Ford Ranger Pickup MPG by year — every rating on record

The Ford Ranger Pickup has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 26 model years, from 1984 to 2009. Across those years its best rated version returned 58 mpg (1999) and its thirstiest returned 14 mpg (1984). The EPA record holds 282 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Small Pickup Trucks 2WD / Small 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 Ford Ranger Pickup placed highest in 1987 at #1 of 3, and lowest in 1984 at #7 of 10. It spent 24 of its 26 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 282 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 5 of 13 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Ranger Pickup fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2009 Ford Ranger Pickup burns 500 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 2009 model year is $2,700 to $4,150 a year in fuel, or $2,250 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Small Pickup Trucks

Across the 20 nameplates EPA classifies as Small Pickup Trucks, the median best combined rating is 25 mpg. At 23 mpg the Ford Ranger Pickup is 2 mpg below the median, which is worth about $140 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Small Pickup Trucks rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Ford nameplates

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