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Do pickup trucks offer better gas mileage then SUV?

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Often times the answer is yes. If you have a pickup truck and a SUV both with the same engine the pickup will get better mpg because the pickup weighs less. The more weight you have to move around the harder the engine has to work and the more gas it will use.

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