Land Rover Defender: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 14,415 Land Rover Defender cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 10.8 L/100 km on the road against 9.5 officially (14% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Diesel · 147 kW (200 hp) at 9.7 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 386 kW (525 hp) | 1,160 | 14.7 | 15.9 | +8% |
| Petrol · 294 kW (400 hp) | 131 | 11.5 | 14.4 | +25% |
| Petrol · 221 kW (300 hp) | 119 | 11.8 | 13.3 | +12% |
| Diesel · 183 kW (249 hp) | 655 | 9.0 | 10.3 | +15% |
| Diesel · 147 kW (200 hp) | 573 | 8.9 | 9.7 | +9% |
| Diesel · 221 kW (300 hp) | 333 | 9.1 | 10.6 | +17% |
| Hybrid · 294 kW (400 hp) | 795 | 11.6 | 14.0 | +20% |
| Diesel hybrid · 183 kW (249 hp) | 2,926 | 8.9 | 10.1 | +14% |
| Diesel hybrid · 147 kW (200 hp) | 2,183 | 8.8 | 9.8 | +12% |
| Diesel hybrid · 221 kW (300 hp) | 2,130 | 9.0 | 10.5 | +17% |
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 · 221 kW (300 hp) | 3,327 | 3.1 | 10.3 | 14% | +229% |
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 | 3,264 | 10.6 |
| 2022 | 7,643 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | 12,112 | 10.8 |
| 2024 | 11,077 | 10.8 |
The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.
Models: Land Rover
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.