Cupra Raval vs Renault Megane

The Renault Megane costs £5,000 more than the Cupra Raval. For that premium it adds 102 miles more WLTP range, 77 kW faster peak rapid charging and 61 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Renault Megane comes out ahead overall.

The Cupra Raval is £5,000 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Cupra Raval comes out roughly £5,000 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 255 miles for the Renault Megane - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault Megane goes roughly 116 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 23-24 minutes.

The two are within 16 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 632 mm of total clearance for the Renault Megane and about 616 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Raval. The Renault Megane 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 Cupra Raval and 90% for the Renault Megane. 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.