Isuzu Pickup MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 32 MPG combined in 1985–1987, the diesel Pickup 2WD. Its weakest year peaked at 20 MPG (1988–1994).

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714.3 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 1995 version, the Pickup 2WD. Put it next to its 1984 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Isuzu Pickup has EPA ratings for 12 model years, 1984–1995, every one of them among small pickup trucks. Its best version had the highest combined rating among small pickup trucks in 1984–1987. In 1984 the Chevrolet S10 Pickup and the GMC S15 Pickup came next among 14 small pickup trucks. The peak rating of the Pickup is the second highest of the 82 pickup nameplates with MPG ratings on this site.

In 1989 even its most efficient version shared the lowest rating of 10 small pickup trucks; it sat in its class's bottom five in four model years. Averaged over 1984–1988, its best version placed first of 11 among small pickup trucks rated at least three years in that span.

Where the engine list turned over

1986
New: 1.9-liter 4-cylinder, 2.3-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 32 → 32 MPG.
1988
New: 2.6-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 32 → 20 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Diesel
Rated in 1984–1987.
Gasoline
Rated in 1984–1995.

All 12 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
1995	Pickup 2WD	21	19 / 23	16	3
1994	Pickup 2WD	20	19 / 23	15	6
1993	Pickup 2WD	20	19 / 22	15	5
1991–1992	Pickup 2WD	20	19 / 22	15	6
1989–1990	Pickup 2WD	20	19 / 22	16	5
1988	Pickup 2WD	20	19 / 22	16	6
1987	Pickup 2WD diesel	32	30 / 35	18	12
1986	Pickup 2WD diesel	32	30 / 35	19	13
1985	Pickup 2WD diesel	32	30 / 35	19	14
1984	Pickup 2WD diesel	31	29 / 35	19	15

Version names in the EPA list: Pickup 2WD, Pickup 2WD 1-Ton, Pickup 4WD.