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BMW 5 Series BMW 5 Series (E39) 3.0 petrol 231PS

3.0 petrol 231PS is one engine in the BMW 5 Series BMW 5 Series (E39). Power, economy, and CO₂ below are ranges where the trims or gearboxes differ. Each row in the variant table is one configuration.

Engine summary

Fuel
Petrol
Power
231.2 PS
Combined mpg
25.9–29.7 mpg
CO₂
229–261 g/km
Variants
6 variants
UK dataset
172 cars in our dataset

Catalogue registration span: 2000 – 2025. This is the span of records, not a production announcement.

Where this engine is offered

Trims530I Sport, 530I SE, 530I Sport Touring, 530I Aegean Edition, 530I Champpagne Edition Ii
GearboxesAutomatic, Manual
FuelsPetrol
Body stylesSaloon, Estate

Variants with this engine

6 published variants.

Stored PS for published variants of this engine. Brake horsepower is not plotted.

NEDC combined mpg

  • 530I Sport 3.0 petrol 231PS29.7 mpg
  • 530I Aegean Edition 3.0 petrol 231PS26.4 mpg
  • 530I Champpagne Edition Ii 3.0 petrol 231PS26.4 mpg
  • 530I SE 3.0 petrol 231PS26.4 mpg
  • 530I Sport 3.0 petrol 231PS26.4 mpg
  • 530I Sport Touring 3.0 petrol 231PS25.9 mpg
Combined mpg on the NEDC test only. A different official cycle is not on this chart.
VariantFuelGearboxBodyPowerCombined mpgDataset
530I Aegean Edition 3.0 petrol 231PSPetrolAutomaticSaloon231.2 PS (228 bhp)26.4 mpg (NEDC)14
530I Champpagne Edition Ii 3.0 petrol 231PSPetrolAutomaticSaloon231.2 PS (228 bhp)26.4 mpg (NEDC)12
530I SE 3.0 petrol 231PSPetrolAutomaticSaloon231.2 PS (228 bhp)26.4 mpg (NEDC)28
530I Sport 3.0 petrol 231PSPetrolAutomaticSaloon231.2 PS (228 bhp)26.4 mpg (NEDC)80
530I Sport 3.0 petrol 231PSPetrolManualSaloon231.2 PS (228 bhp)29.7 mpg (NEDC)16
530I Sport Touring 3.0 petrol 231PSPetrolAutomaticEstate231.2 PS (228 bhp)25.9 mpg (NEDC)22

Other engines in this generation

Mpg ranges are not ranked across engines because the test cycle is stored on the variant, not on the engine range.

EngineFuelPowerCombined mpg rangeCO₂ rangeDataset
2.0 petrol 150PSPetrol150.1 PS28.3–31.4 mpg215–237 g/km30
2.2 petrol 170PSPetrol169.9 PS28.5–31.4 mpg213–237 g/km85
2.5 diesel 163PSDiesel163.2 PS34.9–42.2 mpg179–216 g/km35
2.5 petrol 170PSPetrol170.4 PS27.2–30.1 mpg230–252 g/km80
2.5 petrol 192PSPetrol191.7 PS26.9–30.1 mpg225–252 g/km129
2.8 petrol 193PSPetrol192.7 PS26.4–28.5 mpg228–252 g/km73
2.9 diesel 184PSDiesel183.5 PS33.6 mpg221 g/km10
2.9 diesel 193PSDiesel193.1 PS33.2–39.8 mpg189–226 g/km104
3.5 petrol 245PSPetrol244.8 PS23.7 mpg286 g/km21
4.4 petrol 286PSPetrol285.5–285.9 PS23–23.3 mpg292–295 g/km57
4.9 petrol 400PSPetrol399.8 PS19.6 mpg346 g/km16

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How these figures are produced

Specifications and counts come from the VehicleScore UK vehicle catalogue. A count of cars is the number of records in that dataset. It is not UK production, not sales, and not the number of cars currently on the road.

Power is shown in PS where the catalogue stores PS, and in bhp only where bhp is stored separately. Official fuel economy is labelled NEDC or WLTP when the test cycle is known. Figures from different cycles are not ranked together. Empty values are left blank.

The catalogue does not store a revision date, so these pages do not show a last-updated day.