http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=32210

 

Excellent! Thanks for the link, Jared!

 

Score!

 

Awesome that is cool.

 

Well, looks like the manual tranny wins out after all, the 26 MPG is with the MT82, 25 for the 6R80 auto!

Cool! So you can have your cake and eat it too, best performance and best highway MPG!

 

Wow again! From 16/24 to 17/26 with the manual! Now with 412hp that is having your cake and eating it too! Ooops, post above me beat me to it.

 

The article also lists the V-6 manual at 18/29. That has got to be wrong as it is 19/30.

 

That's great news. Not buying the car for high fuel economy, but it's a bonus that it's this good!

 

That's the same as some V6s!

 

This makes me a happy man. Not only am I getting one hell of a car, I'm not losing any fuel efficiency over my 2004 Hyundai Sonata; in fact gaining a mile on the highway.

 

It would be interesting to see how the economy ratings vary among the GT's optional gearsets. I presume the rating was done with the base 3:31s.

 

there is another thread where Doug aka Orange3.9Stang did the math to show RPM's with the different gear sets . . .

https://themustangsource.com/showthr...=481039&page=5

thanks again Doug!

MPG should be pretty much proportional to RPM

 

Ford must not have any PROOF READERS anymore ... errors seem to be in all their news releases & documents these days.

Great news on the GT MPG though ... did we NOT expect it to be class leading as well ??

Doug

 

2010 BMW 335i coupe and sedan are rated at 17/26 with both transmissions (manual and automatic).

2010 Lexus IS350 is rated at 18/25 (automatic only).

2010 GT was/is rated at 16/24 (manual) and 17/23 (automatic).

2008-09 GT was rated at 15/23 (manual) and 15/22 (automatic).

 

Nice looking forward to it...

 

It will be interesting to see how the real world fuel economy shakes out...

 

The only one year old 2010 Genesis Coupe w/ 306 HP 3.8L V6 gets 17/26 MT & 18/26 AT. Was not to impressive a year ago but now looks rather pathetic with Mustang GT MT matching these numbers & AT only 1 less on highway.

Mustang V6 also closely matches the Genesis Coupe's 210 HP 2.0 Turbo's 21/30 MT & 20/29 AT. Theroretically with better city EPA numbers the Gen should get better average everyday driving MPG, but it's got to be near impossible to keep your foot out of a Turbo with only 2.0L of displacement !! I guess my point of this rambling here is an I4 Turbo Ecoboost Mustang would have a hard time beating the V6 in real world MPG's and would probably not offer much value vs. the added expence.

Doug

 

Very impressive and I think a fine retort to the idea that excellent performance, good economy and low emissions are mutually exclusive. Real world economy will, of course, vary greatly depending on how you drive the thing (like Grandma Moses or like you just stole the thing), but the EPA ratings should give a decent general idea and comparison point.

At this rate of constant improvement (thank you Camaro, Challenger and Genesis Coupe for the peer pressure), Ford will slap in an IRS and belie the idea that you can't have excellent all-around handling with a great ride in a reliable and affordable package.

 

And the better highway mileage is for the 6MT version. NICE!

 

Yep, I did see that post...and it is that proportion that will be key for ultimately what people might see, along driving technique, etc. etc.

The highest numbers, I presume, were achieved with the 3:31 gears. Lower numbers, which I conclude might drop by 1-2 mpg from the highest numbers, would be more noticable on the 3:73 gears at steady state cruising.

This all said, it seems as the influence of the variable cam timing system is making itself known.