Thread: V6 Rodeo fuel economy

Originally Posted by Beetroot

No experience with that particular engine and vehicle but that fuel economy sounds similar to other V6 petrols.
For what ever reason it seems that a petrol V6 in a ute/4x4 doesn't seem to give any better fuel consumption than a bigger capacity V8, meaning that both a V8 and V6 are going to be thirsty.
8km per litre is about 12L/100km which is about normal for open road driving, 6km per litre is what I would expect for towing or stop start city driving.

If you are doing lots of towing and city driving a diesel is probably going to cheaper to run, if it's mostly open road stuff then I'd stick with the petrol.

@Beetroot. Its almost all open road driving.