BMW 4 Series: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 34,657 BMW 4 Series cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 7.4 L/100 km on the road against 6.0 officially (24% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Diesel hybrid · 120 kW (163 hp) at 6.0 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 135 kW (184 hp) | 5,422 | 6.8 | 8.1 | +19% |
| Petrol · 180 kW (245 hp) | 4,264 | 7.2 | 8.6 | +19% |
| Petrol · 190 kW (258 hp) | 601 | 7.1 | 8.5 | +19% |
| Diesel · 140 kW (190 hp) | 216 | 5.2 | 6.5 | +24% |
| Hybrid · 275 kW (374 hp) | 6,779 | 8.0 | 9.8 | +22% |
| Diesel hybrid · 140 kW (190 hp) | 13,640 | 5.1 | 6.4 | +26% |
| Diesel hybrid · 210 kW (286 hp) | 2,322 | 5.7 | 7.2 | +27% |
| Diesel hybrid · 250 kW (340 hp) | 885 | 6.1 | 7.6 | +25% |
| Diesel hybrid · 120 kW (163 hp) | 324 | 5.0 | 6.0 | +21% |
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 | 1,427 | 8.2 |
| 2022 | 7,818 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 21,830 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 34,648 | 7.4 |
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 1 Series 6.5 L/100 km · +22%
- 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 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.