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BMW XM vs Land Rover Range Rover

Two large SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 2 like-for-like measures: the BMW XM leads on 1, the Land Rover Range Rover on 1.

Where each one leads

BMW XM

  • Fewer BMW XM cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (0.7% against 7.6%).

Land Rover Range Rover

  • Against cars of the same year, the Land Rover Range Rover comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 53% less often than average) than the BMW XM (fails 37% less often than average).

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

BMW XMLand Rover Range Rover
Model years in the US safety record2023–20251987–2026
New cars registered in Europe—130,610 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom1,41390,503
On the road in the Netherlands8577,449

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

BMW XMLand Rover Range Rover
UK MOT first-time pass rate—78%
… against cars of the same age—+12%
New York safety inspections failed0.3%0.6%
… against cars of the same year−37%−53%
Illogical odometer records (NL)0.7%7.6%
US owner complaints11969
Most complaints aboutService brakesPower train
Model year with most complaints2024 (7)2003 (97)
US recall campaigns975
Manufacturer service bulletins1028,900
NHTSA defect investigations—32

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

BMW XMLand Rover Range Rover
Official combined fuel use, Canada—12.6 l/100 km (2026)
Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid—10.3 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—15.4 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—13.1 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel—10.3 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe—206 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe—298 kW (400 hp)
Average mass in running order—2,575 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€150,811€164,190

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).