BYD ATTO 3 vs Ford Capri

The BYD ATTO 3 costs £2,005 more than the Ford Capri. For that premium it adds 31 miles more WLTP range, 115 kW faster peak rapid charging and 90 kW more power. The Ford Capri is not just cheaper - it also offers 132 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the BYD ATTO 3 comes out ahead overall.

The Ford Capri is £2,005 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Ford Capri comes out roughly £1,965 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 263 miles for the BYD ATTO 3 and 193 miles for the Ford Capri - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The BYD ATTO 3 goes roughly 71 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 35 minutes in the BYD ATTO 3 and 25 in the Ford Capri, so the Ford Capri loses less time at each stop. So the BYD ATTO 3 stops less often while the Ford Capri stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 3 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 528 mm of total clearance for the Ford Capri and about 525 mm of total clearance for the BYD ATTO 3. The BYD ATTO 3 also turns in a 0.5 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the BYD ATTO 3 and 90% for the Ford Capri. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.