What's The Real Gas Mileage Of The 2025 Ram 1500 Hurricane? 

The standard hurricane isn't a premium fuel engine, that's only the HO version.

@@icehog2367 my bad. so only $300 a month for fuel instead of $375

who would be stupid enough to have a 1100 month payment, you need to put at least 30 grand down payment to keep the payment lower.

@@ohioguy4326 yeah. nobody puts 30k down

@@ohioguy4326if you get a good interest rate, you have no reason to put $30k down lol

It's not really "gaming" anything, they just burn more cleanly, that doesn't necessarily mean that it gets better mpg. Horsepower at the end of the day requires a perfect ratio of fuel and air, more power needs more fuel but higher pressures make for a more complete combustion which helps reduce emissions. High boost pressure isn't inherently less reliable. Those boost pressures have been used in diesels for quite awhile now. I have high hopes for this engine. Being an I6 it has some inherent simplicity compared to a v8. Even if you have to replace a turbo every 100k miles that's not that difficult to do typically. Turbos are on the outside of the engine so it's not like you have to Crack the thing open to swap a turbo.

@@UnyonRing I should have said gaming the EPA mileage ratings. The mileage looks good on paper, because you can stay off boost during the test cycle, but once real world use kicks in, the actual mileage suffers. High boost pressures are inherently troublesome for gas engines. You can't compare diesel and gas engines. Outside of burning a fuel, they are comprehensively different. The Hurricane has been in the Grand Wagoneer for a decent stretch now and the warranty return numbers they've had are definitely a cause for concern. There's hope for the engine, but FCA's track record and the current state of the issues they've already seen, I'd give it a few years for them to work out the kinks.

@@jcrbama yeah it largely depends on how you drive it. I regularly get 20-21 mpg mixed use Dailey driving with my 3.5 ecoboost. Drops down to 9mpg when towing my trailer. I disagree that high boost pressure is cause for concern though, as long as predetenation is not occurring the engine can be designed to handle the higher pressure, the same way that diesel engines are designed for higher pressures. From what I've anecdotally heard from a service representative the hurricane seems to be doing well in the grand wagoneer, that car just has tons of other issues that it ends up in the shop for hahaha

Its all bullshit. You will find out the real world ramifications several years in when it is already too late. This is by design. Just wait for the first 2000.00 maintenance/repair bill and of course you cant fix it because it is much too complicated now.

@@UnyonRing I guess time will tell with the Hurricane; I totally believe the ton of other issues with the Wagoneer. FCA needs to figure some things out.

And probably doesn’t have cylinder deactivation as well?

No you don't. Unless you drive like an 90 year old man.

Agreed 100% brother

Well he’s increasing elevation from 5500 feet to 6500 feet on Hwy 40 toward Park City. You won’t get 21mpg going up there dude.

Titan has a 5.6

The standard hurricane doesn't require premium.

Not a fan of anything Chrysler myself!

That’s only the HO

Comparing an engine with almost no real world usage to a Cummins. That has decades of reputation built isn't a valid comparison.

Keep the earth green, win (cringe)

I guess India and China didn't get the "green" memo..... Glad we can shoulder that responsibility for the world, LOL.

@@davidcmatson right sad isn’t it

@@mikee7241Yes Sir, it is.

Do you really believe this engine will be better on emissions than the Hemi V8 ???...if so you're a brainwashed fool like those that drive EV's and think they are saving the planet...wake the F up FFS.

The tundra problems come from metal shavings FYI.

And the techs don’t get paid diagnostic time, they’re on flat rate and getting paid peanuts to fix em, grab the parts canon and wait 2 months for the backordered part! Stellantis can implode and die any time now,

They had a 3.0 diesel and it was 10x the fuel economy... 😢

@@nickcarter3280 The Ram EcoDiesel was a colossal flop. It was already in its third iteration during its short life span. The Ram diesel was a car engine modified for use in a truck and it just didn't work. Which is why there were so many problems with it. The GM 3.0L Duramax was built from the ground up to be used in trucks, which is why it works so well.

yes, keep the TRX but RHO looks good for us (for my family, I mean)

@@CrumResearch Us? Speak for yourself buddy not for "us". We thank you.....

​@@davidcmatsonBy "us" I meant my family -- Edited my reply.

@@CrumResearch Gotcha, thanks for clarifying brother. Have a great day.

For the size of that engine and truck, that is stellar mpg

Same here ,19-20mpg and on big wheels

My 2010 ram 1500 hemi has 238k and no problems but just replaced factory shocks.

you are right. everyone is quick to criticize anything new.

and less reliable.

It did seem to be revved awfully high at highway speeds, so I'm guessing 3.92s

I’ll review one

We have a 2013 Ram 1500 with 167,000 miles. Regular maintenance, and it is still serving us well. Also have a 2018 1500 with 57,000 miles. Both are outstanding with towing, We average 19-20 around town and towing stays around 16-17. Hwy we average 20-24. I think we'll keep them both.

It's only the dodge/ram readouts that are so overly optimistic. Every other vehicle has been plus or minus 0.5 mpg.

So 19 mpg average is not bad at all.

Not on gasoline engines. Diesels can use more oxygen with the same fuel quantity to a point but gasoline must remain near stoichiometric so more air means more fuel. Turbo benefit is to use a small engine operating at lighter load and requiring less fuel while engine using near non turbo air consumption level and low turbo pressure and resulting lower fuel. When the load is higher then the engine works at overfed rate with larger engine torque and HP but uses bigger engine fuel quantity to do it. The air/fuel ratio has to be near stoichiometric for catalysts to have the exhaust gas composition that supports catalytic function. When throttle application is great the low emissions is waived and the a/f ratio can go rich as that suppresses knock and cools exh temp to avoid catalyst melt temps. Cylinder deactivation was a way to make larger displacement engines have lower consumption when needed engine power was low. A v8 running in 4 cyl mode at higher throttle is runing in a lower specific fuel consumption range compared to an 8 running with greatly restricted low throttle opening. Low throttle causes inlet drag that slows crank and it takes more fuel to accelerate crank on power stroke that follows. One of the mpg benefits of diesel is no throttle to create the inlet drag at lower power requirement operation. When diesel engines operate at high load their air fuel ratio approaches the same ratio as gasoline and consumption rates are much closer.

@@jimmyaber5920 Thank you for providing accurate and detailed information rather than the assumption Henry made regarding turbos and fuel consumption in gasoline engines.

There's a reason why the dodge readouts are called a lie o meter

I’ve seen a quite a few online with high mileage like yours and don’t hear much bad other than tuneups lmao buts that’s all new vehicles

You should be.. if you actually use that truck to tow and have fun in the bush, that engine will have problems. Should have got the 5.0 if you really wanted a Ford...

If you want 25 years, don't buy the first year of this untested powertrain!

That's what my 2006 Cummins used to tell me on the lie o meter. Hand calculated was never over 18.7 mpg.