Makes ChevroletExpress Passenger

Chevrolet Express Passenger MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 15 MPG combined in 1996–1999 and 2002–2007, the Express 1500/2500 2WD. Its weakest year peaked at 13 MPG (2015–2017).

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1,153.8 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2017 version, the Express 2500 2WD Passenger. Put it next to its 1996 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Chevrolet Express Passenger has EPA ratings for 22 model years, 1996–2017, every one of them among vans. Its best version ranked fifth (tied) of 15 vans in 1999, behind the class leader, the Chevrolet Astro Cargo, and it placed in its class top five in three model years.

In 2001 the most efficient version of the Express Passenger still placed second from the bottom of 15 vans, where the Dodge Ram Wagon 2500 rated lowest. That run of rated years is the third longest (tied with two others) among 50 van nameplates on this site.

Where the engine list turned over

2003
New: 5.3-liter 8-cylinder. Best rating 15 → 15 MPG.
2007
New: 5.3-liter 8-cylinder flex-fuel. Best rating 15 → 15 MPG.
2011
New: 4.8-liter 8-cylinder flex-fuel, 6.0-liter 8-cylinder flex-fuel. Best rating 14 → 14 MPG.
2016
Dropped: 4.8-liter 8-cylinder, 6.0-liter 8-cylinder flex-fuel. Best rating 13 → 13 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Gasoline
Rated in 1996–2009 and 2014–2017.
CNG
Rated in 2004.
Bi-fuel CNG
Rated in 2004.
Flex-fuel
Rated in 2007–2015.

Other names on this page

The GMC Savana Passenger (1996–2017) carried the same EPA ratings in the years they overlap, so it is covered by this page.

The Chevrolet Express Cargo, a body style EPA lists under its own name, was rated in 2004 and 2010–2015; its best version reached 17 MPG.

All 22 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2016–2017	Express 2500 2WD Passenger	13	11 / 16	12	2
2015	Express 2500 2WD Passenger flex-fuel	13	11 / 17	12	6
2012–2014	Express 1500 2WD Passenger flex-fuel	14	13 / 17	12	6
2011	Express 1500 2WD Passenger flex-fuel	14	13 / 17	12	5
2010	Express 1500 2WD Passenger flex-fuel	14	13 / 17	14	2
2009	Express 1500 2WD Passenger flex-fuel	14	13 / 16	14	4
2008	Express 1500 AWD	14	12 / 16	14	4
2007	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	13 / 17	14	4
2005–2006	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	13 / 18	14	3
2004	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	14 / 18	12	4
2003	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	13 / 18	13	3
2002	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	13 / 17	14	3
2001	Express 1500/2500 2WD	14	13 / 16	13	3
2000	Express 1500/2500 2WD	14	13 / 17	14	3
1999	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	13 / 18	14	3
1998	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	13 / 17	14	3
1997	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	14 / 17	14	3
1996	Express 1500/2500 2WD	15	14 / 17	13	3

Version names in the EPA list: Express 1500 2WD Passenger, Express 1500 AWD, Express 1500 AWD Passenger, Express 1500/2500 2WD, Express 2500 2WD Passenger, Express 3500 2WD Passenger, Express Passenger (Bi-fuel), Express Passenger (dedicated CNG).