Gary A Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Isuzu held this title for a number of years. Has anyone beat them out of the title? Toyota and Nissan were at the bottom. How many kilometers per liter are you getting from your truck? Does anyone have the new Chevy 2.8 liter engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailoht Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 This should be interesting (though I'm willing to wager that the Isuzu 3.0L diesel will continue to be the reigning champ)! Too bad the 'Pickup Truck' segment rules out us SUV owners, otherwise there could be more statistics per engine model. To have a more accurate survey, are you going to separate, let's say 'city driving' by the 'type of city' because the fuel economy while driving in some bigger cities rush-hour traffic have more and longer vehicle 'waits' at traffic lights than others, eg., notorious Bangkok vs smaller locales such as Nakhon Sawan or Sukhothai, will be 'different'. Also, pure highway driving stats: separating the stats that are compiled from totally engaging the more efficient 'Cruise control' from those who don't use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary A Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Because I live out in the boonies, I would be more interested in the day to day short trips and occasional long trip economy. Our gasoline powered car is much less efficient than the our diesel pickup with overall driving. The diesel pickup still does great on short hops and overall economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) Some Thai lads got 1400km range from a single tank of fuel (2012 Ford Ranger 2.2). Edited November 29, 2012 by Spoonman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary A Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 It depends on the size of the fuel tank. Several years ago I was driving my old Nissan and a friend was following me driving his Toyota. He called my cell phone and said he had 1/8 of a tank left. I had about 1/8 of a tank left too. He wanted to stop for fuel. I filled up and he filled up. He got 11 kilometers per liter and the old Nissan got 15 kilometers per liter. The Toyota a had a bigger tank. Nissan then decided to hop up a 2.5 liter engine with a turbo and the fuel economy dropped down to the same level as the Toyotas. No more Nissans for me. I consider fuel economy as an example of better engineering and the efficiency tells me which is the better designed vehicle. I am especially interested in the new Chevy designed 2.8 liter diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 There are so many variables. It's best to test them all in a laboratory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 This should be interesting (though I'm willing to wager that the Isuzu 3.0L diesel will continue to be the reigning champ)! I have had both 2.5 liters and 3.0 liters, but the 2.5 liters was much more fuel efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Had DMAX 3.0 Litre Automatic for near on 10 years covering a moderate 130,000 Km and keep reasonably accurate records on expenditure. Mostly country driving. Accept for my Car Wash pickup and delivery man I'm the only driver. 9.2 Litres per 100 Km or 30.82 Miles per Imperial gallon. Edit: Typo Edited November 30, 2012 by bdenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shariq607 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have both the new Camry 2012 2.5 liter and fortuner 3.0d4d 2011 and Camry beats the fortuner hands down atleast for me. The fortuner averages around 9.9 km/L for mix highway and city driving where as Camry averages 13.5 for 60% city and 40% highway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have both the new Camry 2012 2.5 liter and fortuner 3.0d4d 2011 and Camry beats the fortuner hands down atleast for me. The fortuner averages around 9.9 km/L for mix highway and city driving where as Camry averages 13.5 for 60% city and 40% highway That's pretty good for a camry! What kind of city driving is this? Where exactly? If you can calculate average speed for city driving, that helps determine whether the fuel economy is good or not. In my area my travels usually average about 30-40 km/h. 20 km/h in heavy traffic with frequent stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailoht Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 This should be interesting (though I'm willing to wager that the Isuzu 3.0L diesel will continue to be the reigning champ)! I have had both 2.5 liters and 3.0 liters, but the 2.5 liters was much more fuel efficient. Yes. I meant that the Isuzu 3.0L, 'will continue to be the reigning champ' in the 3.0L diesel class. Had DMAX 3.0 Litre Automatic for near on 10 years covering a moderate 130,000 Km and keep reasonably accurate records on expenditure. Mostly country driving. Accept for my Car Wash pickup and delivery man I'm the only driver. 9.2 Litres per 100 Km or 30.82 Miles per Imperial gallon. This is about 10.8 km/liter I have both the new Camry 2012 2.5 liter and fortuner 3.0d4d 2011 and Camry beats the fortuner hands down atleast for me. The fortuner averages around 9.9 km/L for mix highway and city driving where as Camry averages 13.5 for 60% city and 40% highway The car and pickup vehicles are 2 entirely different beasts and have all type of different variables. I believe the OP specified only pickup truck fuel averages to help keep this survey more narrow and scientific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shariq607 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have both the new Camry 2012 2.5 liter and fortuner 3.0d4d 2011 and Camry beats the fortuner hands down atleast for me. The fortuner averages around 9.9 km/L for mix highway and city driving where as Camry averages 13.5 for 60% city and 40% highway That's pretty good for a camry! What kind of city driving is this? Where exactly? If you can calculate average speed for city driving, that helps determine whether the fuel economy is good or not. In my area my travels usually average about 30-40 km/h. 20 km/h in heavy traffic with frequent stops. I live in sukhumvit-asok area and travel daily to salaya in the morning so yes there is traffic but not as bad as peak hours where the traffic is totally motion less btw I am also surprised its pretty good for a non hybrid variant Camry. Plus it also does 0-100 in 7.8 sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Triton 2.5lit diesel automatic. Just over 11km/lit for a mixture of town/medium trips, and just under 13km/lit on medium trips alone. Shell V-Power. I suspect that on really long trips it would do better still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcat Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) For last 3 months(from new),I'm averaging 11.5km/L in sub/city driving in CM...that's 2.2 L 4dr XLT Ranger ..never been on the long trip yet,but that can be significantly lower,I believe.. ..just to add...I'm not exactly the slowest one out there... Edited November 30, 2012 by funcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcat Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I don't care. ...so,you shouldn't be here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I don't care. ...so,you shouldn't be here... I'm not, l am never anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcat Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I don't care. ...so,you shouldn't be here... I'm not, l am never anywhere. ...at least you can admit it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I don't care. ...so,you shouldn't be here... I'm not, l am never anywhere. ...at least you can admit it.. Absolutely. ......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom21 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 i have a mazda 3.2 auto and get 9 ltr/100km that is over 10,000 km since i have had it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAS21 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 This should be interesting (though I'm willing to wager that the Isuzu 3.0L diesel will continue to be the reigning champ)! I have had both 2.5 liters and 3.0 liters, but the 2.5 liters was much more fuel efficient. Well we did an Isuzu Insight finals a few months ago and all the 3L trucks were better than the 2.5L ones ( these being relatively new pickups). However with the new Hi-Lander X series which has overdrive there will be a reversal ... according to Isuzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailoht Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) I have a mazda 3.2 auto and get 9 ltr/100km that is over 10,000 km since I have had it. That is about 11.1 km/liter. This should be interesting (though I'm willing to wager that the Isuzu 3.0L diesel will continue to be the reigning champ)! I have had both 2.5 liters and 3.0 liters, but the 2.5 liters was much more fuel efficient. Well we did an Isuzu Insight finals a few months ago and all the 3L trucks were better than the 2.5L ones ( these being relatively new pickups). However with the new Hi-Lander X series which has overdrive there will be a reversal ... according to Isuzu Isuzu 3.0L diesels rock!! (- pasa Thai) Edited November 30, 2012 by thailoht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I get over 12 km/l with the new 3 liter AT Isuzu. Got a little over 9 with the old one. 50% highway and I keep my foot in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilish Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have both the new Camry 2012 2.5 liter and fortuner 3.0d4d 2011 and Camry beats the fortuner hands down atleast for me. The fortuner averages around 9.9 km/L for mix highway and city driving where as Camry averages 13.5 for 60% city and 40% highway That's pretty good for a camry! What kind of city driving is this? Where exactly? If you can calculate average speed for city driving, that helps determine whether the fuel economy is good or not. In my area my travels usually average about 30-40 km/h. 20 km/h in heavy traffic with frequent stops. I live in sukhumvit-asok area and travel daily to salaya in the morning so yes there is traffic but not as bad as peak hours where the traffic is totally motion less btw I am also surprised its pretty good for a non hybrid variant Camry. Plus it also does 0-100 in 7.8 sec That is a good 0-100 time . . . I like Toyota's larger displacement Inline-4's . . . good grunt & sound plus the great fuel economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Idrove khonkaen to mae hong son at a steady 95-100 ks in my isuzu 2500 d max and checked before and after the journey and got 13.2 kilometers per litre. i thought that was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 This should be interesting (though I'm willing to wager that the Isuzu 3.0L diesel will continue to be the reigning champ)! I have had both 2.5 liters and 3.0 liters, but the 2.5 liters was much more fuel efficient. Well we did an Isuzu Insight finals a few months ago and all the 3L trucks were better than the 2.5L ones ( these being relatively new pickups). However with the new Hi-Lander X series which has overdrive there will be a reversal ... according to Isuzu I did 13k/l with the 2.5, 10l/l with the 3.0. Same kind of driving, only difference was the 3.0 was A/T, 2.5 M/T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 The current Thai record for a pickup is held by a Ford Ranger 2.2L 6MT which achieved 20.82 KM/L during a media-stunt drive from BKK to Krabi earlier this year. The twin-turbo 2.5L D-Max is likely to best that.... whenever Isuzu decide to release it domestically that is... (the twin turbo Euro5 upgraded 2.5L is currently export-only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 (edited) I consider fuel economy as an example of better engineering and the efficiency tells me which is the better designed vehicle. I am especially interested in the new Chevy designed 2.8 liter diesel. There's no established fuel efficiency testing methods in TH, but based on the Australian ADR tests: Ford Ranger 2.2L 6MT = 13.16 KM/L Chev Colorado 2.8L 5MT = 12.82 KM/L Isuzu D-Max 3.0L 5MT = 12.35 KM/L So the Chev compares well.. Edit: Note that the Colorado's 2.8L is VM Motori designed GM Brazil did design the engine cover and give it revised tuning though (the reference design is actually 200HP/430Nm) Edited December 1, 2012 by IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon210 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I consider fuel economy as an example of better engineering and the efficiency tells me which is the better designed vehicle. I am especially interested in the new Chevy designed 2.8 liter diesel. There's no established fuel efficiency testing methods in TH, but based on the Australian ADR tests: Ford Ranger 2.2L 6MT = 13.16 KM/L Chev Colorado 2.8L 5MT = 12.82 KM/L Isuzu D-Max 3.0L 5MT = 12.35 KM/L So the Chev compares well.. Edit: Note that the Colorado's 2.8L is VM Motori designed GM Brazil did design the engine cover and give it revised tuning though (the reference design is actually 200HP/430Nm) Add to that a very unscientific finding of 12.82 km/l with my PJS on highway... Not a pickup, i know. Sent from my GT-N7000 using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 (edited) Okay, been in the new Isuzu 251 days, and have averaged 122km per day. Purchase price: THB 922K Registration: THB 17K Insurance: THB 44K Window film THB 19K 10K service: THB 1,079 20K service: THB 995 30K service: THB 1,104 30,738 km 2,547.8 liters of fuel 12.1 km/l (actual) 12.6 km/l (onboard computer) Purchase price: THB 922K Registration: THB 17K Insurance: THB 44K Window film THB 19K 10K service: THB 1,079 20K service: THB 995 30K service: THB 1,104 30,738 km 2,547.8 liters of fuel 12.1 km/l (actual) 12.6 km/l (onboard computer) Edited December 1, 2012 by mogandave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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