1968-1970 Dodge Charger — MPG & Fuel Facts NO OFFICIAL EPA RATING

The EPA's public fuel-economy dataset only goes back to 1984 — the 1968-1970 Dodge Charger predates it, so there is no government-rated MPG number for this car anywhere, including here.

Estimated 7–15 MPG combined.

A modern long-term test of an actual, unrestored 1968 Charger 440 by CAR Magazine (UK) logged 11.2 mpg; a secondary enthusiast compilation (not independently re-verified against the original articles) attributes to period Motor Trend and Car and Driver tests a range of roughly 7-15 mpg for Hemi and R/T cars depending on city/highway driving, which the CAR Magazine figure sits comfortably inside.

This is our estimate, not an EPA rating — built from the period road tests, marque-specialist guides and corroborated owner reports cited below, hedged where sources vary. Treat it as a ballpark for planning, not a spec to rely on.

1968-70 Chargers ranged from the 225ci slant-six and 318ci V8 up through 383ci, 440ci, and the 426ci Hemi V8, with 3-speed or 4-speed manual or TorqueFlite automatic -- and rear-axle ratio mattered enormously, since a highway-geared 440/Hemi car could out-economize a strip-geared one of the same engine.

CAR Magazine's long-term test of a real 1968 Charger 440 (directly confirmed by reading the article) logged 'Our mpg: 11.2' -- a modern test on an original car, not a period figure, but a genuine directly-verified data point.

Ultimate Muscle Car's compilation attributes an 11.05 mpg overall figure (14.51 mpg highway / 7.3 mpg city) to a Motor Trend test of a 1969 Charger 500 Hemi automatic, and a 9-12 mpg figure to a Car and Driver test of a 1968 Charger R/T Hemi automatic -- both plausible and specific, but the site does not link to or quote the original articles directly, so treat these as secondhand rather than independently confirmed.

No period figure could be confirmed for the milder slant-six or 318 cars, which would be expected to do meaningfully better than the big-block figures above; Hagerty's Charger buyer's guide exists but could not be fetched to confirm whether it states an MPG figure.

Sources: CAR Magazine, "1968 Dodge Charger 440: long-term test" · Ultimate Muscle Car, "How Many Miles Per Gallon Did a 426 Hemi Get? Each Year MPG"

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