2011 Ford Mustang V6 sets a new record by averaging 48.5 mpg at the Bristol Motor Speedway

Probably better than a prius!

A few years ago...I would have turned anyone over to the authorities for drug abuse after making a claim like that...now...I'm just friggin impressed! Way to go Ford!

+1, but I wonder if this impressive economy is attainable in the real world.

I gotta give it to ford on this one. If i were to improve one thing on my new 370Z it would be its MPGs... it's not horrible (i'm averaging 22.5 mpg while having A LOT of fun with it). but I still wouldn't trade my Z for the v6 stang... nor the v8.

I really don't know how you're averaging even 22.5 mpg. You must do a lot more highway driving. Mine is slightly more highway driving and I couldn't get higher avg than 18 even if I tried (G37 6spd.

43mph? Hardly "running". Should have been mandatory 65mph.

It is a 3.7-liter, DOHC, 24-valve V6 with sequential multi-port fuel injection that cranks out an impressive 305 horses and 280 pound-feet of torque, And impressive fuel economy, If it had 5 star safety ratings and 5 seats I would consider trading my civic in for one. lol

You gotta love that Ford's engineers are responding to the public who don't want to sacrifice power for fuel economy... You gotta love their mentality of "why not give them both?" Good job to Ford. By the way the 50th anniversary of the Mustang is coming up and they now have the 5.0 back anyone waiting and desperate to see a 50th anniversary 5.0?

I would, my first car was a 25th anniversary model year 1989.5 GT convertible. They didn't do anything for the car that year but put a little "25th anniversary" emblem on the dash. The 2014.5 model year is still a ways off, hopefully they'll have some new things in store for the car by then.

I am not sure why people are so excited about this. Isn't this hypermiling? On top of that, it was run in a controlled environment at the optimum speed according to it's fuel table.

Good point monster, What would a civic or a Prius do under the same circumstances? I would like to know, although 305 HP and 48.5mpg is impressive still.

It's amazing how some people on this board talk through two sides of their mouths. One one side of their trap they curse the very ground that Obama and the Democrats exist on and when the CAFE standards were annonced all hell broke loose. Now that we are all reaping the benefits we are having a grand time, and the other side of the trap yields some of the responses above. These car makers told us it was not possible and for cars to achieve these numbers the prices would double. Yet we are seeing traditional gas guzzlers like Mustangs and Camaros getting over 30mpg and selling for less than a Camry. They deserve no credit for any of this because the technology is there to do much better. Until they all start stepping up to the plate and stop making excuses,a nd until we stop rewarding them for lukewarm results, then we will always get what they tell us we want.