'10" the tacos physically make you hurt the way you sit. Truck box space is epic compared to the taco also.
A guy at my gym has the Colorado with the diesel and it gets great mileage but fuel is almost 20% higher so it's probably a wash.
A guy at my gym has the Colorado with the diesel and it gets great mileage but fuel is almost 20% higher so it's probably a wash.
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I would avoid the tacoma. My Silverado 1/2 ton had way better gas mileage and was way more comfortable to drive .The tacoma was a blast to drive off road, but was otherwise not worth it. It's also not a very comfortable cab.
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all of this ^
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Bingo.
Given your requirements I'd at least consider getting a AWD SUV, a lot of the new ones will get 2X the gas mileage of any 4wd vehicle on the market.
KB_
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Ford F#%$ing RANGER!
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yeah, that's why we just got an outback. 33 MPG highway
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Ford effing maverick! You can tow a lawn mower with that bad boy and still get 20mpg
elkduds
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If you can find one
www.motortrend.com
2022 Ford Maverick Pros and Cons Review: A Small Truck With a Big Impact
The new Maverick is *hugely* impressive.
FairWeather
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We got a RAV4 hybrid, awd and gets 39 mpg on average. The real winner is that it gets over 500 miles to a 12 gal tank. Toyota says it’s rated at towing somewhere around 1700lbs, though I haven’t tried that at all.
deer_shooter
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Fwiw, my 2018 taco with leveling kit gets around 16mpg. My wifes 2019 stock taco gets close to 19mpg.
Unless you have to have truck, I'd look at a rav4 or similar small suv.
Unless you have to have truck, I'd look at a rav4 or similar small suv.
KB_
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I was uber interested in those until i saw the 10k dealer markup. Simply pissed me off so I said to hell with those.
PrairieHunter
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It seems that any new vehicle in demand is experience the same issues with markup.
For simply running around in I think they would work quite well. My guess is based on the huge demand for them we see other small pickups enter the market. I want to drive a front wheel drive model as I suspect that would be great in most situations and when the snow gets really deep I could drive my 3/4 ton. Truthfully I really like the idea of a smaller vehicle as parking my megacab is a PITA sometimes and a small truck would be a lot easier to get into spots.
I'm also curious how long until they have an electric maverick, shouldn't' be more than a year or 2.
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You can get 27 miles to the gallon with this hog.
Hem
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I'm liking my 2022 Nissan Frontier. Cheaper than Tacoma and F-150.
Cab more roomy than Tacoma.
Pulls my boat with 9 speed-6 cylinder.
Cab more roomy than Tacoma.
Pulls my boat with 9 speed-6 cylinder.
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I've spent enough time in Boulder to say that I will never drive an outback....
Flynarrow
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My 2011 Subaru Outback gets 34 highway and my 2018 F150 4x4 gets 22 highway if I keep it under 65.
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If anyone wrecks into my truck I'm tempted to go with an Outback or Ascent.
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