Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Forum - View Single Post - Strong Rumor: 2015 Mustang to Get 310 HP, 34 MPG 2.3 Liter EcoBoost

fielderLS3 · 10-06-2012, 12:05 AM

34 MPG? It better get better than that, or else it will effectively put to bet the notion that this downsizing and turbo charging gives enough of an efficiency gain to be worth it. The current 305 hp V6 gets 31. Add direct injection (which the EcoBoost has and the current V6 doesn't), and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume the V6 could get 33-34 in the probably smaller, lighter, more aerodynamic next gen Mustang. So where are the supposed savings associated with EcoBoost?

10-06-2012, 12:05 AM	#42
fielderLS3 Drives: 2016 Mazda6, 2011 Mustang 5.0 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Portage, Wisconsin Posts: 4,049	34 MPG? It better get better than that, or else it will effectively put to bet the notion that this downsizing and turbo charging gives enough of an efficiency gain to be worth it. The current 305 hp V6 gets 31. Add direct injection (which the EcoBoost has and the current V6 doesn't), and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume the V6 could get 33-34 in the probably smaller, lighter, more aerodynamic next gen Mustang. So where are the supposed savings associated with EcoBoost? __________________ 2022 1SS 1LE (Arrived 4/29/22) "The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive." . 2022 1SS 1LE (Coming Soon)