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Just got my Red 2015 Ecoboost SWB wagon. After 5 1/2 months of waiting on a special order. It has roof rails w/crossbars, 2" receiver trailer hitch, 16"alloy wheels, and Sync. I have already been to MS and VA twice, 4500 miles at this point. Here are the results: First 1000 miles averaged a little over 26 MPG. I drove it fairly hard at times to seat the rings. Hit 100 MPH once and it was just shifting into 6th. This thing runs like a hot rod but will suck some gas if you use it. Keep in mind I removed the cross bars on the roof as soon as I got home, I will only use them when I need them. After break in I made a trip to MS, 650 miles each way. On the way down with a medium load I got 29 MPG driving 72 MPH and AC on. On the way back I towed a Uhaul trailer with a lawnmower in it, pretty close to 2000 lbs, and got 20 MPG at 65 MPH and AC on. Ran fine, towed fine, never even hinted at overheating. Always plenty of power. Then I made a trip to VA, stripped it down, took out the back seats, made it as light as possible. I got 32 MPG on the way up driving 65 and never letting the RPMs get above 3000, about 250 mile trip. Accelerate slowly and let the trans shift thru the gears quickly. Lots of torque even at 1500 RPM. Then we did lots of touring and stopping at markers and driving slow with AC and still stayed above 26 MPG. On the way back we dropped into interstate traffic all doing 70 MPH and I was able to get the meter up to 34.9 MPG before I got off at our exit, about 40 miles. It went down after that and we got a headwind on the way home, and I started driving 72 again so the mileage went down to 27. All in all it is exactly what I expected. Great mileage if you keep your foot out of it. Or Yeeee-Haaa if you stick your foot in... It also helps that it is Red