FUSO has once again commissioned an independent testing company, Automotive Testing & Development Services Inc. (ATDS), to compare the fuel economy of its FE160 Series medium-duty truck to the fuel economy of an equivalent Isuzu NPR-HD and a Hino 155. The full report is available below.
The FUSO FE160 prevailed again, consuming 8 percent less fuel on average than the Hino 155, and 5 percent less than the Isuzu NPR-HD, measured over a mixed course of city, suburban and highway driving. When ECO mode was engaged on the FUSO FE160 for half the runs (a feature not available on Hino or Isuzu models), the FUSO FE160’s fuel consumption improved to 10 percent less than the Hino 155, and 9 percent less than the Isuzu NPR-HD.


That translates to a 100,000-mile savings in fuel costs for the FUSO FE160 of $1,476 compared to the Hino 155 and $907 compared to the Isuzu NPR-HD. These savings result when the FUSO is operated half the time in ECO mode, based on a national average diesel fuel price of $2.509 per gallon. If the FE160 is operated full time in ECO mode, the savings increase to $1,966 and $1,616, respectively.