Roush Performance Stage 3 Mustang MPG by year — every rating on record

The Roush Performance Stage 3 Mustang has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 18 model years, from 2001 to 2020. Across those years its best rated version returned 18 mpg (2001) and its thirstiest returned 14 mpg (2020). The EPA record holds 32 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Subcompact Cars.

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 Roush Performance Stage 3 Mustang placed highest in 2003 at #20 of 28, and lowest in 2015 at #98 of 101. It spent 0 of its 18 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 32 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 9 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Stage 3 Mustang fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2020 Roush Performance Stage 3 Mustang 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 2020 model year is $5,150 to $5,550 a year in fuel, or $14,500 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Subcompact Cars

Across the 461 nameplates EPA classifies as Subcompact Cars, the median best combined rating is 24 mpg. At 15 mpg the Roush Performance Stage 3 Mustang is 9 mpg below the median, which is worth about $1,006 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Subcompact Cars rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Where Roush Performance sits

Roush Performance has too few nameplates on record for a make-level page of its own, so this nameplate stands alone here. Every make we cover →