Citroën ë-C4 X vs Cupra Born

The Cupra Born costs £7,280 more than the Citroën ë-C4 X. For that premium it adds 79 miles more WLTP range, 40 kW more power and a 2.8s quicker 0-62mph time. The Citroën ë-C4 X is not just cheaper - it also offers 125 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Cupra Born comes out ahead overall.

The Citroën ë-C4 X is £7,280 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £128 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Citroën ë-C4 X comes out roughly £7,160 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 185 miles for the Citroën ë-C4 X and 250 miles for the Cupra Born - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Cupra Born goes roughly 65 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 9 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 600 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C4 X and about 591 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Born. The Cupra Born also turns in a 0.7 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 Citroën ë-C4 X and 84% for the Cupra Born. 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.