Real-world fuel economy

Volvo Real MPG by model

Real-world fuel economy for 18 Volvo models, reported by owners and set against the official figure engine by engine, from 10,176 submissions. Pick a model for the full engine table and to add your own figure.

Volvo C30

2010–2013 · 17 engines with real-world data

46.7mpg

618 submissions

Volvo C70

2010–2013 · 8 engines with real-world data

39.0mpg

115 submissions

Volvo S40

2004–2012 · 16 engines with real-world data

44.3mpg

342 submissions

Volvo S60

2000–2023 · 25 engines with real-world data

43.1mpg

562 submissions

Volvo S80

2006–2016 · 17 engines with real-world data

43.0mpg

265 submissions

Volvo S90

2016–2023 · 5 engines with real-world data

42.7mpg

191 submissions

Volvo V40

2012–2019 · 32 engines with real-world data

50.3mpg

1,334 submissions

Volvo V50

2004–2012 · 17 engines with real-world data

47.0mpg

832 submissions

Volvo V60

2010–on · 35 engines with real-world data

46.6mpg

1,048 submissions

Volvo V70

2007–2016 · 23 engines with real-world data

41.9mpg

697 submissions

Volvo V70/XC70

2000–2007 · 9 engines with real-world data

39.1mpg

547 submissions

Volvo V90

2016–on · 5 engines with real-world data

40.3mpg

289 submissions

Volvo V90 Cross Country

2017–2023 · 5 engines with real-world data

36.3mpg

86 submissions

Volvo XC40

2017–on · 15 engines with real-world data

37.1mpg

552 submissions

Volvo XC60

2008–on · 26 engines with real-world data

38.0mpg

1,581 submissions

Volvo XC70

2007–2016 · 14 engines with real-world data

37.1mpg

252 submissions

Volvo XC90

2002–on · 12 engines with real-world data

31.8mpg

859 submissions

Other Volvo models

Models where too few engines have real-world figures for a page of their own. The data we hold is here rather than lost.

Volvo V60 Cross Country

2019–2023

38.1mpg

6 submissions

Engines and official figures

Volvo V60 Cross Country (2019–2023)

B4: official 44.8 mpg
B5: official 37.7–38.1 mpg
D4 Cross Country: official 47.9 mpg, real 38.9 mpg (81%*)
T5 Cross Country: official 35.8 mpg

Where the Volvo figures come from

Rebuilt from the archived Honest John Real MPG dataset after the site closed in 2026, with the official NEDC and WLTP figures kept alongside the owner-reported averages, plus new submissions from CarAdCheck readers. Each model page links to the archived page it was built from.

CarAdCheck is not affiliated with Honest John or Volkswagen Financial Services. How we rebuilt Real MPG.

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