Heavy Drinkers: Fuel-Swilling Monsters
On one end of the vehicular spectrum, we find fuel sipping new vehicles such as the Toyota Prius and its ilk. And, thanks to a skiff of technology, drivers needn’t have to squeeze themselves into a small car in order to get a break at the pump. We’ve seen a 34 mpg average on a 1,000 mile road trip in a Duramax-powered half-ton Silverado, for example.
But we’ll have a rundown of those rigs another time. Today’s post is all about the heavy drinkers - at least according to official EPA numbers. Shown here is a rogue’s gallery of vehicles which like a good drink, using the listed combined fuel economy rating for the 2025 model year. We hope you have yer gas card ready.
[Images: Bugatti, Ford, Ferrari]
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Bugatti Mistral
Showing up for work with a stunning 9.4 mpg combined rating is the mighty Bugatti Mistral, a car which is technically a follow up to the Veyron and Chiron, though it is said the hypercar’s exterior is totally unique to the model and shares nothing with either of those cars. There’s also a good argument to be made that the Veyron was something of a Concorde moment, the likes of which we will never see again, even if its horsepower numbers have been eclipsed by any number of other hypercars - including the Mistral. Thrust forward by a 8.0L turbocharged W16 engine, fortunate drivers have nearly 1,600 horsepower at their disposal.
Ford F-150 Raptor R
Many leagues more affordable than the Bugatti but no less exotic in the eyes of some is the V8 variant of Ford’s brawny F-150 Raptor. Packing enough off-road gear to win Baja and backed by a 5.2L supercharged V8 plucked from a Shelby GT500, this brute is tuned to belt out 720 horsepower and an exhaust note which at full throttle sounds like God ripping his bedsheets in half.
Ford F-150 Raptor R
Available dual live valve shocks produce pillowy landings from even the most hairy of launch events while 37-inch tires look great even standing still. And, despite all this, the thing is still rated to tow 8,700 pounds when properly equipped. Combined fuel economy stands at a grand total of 12 miles per gallon.
Ferrari Purosangue
It shouldn’t be a surprise that a Ferrari makes this list, given the marque’s propensity for building dream machines with a prodigious thirst for fuel. Some will carp about the ‘dream machine’ moniker as applied to a Purosangue but there’s no arguing with its 12 mpg EPA combined rating.
Ferrari Purosangue
Under the hood is a 6.5L V12 good for over 700 horsepower and 528 lb-ft of torque. The feds estimate a year of average driving could return a fuel bill in the $5,000 range, more than double what one might spend in a year for an average full-sized family crossover. There is, however, absolutely nothing average about the Purosangue - even if purists in Maranello require smelling salts thanks to its mere existence.
