Dodge Dakota Pickup MPG by year — every rating on record

The Dodge Dakota Pickup has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 25 model years, from 1987 to 2011. Across those years its best rated version returned 22 mpg (1988) and its thirstiest returned 12 mpg (2000). The EPA record holds 198 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Standard Pickup Trucks 2WD / Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD.

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 Pickup placed highest in 1988 at #1 of 21, and lowest in 2006 at #12 of 25. It spent 24 of its 25 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 198 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 4 of 10 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Dakota Pickup fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2011 Dodge Dakota Pickup burns 676 to 767 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 2011 model year is $3,650 to $4,150 a year in fuel, or $7,000 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Standard Pickup Trucks

Across the 36 nameplates EPA classifies as Standard Pickup Trucks, the median best combined rating is 21 mpg. At 17 mpg the Dodge Dakota Pickup is 4 mpg below the median, which is worth about $451 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Standard Pickup Trucks 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.