Mercedes-Benz SL-Class: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 5,926 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 15.4 L/100 km on the road against 11.7 officially (32% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Hybrid · 280 kW (381 hp) at 12.1 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 430 kW (585 hp) | 3,494 | 13.0 | 17.2 | +32% |
| Petrol · 350 kW (476 hp) | 462 | 13.0 | 16.7 | +28% |
| Hybrid · 280 kW (381 hp) | 1,943 | 9.3 | 12.1 | +31% |
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 | 189 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 2,276 | 15.7 |
| 2024 | 5,902 | 15.4 |
The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.
Models: Mercedes-Benz
- Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class 7.9 L/100 km · +18%
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class 6.7 L/100 km · +21%
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 6.5 L/100 km · +15%
- Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class 6.9 L/100 km · +15%
- Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class 10.6 L/100 km · +23%
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class 7.2 L/100 km · +17%
- Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class 6.8 L/100 km · +15%
- Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class 7.0 L/100 km · +14%
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class 6.2 L/100 km · +12%
- Mercedes-Benz V-Class 9.0 L/100 km · +14%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 9.8 L/100 km · +23%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 8.7 L/100 km · +18%
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.