At a frinds the other day and he was bitterly complaining about his Toyota pickup's fuel mileage. The truck is really nice, 4wd, double cab, red, and has the V6. Oh yeah, 2020 model. His claim is 16mpg freeway and about 13 around town. Is this comparable with other trucks of this era. My workbuddy has a ford ecoboost and he is underwhelmed with its MPG also, about 18mpg on the freeway. Also 4wd, double cab with 3.5lL So what are the average MPG's, real world from around the 2020 model year. Remember everything around her is 80mph+ on the freeways. Thanks.
Those Tacoma's turn into a brick against the wind above 65mph on the freeway. What he's experiencing is not too far fetched.
I hardly ever run interstate, so my mileage is a little bit more. But from my experience on the past two 3rd gens averages were
2021 TRD Offroad Automatic: 21-22
2022 TRD Offroad Manual: 18-20 (current truck)
I can squeeze more out of it, but that's no fun in the manual
State roads, 35-55mph zones.
I had two 2nd gens with the 4.0V6 ('09 and '14) and those struggled to get 18 on a good day.