Dodge Dakota Cab Chassis MPG by year — every rating on record

The Dodge Dakota Cab Chassis has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 9 model years, from 1987 to 1995. Across those years its best rated version returned 15 mpg (1988) and its thirstiest returned 11 mpg (1990). The EPA record holds 23 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Special Purpose Vehicles.

Year-by-year EPA ratings

Where it has stood in its class

Ranked against every other nameplate the EPA filed under the same class that year. The Dodge Dakota Cab Chassis placed highest in 1988 at #12 of 18, and lowest in 1993 at #45 of 54. It spent 0 of its 9 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 23 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 3 of 6 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Dakota Cab Chassis fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 1995 Dodge Dakota Cab Chassis burns 767 to 821 gallons depending on configuration. Below is what that costs at three pump prices, and how much more the thirstiest configuration costs than the most efficient one.

EPA’s own estimate for the 1995 model year is $4,150 to $4,450 a year in fuel, or $9,500 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Special Purpose Vehicles

Across the 113 nameplates EPA classifies as Special Purpose Vehicles, the median best combined rating is 21 mpg. At 15 mpg the Dodge Dakota Cab Chassis is 6 mpg below the median, which is worth about $767 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Special Purpose Vehicles rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Dodge nameplates

Every Dodge model compared → — all nameplates ranked by best combined rating, with what each one costs a year.