Cupra Raval vs MG4 EV (2022-2025)

The Cupra Raval costs £1,000 more than the MG MG4 EV. For that premium it adds 78 litres more boot space and lower energy use, 138 versus 170 Wh/km. The MG MG4 EV is not just cheaper - it also offers 29 kW faster peak rapid charging and a 1.8s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Cupra Raval comes out ahead overall.

The MG MG4 EV is £1,000 cheaper to buy. The Cupra Raval is cheaper to charge, roughly £152 a year versus £184 for the MG MG4 EV, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MG MG4 EV comes out roughly £840 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 139 miles for the Cupra Raval and 155 miles for the MG MG4 EV - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG MG4 EV goes roughly 16 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 23 minutes in the Cupra Raval and 39 in the MG MG4 EV, so the Cupra Raval loses less time at each stop. So the MG MG4 EV stops less often while the Cupra Raval stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The Cupra Raval is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 52 mm narrower than the MG MG4 EV. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 616 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Raval and about 564 mm of total clearance for the MG MG4 EV. The MG MG4 EV also turns in a 0.4 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 Cupra Raval and 90% for the MG MG4 EV. 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.