Expecting good gas mileage from a supercar is like expecting fresh sushi in Nebraska. It ain’t gonna happen. But the “EcoBoost” label on the 2017 Ford GT twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 at least implies decent mileage, even within the supercar context. Nope. The EPA just announced its fuel economy ratings for the 2017 GT and its twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6: 11 mpg city, 18 mpg highway, and 14 mpg combined.
To put that into context, the EPA rates the V-12 Lamborghini Aventador coupe at 11/18/13 mpg, the twin-turbo V-8 Bentley Mulsanne at 11/18/14 mpg, and the 450-hp F-150 Raptor with a similar EcoBoost engine at 15/18/16 mpg. The EcoBoost GT’s ratings are also worse than those of the old supercharged V-8 2005 Ford GT, with its 12/19/14 mpg (note that EPA evaluations have changed since then, and these are adjusted numbers). By our estimates, that means the 2017 Ford GT, equipped only with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, will be slapped with a gas-guzzler tax of about $3000, not that the extra cost will dissuade anyone from forking over some $400,000 for the car.
Gas mileage is only one of the first official specs to come out about the GT. Ford has said that the EcoBoost engine will produce more than 600 horsepower, and its weight should be extremely low with an all-carbon-fiber body. Ford says it’s aiming for the best power-to-weight ratio of any vehicle on the market.
Still, at the end of the day, this is a vehicle created in large part for a racing program, and the people driving it probably will not care that they’ll be using an estimated 7.1 gallons of premium gasoline per 100 miles. They’ll be too busy tracking lap times and looking at their speedometers to notice any other numbers.
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