2021 BMW M Fuel Economy

EPA ratings by trim

City and highway are EPA's adjusted label figures; combined is the 55/45 blend printed on the window sticker. For electric and plug-in trims the MPG columns are MPGe, and the kWh per 100 miles is the figure a charging cost actually turns on; EPA measures it at the wall, so charging losses are already in it. Unrounded combined figures, where EPA publishes them: M2 Competition Coupe 20.13; M2 Competition Coupe 18.7174; M235i xDrive Gran Coupe 26.1835; M240i Convertible 24.1804; M240i Convertible 21.4869; M240i Coupe 24.1804; M240i Coupe 21.4869; M240i xDrive Convertible 24.204; M240i xDrive Coupe 24.204; M3 18.6283; M3 Competition 18.7021; M340i 26.4221; M340i xDrive 25.4405; M4 Competition Coupe 18.7021; M4 Coupe 18.6283; M440i xDrive Coupe 25.4405; M5 17.0599; M5 Competition 17.0599; M550i xDrive 20.0341; M760i xDrive 15.5255; M8 Competition Convertible 17.0599; M8 Competition Gran Coupe 17.0599; M8 Convertible 17.0599; M8 Gran Coupe 17.0599; M850i xDrive Convertible 19.4909; M850i xDrive Gran Coupe 19.4909.

What the rating costs per mile

The rating divided by a price, times your miles. It starts at EIA's current U.S. averages and EPA's 15,000 miles so the right-hand column is comparable; type your own pump price, home rate and mileage over them.

Fuel only — before depreciation, insurance, maintenance or tires, which the True Cost per Mile Calculator adds. Most drivers land below the rating; the True MPG Calculator measures your own from two fill-ups.

EPA's own figures, and why they differ

The “EPA's figure” column is EPA's annual fuel cost from the same file: 15,000 miles, 55% city, and the national fuel price fueleconomy.gov was using on the day the file was built (2026-09-29). fueleconomy.gov recomputes its page every week at the current price, so its number and the file's drift apart between file dates; the middle columns here use a price you can see and change, which is the only honest way to compare two cars. EPA also prints a five-year “you save/spend” against the average new vehicle (spends $3,750 for the M235i xDrive Gran Coupe); it rests on the same assumptions and is not repeated here as a result.

Every figure on this page is a rating, not a measurement of any particular car. The site never calls a rating wrong; it shows what your own price and miles do to it. See the model on fueleconomy.gov.

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