BMW 1 Series: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 77,433 BMW 1 Series cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 6.5 L/100 km on the road against 5.4 officially (22% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Diesel · 85 kW (116 hp) at 5.5 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 100 kW (136 hp) | 24,670 | 5.8 | 7.2 | +24% |
| Petrol · 80 kW (109 hp) | 6,760 | 5.9 | 7.1 | +22% |
| Petrol · 131 kW (178 hp) | 4,907 | 6.3 | 7.6 | +22% |
| Petrol · 225 kW (306 hp) | 2,939 | 7.5 | 9.8 | +30% |
| Petrol · 195 kW (265 hp) | 2,226 | 7.1 | 8.8 | +24% |
| Petrol · 221 kW (300 hp) | 250 | 7.8 | 9.9 | +26% |
| Diesel · 85 kW (116 hp) | 15,197 | 4.7 | 5.5 | +19% |
| Diesel · 110 kW (150 hp) | 14,511 | 5.0 | 6.1 | +22% |
| Diesel · 140 kW (190 hp) | 3,760 | 5.3 | 6.3 | +20% |
| Hybrid · 115 kW (156 hp) | 1,339 | 5.5 | 7.1 | +29% |
| Diesel hybrid · 110 kW (150 hp) | 616 | 4.4 | 5.7 | +30% |
Engines with fewer than 100 cars in the data are not shown. Hybrid includes mild hybrids (48 V) as registered by the manufacturer.
By reporting year
| cars | Real world | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,246 | 6.7 |
| 2022 | 27,675 | 6.6 |
| 2023 | 49,083 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 77,429 | 6.5 |
The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.
Models: BMW
- BMW X1 6.4 L/100 km · +17%
- BMW 3 Series 6.5 L/100 km · +20%
- BMW X3 7.6 L/100 km · +19%
- BMW X5 9.6 L/100 km · +25%
- BMW 5 Series 7.2 L/100 km · +25%
- BMW 2 Series 6.5 L/100 km · +19%
- BMW 4 Series 7.4 L/100 km · +24%
- BMW X2 6.8 L/100 km · +19%
- BMW X4 8.0 L/100 km · +21%
- BMW X6 9.8 L/100 km · +27%
- BMW X7 10.7 L/100 km · +21%
- BMW 7 Series 8.2 L/100 km · +26%
Source: European Environment Agency, real-world CO₂ emissions from cars, 2024 data (CC BY 4.0), based on on-board fuel consumption meters (Regulation (EU) 2019/631, Article 12). Grouping by model and engine, averages and percentiles by RealFuelConsumption. Not affiliated with the EEA or the manufacturer.