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Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class: real-world fuel consumption

Fuel meter readings from 3,842 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class cars reported in 2024, split by engine.

Official (WLTP)
Real world
+16%

Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 8.7 L/100 km on the road against 7.5 officially (16% above official).

Lowest real-world consumption: Diesel · 143 kW (194 hp) at 6.6 L/100 km.

Every engine: official vs real

EnginecarsOfficial (WLTP)Real worldGap
Diesel · 243 kW (330 hp)1,0387.28.1+13%
Diesel · 143 kW (194 hp)5125.96.6+12%
Hybrid · 270 kW (367 hp)7488.910.1+14%
Hybrid · 320 kW (435 hp)6939.511.7+23%
Hybrid · 220 kW (299 hp)1258.110.1+25%
Diesel hybrid · 195 kW (265 hp)6676.27.5+21%

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

carsReal world
20212709.9
20222,1308.7
20233,1258.7
20243,8428.7

The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.

Models: Mercedes-Benz

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.