Sequoia MPG compared to 5th Gen

[Jayhawk5G]

First I have to say that I have been very impressed with the mpg of my 2013 4Runner. My wife and I routinely note that it seems to be similar in proportion to the last bodystyle Sequoia, while the Sequoia has grown. My MPG display shows 17.6-17.7 mpg pure suburb driving with frequent stoplights, and speeds not exceeding 45 mph. I really don't get a lot of chances to drive it on the highway, but when we first drove it home from the dealer at 65 mph we saw anywhere between 23-25 mpg depending on the amount of traffic we had to slow for or pass.

I recently checked out Toyota Nation under the Sequoia section to see what the most recent bodystyle Sequoia achieve in city/highway MPG. It seemed the newest bodystyle with 6-speed transmission outperformed the previous bodystyle by quite a bit. Most reported city MPG's at 16-17, and highway 21-23 for 4WD models being driven in 2WD mode.

I'm curious if anyone has any real world experience? Right now my wife and I have no children, and I'm loving the 4Runner... but if gas mileage is really that close between the two in the future the Sequoia might be a consideration.

 

[StRanger7032]

I have not had a Sequoia, but I did have a 2010 Tundra TRD with the same engine and transmission. My gas mileage was horrendous-17 highway and 10 city. I don't drive aggressively, either. I've been getting 17 city and 23 highway with the 4R. I can't imagine a Sequoia getting much better real world mpg than a Tundra. If you are thinking about a Sequoia sometime in the future, it might be worth waiting. Rumor has it that the next gen Sequoia might be based on the Land Cruiser.

 

[Jayhawk5G]

I have not had a Sequoia, but I did have a 2010 Tundra TRD with the same engine and transmission. My gas mileage was horrendous-17 highway and 10 city. I don't drive aggressively, either. I've been getting 17 city and 23 highway with the 4R. I can't imagine a Sequoia getting much better real world mpg than a Tundra. If you are thinking about a Sequoia sometime in the future, it might be worth waiting. Rumor has it that the next gen Sequoia might be based on the Land Cruiser.

I'm not in the market at all right now. I was just hoping to get an idea if the mpg on these was correct. My wife has gotten the Yukon/Tahoe through her company and with the 6-speed automatic and the active displacment we have seen over 16 mpg in the city no problem if you don't punch the gas. So I know with certain tricks its possible, but thats on a 5.3 with cylinder deactivation. Yet a bunch of people were reporting 16-17 mpg in the city with light throttle??

 

[Greg_Canada]

Depends on the weather.
Summer and hot with A/C off, maybe, but fall / winter the MPG will likely be in the low-teens.. just impossible for a 5.7 to get that good mileage without cylinder deactivation...
Hell, my 3.4 gets 16mpg city summer and 13mpg winter (highway 22mpg summer, 19mpg winter)

 

[Jayhawk5G]

Depends on the weather.
Summer and hot with A/C off, maybe, but fall / winter the MPG will likely be in the low-teens.. just impossible for a 5.7 to get that good mileage without cylinder deactivation...
Hell, my 3.4 gets 16mpg city summer and 13mpg winter (highway 22mpg summer, 19mpg winter)

Yeah coming from a JGC with a 5.7 HEMI and 5-speed, I could never get it better than 14 mpg in the city and in the winter 12.5-13.3 was pretty typical.

If the Seqouia really managed to be within 1.6 mpg of my 5th gen than it would be on my radar if we need to upsize.

 

[homeyclaus]

I think without mpg really verified on fuelly.com by a user I would not really believe what I read in the forums about mileage. People in general are bad at math, sloppy with calculations, and tend to round the significant numbers to their favor.

But it should be possible to get a Sequoia up into 19 mpg territory.

I took a Tundra 5.7L 4x4 mega cab out for a test drive in August, and reset the mpg gauge on it prior to the drive, and averaged about 12.2L/100km (19.28 mpg (us)), which was a suburban main road drive and return via some back alleys and stuff. Around here as a kiddie shuttle and mall-by-four, that's what our TE also stays around 12.7 - 13.5L/100km (18.5-17.4 mpg (us)) - more if the wife drives, she isn't as patient especially when the cargo is screaming.

Uh yes, in my head, I run metric. I even set my us vehicles to metric with the techstream when I can.

 

[Jayhawk5G]

I think without mpg really verified on fuelly.com by a user I would not really believe what I read in the forums about mileage. People in general are bad at math, sloppy with calculations, and tend to round the significant numbers to their favor.

But it should be possible to get a Sequoia up into 19 mpg territory.

I took a Tundra 5.7L 4x4 mega cab out for a test drive in August, and reset the mpg gauge on it prior to the drive, and averaged about 12.2L/100km (19.28 mpg (us)), which was a suburban main road drive and return via some back alleys and stuff. Around here as a kiddie shuttle and mall-by-four, that's what our TE also stays around 12.7 - 13.5L/100km (18.5-17.4 mpg (us)) - more if the wife drives, she isn't as patient especially when the cargo is screaming.

Uh yes, in my head, I run metric. I even set my us vehicles to metric with the techstream when I can.

My main concern revolves around the mileage my Jeep got... There are times I think I would like a bigger rig, but I don't think I could ever handle that sort of mpg.