BMW X5 vs Land Rover Discovery Sport
The X5 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in Australia.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- Australia
- $2,192 (better)
- $2,199
- New Zealand
- $2,645 (better)
- $2,652
- United Kingdom
- £1,607 (better)
- £1,611
- United States
- $2,044 (better)
- $2,049
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.2 L/100km (better)
- 8.2 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 1,015 km (better)
- 793 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 7
- Boot
- 650 L
- 689 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- 2,700 kg (better)
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 4,922 mm
- 4,597 mm
- Weight
- 2,035 kg
- 1,900 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.0 L 6-cylinder turbo petrol mild hybrid
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol mild hybrid
- Power
- 250 kW (better)
- 183 kW
- Torque
- 450 Nm (better)
- 365 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 9-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- AWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 6
- –
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
X5 or Discovery Sport?
Which is cheaper to run, the BMW X5 or the Land Rover Discovery Sport?
The BMW X5: about $10 a year less in Australia than the Land Rover Discovery Sport at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the BMW X5 or the Land Rover Discovery Sport?
The BMW X5, at 8.2 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US) to the Land Rover Discovery Sport's 8.2 L/100km (34 mpg UK, 29 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the BMW X5 or the Land Rover Discovery Sport?
The Land Rover Discovery Sport, at 689 L to the BMW X5's 650 L, for their newest versions.
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