Mazda 3: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 14,812 Mazda 3 cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 7.0 L/100 km on the road against 5.7 officially (22% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Hybrid · 90 kW (122 hp) at 6.7 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 90 kW (122 hp) | 334 | 5.9 | 6.8 | +15% |
| Petrol · 137 kW (186 hp) | 251 | 5.4 | 7.1 | +31% |
| Petrol · 132 kW (179 hp) | 130 | 5.9 | 7.2 | +23% |
| Hybrid · 137 kW (186 hp) | 5,291 | 5.6 | 7.1 | +27% |
| Hybrid · 110 kW (150 hp) | 4,436 | 5.8 | 6.9 | +19% |
| Hybrid · 90 kW (122 hp) | 3,642 | 5.7 | 6.7 | +16% |
| Hybrid · 132 kW (179 hp) | 490 | 6.0 | 7.1 | +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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 710 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 1,512 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 14,788 | 7.0 |
The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.
Models: Mazda
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.