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BMW M4 Petrol · 390 kW (530 hp)

Official (WLTP)L/100 km
Real worldL/100 km
+33%

Measured by the on-board fuel meters of 820 cars · 2024 data

Real-world consumption is 33% above official. 600 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 12.1 and 14.5 L/100 km. The most economical tenth stays under 11.1; the thirstiest tenth uses more than 16.5.

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€3,054€4,064+€1,010
Austria 1.86 €/L€2,834€3,771+€937
Belgium 1.98 €/L€3,004€3,997+€993
Bulgaria 1.65 €/L€2,506€3,334+€829
Croatia 1.80 €/L€2,740€3,646+€906
Cyprus 1.76 €/L€2,674€3,559+€884
Czechia 1.86 €/L€2,825€3,759+€934
Denmark 2.66 €/L€4,039€5,374+€1,336
Estonia 1.92 €/L€2,917€3,882+€965
Finland 2.32 €/L€3,524€4,689+€1,165
France 2.21 €/L€3,361€4,473+€1,112
Germany 2.21 €/L€3,364€4,477+€1,113
Greece 2.20 €/L€3,341€4,446+€1,105
Hungary 1.75 €/L€2,665€3,547+€881
Ireland 1.98 €/L€3,013€4,010+€996
Italy 2.02 €/L€3,071€4,086+€1,016
Latvia 1.94 €/L€2,952€3,929+€976
Lithuania 1.93 €/L€2,925€3,892+€967
Luxembourg 1.88 €/L€2,851€3,793+€943
Malta 1.34 €/L€2,036€2,709+€673
Netherlands 2.46 €/L€3,741€4,978+€1,237
Poland 1.57 €/L€2,386€3,175+€789
Portugal 2.11 €/L€3,206€4,266+€1,060
Romania 1.90 €/L€2,884€3,838+€954
Slovakia 1.85 €/L€2,805€3,733+€928
Slovenia 1.76 €/L€2,676€3,561+€885
Spain 1.79 €/L€2,720€3,619+€899
Sweden 1.69 €/L€2,571€3,421+€850

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 M4 engines

EnginecarsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
Petrol · 375 kW (510 hp)3,51110.113.2+32%
Petrol · 390 kW (530 hp)82010.113.5+33%
Petrol · 405 kW (551 hp)12310.014.5+45%

Similar cars from other models

Same powertrain, similar power and weight.

By country

CountrycarsReal world
Germany43113.3−1%
Hungary6914.3+6%
Poland6514.5+7%
Italy6114.0+4%

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

About this data

Cars in the data820 (2024)
Names in the registration dataM4 COMPETITION M XDRIVE, M4 COMPETITION M XDRIVE G82 S5, M4 COMPETITION M XDRIVE G83 S5, M4 COMPETITION, M4 CONVERTIBLE
Registration years2024
Engine size2,993 cm³
Average mass in running order1,909 kg
Average distance on the meter6,964 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.