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BMW 7 Series Diesel hybrid · 210 kW (286 hp)

Official (WLTP)L/100 km
Real worldL/100 km
+26%

Measured by the on-board fuel meters of 4,063 cars · 2024 data

Real-world consumption is 26% above official. 129 of the other 156 diesel hybrids in the data come closer to their official figure.

How much drivers actually use

Half of the cars use between 7.4 and 8.5 L/100 km. The most economical tenth stays under 6.9; the thirstiest tenth uses more than 9.2.

Each bar is a 0.5 L range; its height and the figure above it show what share of cars fall in that range.

L/100 km · Each car’s lifetime average from its fuel meter. Cars with less than 1,000 km are left out.

Is my consumption normal?

L/100 km

Trip computers are often a few percent optimistic. Short trips, winter, motorways and towing raise consumption.

What it costs to fuel

CountryAt officialAt realDifference
EU weighted average 2.14 €/L€2,019€2,531+€513
Austria 2.16 €/L€2,043€2,562+€519
Belgium 2.33 €/L€2,207€2,767+€560
Bulgaria 1.87 €/L€1,771€2,221+€450
Croatia 1.95 €/L€1,847€2,315+€469
Cyprus 2.02 €/L€1,910€2,395+€485
Czechia 1.92 €/L€1,815€2,276+€461
Denmark 2.50 €/L€2,364€2,965+€600
Estonia 2.01 €/L€1,902€2,385+€483
Finland 2.54 €/L€2,397€3,005+€609
France 2.33 €/L€2,200€2,759+€559
Germany 2.27 €/L€2,145€2,690+€545
Greece 2.12 €/L€2,002€2,510+€508
Hungary 1.94 €/L€1,835€2,301+€466
Ireland 2.16 €/L€2,045€2,564+€519
Italy 2.24 €/L€2,118€2,656+€538
Latvia 2.07 €/L€1,958€2,455+€497
Lithuania 2.21 €/L€2,084€2,613+€529
Luxembourg 2.04 €/L€1,933€2,423+€491
Malta 1.21 €/L€1,143€1,434+€290
Netherlands 2.48 €/L€2,345€2,941+€596
Poland 1.79 €/L€1,696€2,127+€431
Portugal 2.15 €/L€2,030€2,545+€516
Romania 2.04 €/L€1,929€2,419+€490
Slovakia 1.92 €/L€1,813€2,274+€461
Slovenia 1.92 €/L€1,813€2,273+€460
Spain 1.89 €/L€1,785€2,238+€453
Sweden 2.05 €/L€1,937€2,429+€492

Fuel prices including taxes from the European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin of 12 October 2026. Cost = consumption × price × distance. The default distance is an example; change it to yours.

Other BMW 7 Series engines

EnginecarsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
Petrol · 390 kW (530 hp)24910.712.6+18%
Diesel hybrid · 210 kW (286 hp)4,0636.37.9+26%
Diesel hybrid · 250 kW (340 hp)1,3026.48.3+29%
Plug-in hybrid · 280 kW (381 hp)1,1151.78.8+427%
Plug-in hybrid · 230 kW (313 hp)9961.48.0+474%
Plug-in hybrid · 210 kW (286 hp)8452.28.1+275%

Similar cars from other models

Same powertrain, similar power and weight.

By country

CountrycarsReal world
Germany2,1967.8−1%
Poland6588.4+6%
Italy2497.9−1%
Spain1897.9+1%
Czechia1357.9±0%
Slovakia1098.0+1%
Austria997.4−6%
Hungary788.1+3%
Bulgaria668.6+9%
Portugal528.4+6%
Belgium506.8−15%

Countries with at least 50 cars of this engine. Differences reflect climate, roads and driving habits as well as the car.

By reporting year

carsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
20212156.28.0+28%
20228426.27.9+27%
20231,7046.27.8+26%
20244,0636.37.9+25%

The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.

About this data

Cars in the data4,063 (2024)
Names in the registration data740D XDRIVE, 730D XDRIVE, 730D, 730LD XDRIVE, 740D XDRIVE LIMOUSINE G70 B57, 740
Registration years2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Engine size2,993 cm³
Average mass in running order2,208 kg
Average distance on the meter40,521 km

Hybrid includes mild hybrids (48 V) as registered by the manufacturer.

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.