bitkahuna

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mmarshall

True. Now that the Trackhawk version is out, there are actually three different Hemis. The Trackhawk, of course, is even more $$$$$...it starts at 86K without options or the almost inevitable dealer mark-ups.

bitkahuna

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ArmyofOne

actually it only does marginally worse in the real world vs the pentastar v6. They are rated at 19, but i know guys getting 23-24mpg hwy and the pentastars are getting 24-26.

geko29

Fuelly reports an overall average of 16.5 mpg across all their members for 2017's equipped with the 5.7L Hemi (140k miles reported), vs. 19.3 mpg for the Pentastar (561k miles reported). Not the end of the world, but 17% is a significant difference.

Results are about 0.5 mpg better on both counts for the 2016 (on significantly less data), and about 0.5 mpg lower for the V8 only (V6 about the same as 2017) on the 2015.

bitkahuna

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we'll have to agree to disagree as i don't believe those numbers for the v8.

also, i do a fair majority of highway and only get about 21 combined on my '15 v6. the v8 from what i've read/heard is typically about 15 combined.

edit: from fuelly...

Aron9000

To the OP go for it, V8 in a smaller SUV is kind of a rare thing now days, I'm sure it will be fun to drive. As for the fuel economy thing, I'm sure it does pretty good on the highway(lots of gears in transmissions now days along with better aerodynamics), but I bet with a heavy foot in traffic its going to be somewhere between 8 to 15mpg. That's the sort of fuel economy our trucks(Escalade, Suburbans, Expeditions) got when I drove professionally about 3 years ago. I'd also make sure it runs on regular gas, as the premium thing is where they really stick it to you now days, its usually 25-50% more than regular gas.