Volkswagen Polo: real-world fuel consumption
Fuel meter readings from 91,179 Volkswagen Polo cars reported in 2024, split by engine.
Excluding plug-in hybrids, the average is 6.3 L/100 km on the road against 5.5 officially (14% above official).
Lowest real-world consumption: Petrol · 59 kW (80 hp) at 5.8 L/100 km.
Every engine: official vs real
| Engine | cars | Official (WLTP) | Real world | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol · 70 kW (95 hp) | 63,535 | 5.4 | 6.2 | +16% |
| Petrol · 59 kW (80 hp) | 12,097 | 5.6 | 5.8 | +4% |
| Petrol · 81 kW (110 hp) | 9,996 | 5.7 | 6.5 | +15% |
| Petrol · 152 kW (207 hp) | 4,854 | 6.9 | 7.8 | +13% |
| Petrol · 110 kW (150 hp) | 380 | 6.2 | 6.8 | +10% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,168 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | 24,708 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 66,346 | 6.3 |
| 2024 | 91,175 | 6.3 |
The same cars are reported again each year with their lifetime totals, so years are not added together.
Models: Volkswagen
- Volkswagen Golf 6.1 L/100 km · +18%
- Volkswagen Tiguan 7.1 L/100 km · +14%
- Volkswagen T-Roc 6.7 L/100 km · +14%
- Volkswagen Passat 6.2 L/100 km · +17%
- Volkswagen T-Cross 6.7 L/100 km · +12%
- Volkswagen Taigo 6.6 L/100 km · +14%
- Volkswagen Touran 6.5 L/100 km · +15%
- Volkswagen Caddy 6.5 L/100 km · +24%
- Volkswagen Multivan 8.9 L/100 km · +14%
- Volkswagen Arteon 7.1 L/100 km · +19%
- Volkswagen Up! 5.7 L/100 km · +12%
- Volkswagen Touareg 9.2 L/100 km · +10%
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.