Well, my 2014 Sport is rated 365Hp @5500 rpm & 350 lb/ft @3500 rpm. But that's only with premium gas, mine runs well on mid-grade and crappy on regular.
As far as 0-60 goes it depends on how brave you are (at least mine does). This is a torque converter transmission not a dual clutch tranny so you'll probably get the best times leaving it in Drive. If you manually shift it with the paddles you'll really feel the lag and slippage between gears. This ain't no sports car! I've clocked 6.5 seconds 0-60 time, in Drive and on Premium gas A/C off and windows up. If you give it a mild power brake and then nail it you can usually get a good launch but watch out for the slow acting traction control / stability control gremlins. This is basically a front wheel drive vehicle with variable amounts of torque applied to the rear wheels based on detected wheel slippage. The trick is when it starts slewing side to side - like front wheel drive cars will do when spinning one wheel, don't try to correct. Just hang on, keep the wheel steady, and wait for the computer gods to take over. Just don't EVER try this on a wet road!
Like I said - this aint no sports car. It handles twisty roads well. I has good horsepower output for an SUV and it rides fairly well. But a street racer it isn't.

 

2015 Explorer XLT with the NA 3.5 loaded for a trip with 2,000 miles on the clock averaged 21.5, not bad for a fully loaded rig with the roads we were driving.
Enjoyable trip of 400 miles each way.

 

Thanks for the reply...I know it is not a sports car I was just curious. The wife and I are seriously looking into getting the 2.3L ecoboost Explorer.

 

The wife's '12 with the 3.5 naturally aspirated V6 and 4wd is getting a combined 17.5 - 18. It is mostly city driving. Based on the numbers you guys are saying I think she must have a heavier foot than I thought.

 

More long-term results....pretty much averaging 23 with 3/4 highway, which compares correctly with the EPA 24 hwy only. The 4WD and mostly city driving you're doing are eating into the mileage, but that's "how you roll".

 

If she drives anything like my wife does then I would say yes...lol My wife drives her Infiniti G37s like it is a rocket ship and hates letting people pass her. I just look at her and smirk.

 

Just back from another 900 mile trip with the Explorer. Very nice road vehicle, fairly well loaded down got right at 23 mpg.
The rig now has just shy of 5,000 miles on it.
Wife is VERY happy with her rig.

 

I had another/better fuel mileage run. The EPA ratings on the 3.5 non-ecoboost are 24 hwy. Freeway driving, rolling terrain, mostly on cruise, one additional passenger, a rollaway bed on board, and 65 mph.....31.0 mpg!!! Super!! That's quite an improvement over the 24 stated. One trick was to fuel up and get right on the highway. The other trick was once I had to come off cruise I slipped into Neutral on extended downhill stretches. (It's only fair....going up the previous stretch cost me mpg's!!)

 

Well since ewe just bought the 2016 Sport last night with the 3.5L ecoboost, I will try to do some initial mpg runs to work and back (when she actually lets me drive it of course!).

 

Try not to put your foot in it!!

 

Sorry, but 30+ mpg is a ficticious number IMHO Sounds like something that would come out of a gooberment office to me and nothing like real life.


Over one tank and one trip and calculated by hand or you let the lie-o-meter tell you?

in dfw traffic, the wife has averaged just about 20 over the 55k miles... but since we aren't overly concerned about mpg, it's only what the lie-o-meter tells us, never bothered hand calculating because this 44 footer is our other car. and happy to get 8 mpg
I know, Terrible mpg for a car, but great for a HOUSE !

 

Trying to maximize mileage is different than just hopping in the car and punching it. We average 23 consistently now. My post was to show what its capability is under ideal conditions.
BTW, my meter tracks my calculated mileage pretty much

 

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