I get 22mpg city and 28-29mpg highway.
That's with a hot 3L engine and a lead foot.
The 2.5L got 23-24mpg city & 30mpg highway. It was highly modified as well.
Many mods will actually increase gas mileage.
Anyone who is getting poor gas mileage has problems with their car. They need to do some maintenance!
It's not that the Zetec is a bad engine because it is not. However it is severly undersized for this platform. For that disadvantage it does not generate much better fuel economy numbers either.
