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Originally Posted by Mako
not really, compare it to what a SUV with 500 horsepower would have gotten you 10 years ago, 15 years ago, that would be like 8 mpg
hell my 2009 C63 got 12mpg with under 500 horsepower and weighed 500 lbs less.
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My 10+ year old Range Rover Sport Supercharged with 500+ HP (5.0L V8) got 15-16 mpg, with a lift on 32" BFG KO2's and it is WAY less aerodynamic. Without the lift it was 16-17 -- highway mileage on long trips was 20-21. The reason this vehicle gets the mileage it does is in the tuning. If the trans and engine tuning were more conservative with boost this vehicle would get far better mileage. But that's not why we buy it!
Granted, if I was really beating on it, it would drop down to like 11-12 -- but with mixed city/highway (highway I was typically at 80-85) it was 15-16.
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