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<\/a><\/p>\nAll wheel drive or four wheel drive were present in every body type other than the Fusion and F-150; the others were all rear wheel drive (except the front-drive Fusion).<\/p>\n
The Tahoe may be tough, but it\u2019s probably the worst cruiser for cities and suburbs, with EPA-rated gas mileage of 15\/22 miles per gallon with rear wheel drive and 14\/21 with 4×4. Troopers can expect to see far worse mileage, given long periods of idling and sudden acceleration. The Dodge Charger did far better, with 18\/26 from the 292-horsepower V6, 16\/25 from the V8 (roughly comparable to Chevy\u2019s), and 15\/23 with the V8 and all wheel drive.<\/p>\n
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Ironically, the big Dodge Durango Pursuit had better mileage than the Charger\u201418\/25 mpg with<\/em> AWD. Going to the V8 (also with AWD), though, only yielded 14\/22, nearly identical to the Tahoe 4×4. The Durango V6 did so well because of its eight-speed automatic; the police Chargers use a five-speed automatic (no longer available to anyone else), allegedly due to fleet managers\u2019 requests, but rather bad for fuel economy and V6 acceleration.<\/p>\n The Ford Explorers had no fuel economy estimates as yet, but the F-150 turned in a surprisingly good 16 city, 22 highway from its turbocharged V6. That truck had far more torque than the various V8s, and superior towing capacity. What it doesn\u2019t have, you\u2019ll see in a few sentences.<\/p>\n The mileage king was the hybrid Fusion, with its mere 129 pound-feet of torque; it was the definite city-pursuit choice, with 40 mpg in the city and 36 on the highway. \u00a0Ford claimed $4,300 per year in fuel savings per car, while diverting complaints about speed by noting that its 0-100 acceleration was similar to the 2011 Ford Crown Victoria (which was hopelessly outclassed even then).<\/p>\n There were two definite winners of the speed and dynamics testing. The Dodge Charger did very well, with the V8 AWD hitting 97.1 seconds, the V8 RWD reaching 97.6, and the Charger V6 in 98.7. However, the Ford Explorer turbo V6 with AWD ran the course in 96.5 seconds, beating all of them.<\/p>\n Following those were the hybrid AWD Explorer (99.7) and the rest. The Tahoes finished in 100.6 and 101.2 seconds; the Durangos were nearly the worst, at 102.7 and 105.5 seconds. Taking absolute last place was, not surprisingly, the Ford Fusion hybrid, at 106.3 seconds. Finally, the Ford F-150 came in between the two Durangos, at 103.9 seconds.<\/p>\n