Alpine A390 vs MG IM6

The Alpine A390 costs £13,395 more than the MG IM6. For that premium it adds a 1.5s quicker 0-62mph time. The MG IM6 is not just cheaper - it also offers 43 miles more WLTP range, 206 kW faster peak rapid charging and 133 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Alpine A390 comes out ahead overall.

The MG IM6 is £13,395 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £176 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MG IM6 comes out roughly £13,275 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 288 miles for the Alpine A390 and 275 miles for the MG IM6 - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 25 minutes in the Alpine A390 and 17 in the MG IM6, so the MG IM6 loses less time at each stop.

The Alpine A390 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 103 mm narrower than the MG IM6. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 515 mm of total clearance for the Alpine A390 and about 412 mm of total clearance for the MG IM6. The MG IM6 also turns in a 0.8 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Alpine A390 and 84% for the MG IM6. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.