GMC Caballero Pickup MPG by year — every rating on record

The GMC Caballero Pickup has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 4 model years, from 1984 to 1987. Across those years its best rated version returned 21 mpg (1984) and its thirstiest returned 14 mpg (1987). The EPA record holds 24 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Standard Pickup Trucks.

In the EPA record this nameplate also appears as Caballero Pickup and El Camino Pickup. The figures below cover every one of them.

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 GMC Caballero Pickup placed highest in 1984 at #2 of 9, and lowest in 1987 at #10 of 22. It spent 3 of its 4 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 24 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 0 of 1 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Caballero Pickup fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 1987 GMC Caballero Pickup burns 639 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 1987 model year is $3,450 to $4,450 a year in fuel, or $6,000 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 18 mpg the GMC Caballero Pickup is 3 mpg below the median, which is worth about $319 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

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

Other GMC nameplates

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