Yahoo Autos 2025 Ram 1500's 'Hurricane' I6 tops V8 in fuel economy
We've been impressed with our time in the updated 2025 Ram 1500 with the twin-turbo Hurricane straight-six. It's extremely refined, and it delivers much more power and torque than the V8s it replaces. But we've been very curious about the fuel economy for the new engine, as those numbers were not finalized when we drove it, and improved fuel economy was one of the ostensible reasons for replacing the old Hemi V8s with the Hurricane. Finally the numbers are out, and six cylinders are more frugal than eight, mostly.
Also unsurprising is the fact that the two-wheel-drive version of the standard 420-horsepower Hurricane Ram is the most efficient, returning 19 mpg city, 25 highway and 21 combined. That's an increase of 1 mpg across the board compared to the most efficient (and also two-wheel-drive) Hemi Ram. Adding four-wheel-drive drops the Hurricane Ram to 17 city, 24 highway and 19 combined. That combined number is the same as the Hemi Ram, while the city number is down by 1 mpg, and the highway number is up by 2. The Hurricane Ram is available with a high-output engine making 540 horsepower, and that's the thirstiest at 15 mpg city, 21 highway and 17 combined. It's much more efficient than the TRX's supercharged V8 (12 mpg combined), but it does make much less power than that 702-horsepower monster.
