What is the most fuel-efficient pickup?
 

I asked Google and it listed brand-new behemoths that get worse economy than my Accord. It looks like the most efficient truck ever is a Volkswagen as old as I am and selling for $9,000.

What is the ROI on 45 MPG?

It looks like the second-best is the 1996-1998 Toyota [Hilux] truck, which is rated 20/27 or something.

It was available earlier, but I want OBD-II.

I believe at that point Toyota replaced it with something bigger and stronger.

At this point I am just curious. It had seemed like I only needed a truck twice a year, so getting 30+ MPG in my Honda and renting something every six months seemed like the obvious choice, but I rented a truck a few weeks ago for ramp materials, a van on Monday to buy a partially-assembled loft bed, and now I am waiting to get rid of some stuff at the dump.

I doubt that replacing a car with a truck makes sense, but I was curious.

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This?
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Or maybe this?
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Gasser or Diesel?

I would say a car and trailer.

Within the constraint of the title question:

I TURNED MY TESLA INTO A PICKUP TRUCK

Yes, the E-Camino. I shared that before.

Let's compromise. Simón should have built a flatbed to pull behind her stock Modelll, but who would have watched that?

The trailer might be less convenient, but how much steer manure can you haul in her abomination?

Buying a truck to use monthly may not make much sense, but I am unsure that I want to find space for a 4x8 trailer on top of two vehicles.

Abomination? I thought you liked it. :confused:

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Any of those could get ~45mpg. Here's what my Westfalia trailer is like (not this one). It stores on it's tail end.

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Still don't have a car with a trailer hitch. :( The last one, the Squareback, is four vehicles back.

"Install a hitch, rent a trailer"--Scott at Linden Mini Storage
 

I was younger and more interested in expensive hobbies.

At least in Spain there were Isetta-based mini trucks, yet they had a wider rear track just like the BMW Isetta 600.

I guess it would be a diesel Colorado at 28/30 mpg ($28k). That's actually not a bad price, IMO.

Soon it will be a Workhorse Endurance ($50k) or a Rivian ($60k).

Ebay would charge $171.75 for a towing package, but that doesn't show tax and it shows $0 for shipping, but maybe that would update if I gave it an address.

How much weight would that add? :)

So, would it make more sense to rent a trailer or offer my neighbor $20 to borrow his? :)

A TDI swapped Rampage...maybe.

Peugeot used to make similar vehicles

This is cool! Check out the specs, too. Pretty decent:

Transportel <www.transportel.se> elmopeder, elodrive & eldrivna fordon

For a homemade modern version of the Caddy Smyth Kit Cars

My 2003 Jetta Wagon TDI returned 50 mpg plus on the highway and averaged 46 mpg over 10 years.

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Makes me wonder how that powertrain would fare in a current-generation Saveiro

I see five trucks on the fleet list that are currently getting over 30 MPG: https://ecomodder.com/forum/bestgasmileage.php. My truck is looking good right now, but mileage normally drops to 31-32 MPG in the winter: https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...yon-17070.html.

So, you are saying that I need a wagon, or maybe a hatchback? Maybe just a trailer hitch?

The Subaru 360 (Sambar) pickup of certain years is said to top 50mpg

The car version driven at 52mph delivered 66mpg

My example could top over 80mpg with p&g

Guys here have mentioned the 360 many times, but I never really looked into it. I don't even think that I had ever seen a picture of it!https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1611797773
https://www.subaru.com/company/50years/cars#subaru-360

Subaru sold 392,000 between 1958 and 1971 Driving the Subaru 360, one of the worst cars ever sold in AmericaThe Archie weighs 1,300 pounds.

He claims that he maxed out at 45 MPH and the brakes didn't really brake.

Consumer Reports remarked the suicide doors pulled open in the wind during testing, recorded a 0-60 time of about 37 seconds, and reported 25–35 mpg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_360.

I cannot find any for sale, just this collection of 360s and Sambars in Florida.

Bricklin created Subaru of America and imported the 360, which bombed. He created his own car, which bombed. After Fiat left the U.S. he imported two of their sports cars, which were actually successful, until Fiat ended his contract. Then he imported the Yugo, which, as we know, was wildly successful, which is why there are more Yugos on the road than any other vehicle.

Wait, no, it bombed.

I own a 360 sedan, never noted them as expensive or rare but maybe that’s changed

In terms of speed if your float and carb work, the fuel lines aren’t plugged, the motor isn’t worn, your brakes are honed, the timing is correct, fuel is e free, tires are inflated to 40psi and it’s a 4 speed
My car would top 75mph and still pull, 3 speeds were touch beyond 55mph since you were near redline, dragging brakes, wrong tires, messed up carb really effects the top end

If you are interested join the Subaru 360 group

An Insight sounds like a less-expensive hobby. :)

The sedan is a two-door?

For me it's easier to consider a 2-door car as a sedan than a so-called 4-door coupé

My Colorado has an average of 26.5 mpg which I think not bad also because I did some modifications such as lift kit, aftermarket black rhino truck wheels and bigger tires.

Subaru 360...
Wagon, Sedan, Truck - 2 door
Van - 5 door - 3 row - seats 6

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Been thinking about this for a while, but the most fuel efficient pickup is the one you dont own or never drive. Right now the F250 is using absolutely no fuel sitting in my driveway moving crosswind at about 1000 mph while the world turns.

Note that the Hilux was discontinued in the US in 1995, replaced by the Tacoma that year. It continues in the rest of the world, but the fifth generation was the last you could get here. The Tacoma went 1995-2004, 2005-2015, and is now in its third generation 2016- .

I've been reading about these trucks the past couple days since I'll be flying out to Washington this summer to rehab my grandfather's 1991 Hilux and drive it back to Illinois. Then, I plan to use throttle-stop testing to measure drag changes from an airdam at various heights, tailgate spoiler, bed cover, rear wheel air dams, etc. It's a 4WD 22R-E 5-speed, originally rated 17/20. I think the highest-mpg Hilux sold here was 22 mpg highway (5-speed RWD).

2wd, 4cyl, manual tacoma, probably?

Another thing that sounds quite strange to me is when the rear hatch is counted as a door. Unless it was a barn-door, and large enough to allow someone to access the vehicle from it, counting a hatchback as a doors doesn't make any sense. And we might agree the hatch of a rear-engined microvan is too small for anyone other than a toddler to attempt entering through it.