BMW M5: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 1,299 BMW M5 cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 14.2 L/100 km on the road against 11.2 officially (26% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Petrol · 441 kW (600 hp) at 13.8 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 460 kW (625 hp) | 611 | 11.2 | 14.1 | +27% |
| Petrol · 441 kW (600 hp) | 112 | 11.2 | 13.8 | +23% |
| Petrol · 467 kW (635 hp) | 109 | 11.3 | 15.2 | +34% |
Engines with fewer than 100 cars in the data are not shown. Hybrid includes mild hybrids (48 V) as registered by the manufacturer.
Plug-in hybrid
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Electric share | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plug-in hybrid · 430 kW (585 hp) | 502 | 1.8 | 12.9 | 29% | +628% |
The official WLTP figure for plug-in hybrids assumes a share of electric driving based on range. When cars are charged less often than assumed, real consumption is far higher.
By reporting year
| cars | Real world | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 182 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | 523 | 14.4 |
| 2023 | 903 | 14.2 |
| 2024 | 795 | 14.2 |
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.