Cupra Born vs Vauxhall Mokka-e

The Cupra Born costs £2,155 more than the Vauxhall Mokka-e. For that premium it adds 99 miles more WLTP range, 40 kW more power and a 1.2s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Cupra Born comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Mokka-e is £2,155 cheaper to buy. The Cupra Born is cheaper to charge, roughly £128 a year versus £168 for the Vauxhall Mokka-e, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Mokka-e comes out roughly £1,955 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 250 miles for the Cupra Born and 168 miles for the Vauxhall Mokka-e - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Cupra Born goes roughly 83 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 18 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 609 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Mokka-e and about 591 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Born. The Cupra Born 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 84% battery health for the Cupra Born and 84% for the Vauxhall Mokka-e. 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.