BMW M3: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 7,638 BMW M3 cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 12.8 L/100 km on the road against 9.9 officially (28% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Hybrid · 275 kW (374 hp) at 10.0 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 375 kW (510 hp) | 5,050 | 10.2 | 13.1 | +29% |
| Petrol · 390 kW (530 hp) | 973 | 10.3 | 13.4 | +30% |
| Petrol · 405 kW (551 hp) | 226 | 10.0 | 14.6 | +46% |
| Hybrid · 275 kW (374 hp) | 1,299 | 8.3 | 10.0 | +20% |
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 | 289 | 13.7 |
| 2022 | 897 | 13.6 |
| 2023 | 1,979 | 13.2 |
| 2024 | 7,636 | 12.8 |
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 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%
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.