2025 head-to-head · Midsize & Large SUV

2025 Audi SQ7 vs Land Rover Defender Hybrid

MPG, range and what each one really costs you to fuel, from official EPA ratings and recalculated with your own gas and electricity prices.

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✓ Cheaper to run
$3,485/ year to fuel
17 MPG

AWD · 4.0L 8-cyl turbo · 8-speed automatic · 17 MPG

✓ Cheaper to run
$3,118/ year to fuel
19 MPG

The 2025 Land Rover Defender Hybrid is the cheaper one to run. Driving 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas, it costs about $3,118 a year to fuel (19 MPG), versus $3,485 for the 2025 Audi SQ7 (17 MPG). That's roughly $367 a year, or about $1,834 over five years.

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Fuel cost over 10 years

  • Audi SQ7
  • Land Rover Defender Hybrid

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Audi SQ7Land Rover Defender Hybrid
$3,485 Your annual fuel cost $3,118
17 MPG Combined efficiency 19 MPG
15 MPG City 18 MPG
21 MPG Highway 20 MPG
524 g/mi Tailpipe CO₂ (g/mi) 479 g/mi
3/10 EPA fuel economy score 4/10
3/10 EPA greenhouse gas score 4/10
Gas Powertrain Hybrid
Premium gasoline Fuel Premium gasoline
4.0L 8-cyl turbo Engine / motor 3.0L 6-cyl turbo
8-speed automatic Transmission 8-speed automatic
AWD Drivetrain 4WD

✓ marks the better value. EPA scores run 1–10 (10 is best). Volumes come from the EPA interior volume index and aren't published for every body style.

Audi SQ7 vs Land Rover Defender Hybrid across model years

  • Audi SQ7
  • Land Rover Defender Hybrid

Annual fuel cost of the most efficient configuration of each model year, at your prices. Click a point to open that year.

How they differ

Among 94 2025 midsize & large SUVs, the Audi SQ7 ranks 87th and the Land Rover Defender Hybrid 76th for lowest fuel cost.

The powertrains differ: the Audi SQ7 is a conventional gas model, while the Land Rover Defender Hybrid is a full hybrid.

Frequently asked questions

Which is more fuel-efficient, the 2025 Audi SQ7 or the 2025 Land Rover Defender Hybrid?

Measured by cost to drive, the Land Rover Defender Hybrid. The Audi SQ7 is rated 17 MPG combined and the Land Rover Defender Hybrid 19 MPG (EPA, most efficient configuration of each).

How much does it cost to fuel the 2025 Audi SQ7 vs. the Land Rover Defender Hybrid per year?

At 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas, about $3,485 for the Audi SQ7 and $3,118 for the Land Rover Defender Hybrid.

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