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Most expensive SUVs to run

25 of 231 · 2025–2027 model years · EPA data

The same EPA figure read from the other end. What is worth noticing is not that a supercar drinks — it is how many ordinary SUVs sit within a few hundred dollars a year of one, and how far apart two versions of the same nameplate can land.

#CarTypeEfficiencyEPA annual fuel
1 Cadillac Escalade Gasoline 13 mpg $5,950
2 Rolls-Royce Cullinan Gasoline 13 mpg $5,950
3 BMW XM Plug-in hybrid 14 mpg on gas $5,500
4 INEOS Automotive Grenadier Gasoline 15 mpg $5,150
5 Aston Martin DBX 727 Gasoline 16 mpg $4,800
6 Audi RS Q8 Hybrid 16 mpg $4,800
7 Audi SQ7 Gasoline 16 mpg $4,800
8 Audi SQ8 Gasoline 16 mpg $4,800
9 Bentley Bentayga Gasoline 16 mpg $4,800
10 Chevrolet Suburban Gasoline 16 mpg $4,800
11 Aston Martin DBX 707 Gasoline 17 mpg $4,550
12 Chevrolet Tahoe Gasoline 17 mpg $4,550
13 GMC Yukon Gasoline 17 mpg $4,550
14 Land Rover Defender Hybrid Hybrid 17 mpg $4,550
15 Lexus GX Gasoline 17 mpg $4,550
16 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class Hybrid Hybrid 17 mpg $4,550
17 Infiniti QX80 Gasoline 18 mpg $4,300
18 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Hybrid Hybrid 18 mpg $4,300
19 Nissan Armada Gasoline 18 mpg $4,300
20 Audi Q8 Hybrid 19 mpg $4,050
21 Genesis GV80 Hybrid Hybrid 19 mpg $4,050
22 Land Rover Discovery Hybrid Hybrid 19 mpg $4,050
23 Lexus LX Gasoline 19 mpg $4,050
24 Porsche Cayenne Gasoline 19 mpg $4,050
25 Audi Q7 Hybrid Hybrid 20 mpg $3,850

One row per nameplate, showing its best-rated version — a nameplate sold in six configurations would otherwise take six rows and push everything else off the page. Annual fuel is the EPA's own figure at 15,000 miles and its reference fuel prices; every model page recalculates it from your mileage and your prices. Where these come from.

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