You’ll Be Shocked By How Much Gas These Behemoths Guzzle - V10 Ford Excursion vs 8.1 GMC Yukon!

In this video we find out which gets the worst fuel economy: A V10 Ford Excursion or an 8.1L GMC Yukon XL

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[paulalvaro]

Cheaper to maintain and more reliable than a modern diesel

[catfishbilly]

My 8.1L Yukon averages 8.3 mpg towing a 6k lb trailer daily. Reliability is awesome though, it just keeps on keeping on, day in and day out.

[honkhonkler]

Those mileage numbers are actually pretty good. An '02 Silverado 2500HD with the 6.0 gets about 14-15 MPG and an OBS Suburban with a Vortec 350 gets that also. Maintenance on modern diesel emissions systems is so horrific that big block gassers are making a comeback.

[vitopannucci]

Talked with someone a while back who had the 6.2L F150 (non raptor, uncommon since it was a $5000 option), asked him what kind of mileage it gets, and he said 14. 14 city, 14 highway, 14 towing, 14 while parked in the garage...

[Joel-ewzm]

My dad has had a v10 excursion for many years. We road tripped it back and forth between Ohio and Georgia many times over the years including the high gas price era around the great recession. In fact, I remember coming back down to Georgia with the radio on around probably summer 2007 or 2008 and the talk show hosts talking about the impending economic doom coming. Interspersed with triple digit fuel stops, good times.

[scrambler-xkkv]

When I was a kid, my dad owned a square body suburban with a 454 in it. His friends at the time were buying diesels, and they all told him he was nuts for buying a big gas v8 to pull our Air Stream. But I remember my dad passing those diesels when we got into the mountains, dad had the last laugh.

[jdgvee]

2000 Ex 6.8 v-10 4.30 gears,
12+mpg at 65 mph,
11 mpg between 70-80,
12 mpg 80-90.
Love it!

[robinghosh]

My family had a 2004 GMC Yukon XL 2WD w/ the 8.1L. Was an amazing vehicle that took us all over the western US hauling boats and jet skis up and down the Colorado River. This video really made me smile and brought back memories. Thanks for making it. 👍🏽

[SCGI-mrhv]

I used to own a 2011 Chevy traverse. I on average got 15 mpg out of a V6. Crazy to think they got close to the same mpg with much bigger engines and vehicles.

[aber]

I just purchased a 2003 Excursion with 6.8 last weekend. Drove it 688 miles from Phoenix, AZ metro area to Amarillo, TX and I was pleasantly surprised I got 15.5 mpg. That was even with an hr delay in NM going 8 mph. I did baby it a little on the drive but great numbers. This one is really well maintained and only 113k miles.

[KyleJewell]

I just purchased a 2004 GMC Yukon XL SLT 5.3L. I love it. And I am a Ford guy. And it may not be the 8.1L so hard to compare but I am hitting upwards of 20mpg. Very happy with these units.

[Kernfederate]

Ahhh the sound of that 6.8 gave me so many flashbacks of road trips with my family as a kid. I’m a diesel fan now, but the v10 is still one of my favorites. Super reliable engine, despite the bad reputation.

[georgejulien]

I love when people that get 5 mpg more than me try to mock me for having a “gas guzzler”. Me with no payments and them with $600 monthly payments, newsflash dude I’m spending less on my vehicle monthly.

[Gnerko]

I never cease to be amazed at how different US Americans think about cars than we do in Europe. I see people in the comments discussing how they need vehicles this size for their lifestyles, while nearly no one in Europe even remotely considers a car like this.

I think it is also a culture thing. For example, owning a boat, atv, dirtbike, whatever isn't that common here, hence no one needs a truck to pull it. We do like caravanning, but ours can be towed by a wagon or crossover suv. We also need a truck driving license if we want to use trucks such as these at anywhere near their towing capacity. Such a license isn't that common among private consumers.

We also have more cramped infrastructure, way higher fuel prices, and smaller driving distances of course. I think those also matter.

For work, people here mostly use four cylinder turbodiesel vans. People rarely use this same vehicle for private transportation. This seems to work fine. I guess those vans aren't as comfortable as American pickup trucks/body on frame suvs, which is why we don't use them for private transport.

[alexs]

They were about $40-50 to fill up when they were brand new.

[RR-xgcm]

I had an early 80s K30 with 4:56 axles. Got 5 Mpg highway and 8 city. 4 bbl 454 would really roar at 55 mph. In low range it was amazing.

[brad]

For those land-yachts, I'd say those numbers are pretty dang good!

[MDillonEV]

I would love to see you guys run the same test and bring the speed down to 65. It would be informative to see how much we could save on these high gas prices by slowing down a little.

[markvanderlee]

I disagree with you sentiment about big V8s. Ford has their new 7.3 gasser and Chevy punched out their 6.0 to 6.6. These V8s are a good alternative to modern, pain in the rear, diesels with their DEF, failing PDF filters and high pressure fuel pumps.

[stevejones]

Even with these high gas prices I’m still liking my low maintenance v10 ex and f250. The misses has a 7.3 ex and my v10 tows just as well.