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BMW 7 Series Petrol · 390 kW (530 hp)

Official (WLTP)L/100 km
Real worldL/100 km
+18%

Measured by the on-board fuel meters of 249 cars · 2024 data

Real-world consumption is 18% above official. 348 of the other 618 petrol cars in the data come closer to their official figure.

How much drivers actually use

Half of the cars use between 11.5 and 13.7 L/100 km. The most economical tenth stays under 10.8; the thirstiest tenth uses more than 15.0.

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 2.01 €/L€3,232€3,805+€573
Austria 1.86 €/L€2,999€3,530+€532
Belgium 1.98 €/L€3,179€3,742+€563
Bulgaria 1.65 €/L€2,652€3,122+€470
Croatia 1.80 €/L€2,899€3,413+€514
Cyprus 1.76 €/L€2,830€3,332+€502
Czechia 1.86 €/L€2,989€3,519+€530
Denmark 2.66 €/L€4,274€5,032+€758
Estonia 1.92 €/L€3,087€3,635+€547
Finland 2.32 €/L€3,729€4,390+€661
France 2.21 €/L€3,557€4,187+€630
Germany 2.21 €/L€3,560€4,191+€631
Greece 2.20 €/L€3,536€4,163+€627
Hungary 1.75 €/L€2,820€3,320+€500
Ireland 1.98 €/L€3,189€3,754+€565
Italy 2.02 €/L€3,250€3,826+€576
Latvia 1.94 €/L€3,124€3,678+€554
Lithuania 1.93 €/L€3,095€3,644+€549
Luxembourg 1.88 €/L€3,017€3,551+€535
Malta 1.34 €/L€2,155€2,537+€382
Netherlands 2.46 €/L€3,959€4,661+€702
Poland 1.57 €/L€2,525€2,972+€447
Portugal 2.11 €/L€3,393€3,994+€601
Romania 1.90 €/L€3,052€3,593+€541
Slovakia 1.85 €/L€2,968€3,494+€526
Slovenia 1.76 €/L€2,832€3,334+€502
Spain 1.79 €/L€2,878€3,388+€510
Sweden 1.69 €/L€2,721€3,203+€482

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
Germany15012.4−2%
Poland5913.2+5%

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
202234210.813.1+21%
202351710.712.8+20%
202424910.712.6+18%

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

About this data

Cars in the data249 (2024)
Names in the registration data750I XDRIVE, 750LI XDRIVE, 7 SERIES
Registration years2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Engine size4,395 cm³
Average mass in running order2,069 kg
Average distance on the meter43,384 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.