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Dodge Ram 50 Pickup

1984–1993 · Gasoline

EPA fuel economy for every version of this car, and what it costs to fuel at the prices you actually pay rather than the ones the sticker assumed.

Dodge Ram 50 Pickup
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19 mpg Combined EPA rated
17 mpg City
21 mpg Highway
$3,300 EPA annual fuel at 15,000 mi

Your cost per mile

Every version, 1993

VersionCombinedCityHighwayFuelEPA annual
2.4L 4cyl · RWD · Automatic 4-spd 19 17 21 Regular $3,300
2.4L 4cyl · RWD · Manual 5-spd 19 17 22 Regular $3,300

2 configurations, 19–19 MPG.

Every model year

YearCombinedCityHighway
1984202021
1985222124
1986211922
1987201824
1988222124
1989232126
1990191722
1991191721
1992191721
1993191721

Straight from the EPA certification database, one row per model year, showing the best-rated version of each. Trims with identical figures are collapsed.

What owners report

YearOwnersAverage reportedSpread
1985125.3 25–25
1987120.0 20–20
1989126.0 26–26
1990125.9 26–26

4 owners filed these through the EPA's own My MPG tool. That is a sample, not an average — read them as anecdotes. They are here because they are the only owner-reported figures in public federal data.

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How this is worked out

Cost per mile is the fuel price over the combined MPG of the version you pick, at the price and mileage you enter. Where a version requires premium, it is costed at the premium price — that is a real and permanent difference between two cars wearing the same badge.

Every figure comes from the U.S. EPA's public fuel economy data. We add no estimates of our own; a missing number shows as a dash rather than a guess.

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