Cupra Tavascan vs Skoda Enyaq

The Cupra Tavascan costs £8,330 more than the Skoda Enyaq. For that premium it adds 84 miles more WLTP range, 60 kW more power and a 1.3s quicker 0-62mph time. The Skoda Enyaq is not just cheaper - it also offers 30 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Cupra Tavascan comes out ahead overall.

The Skoda Enyaq is £8,330 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 Skoda Enyaq comes out roughly £8,290 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 294 miles for the Cupra Tavascan and 224 miles for the Skoda Enyaq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Cupra Tavascan goes roughly 70 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 24-28 minutes.

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 539 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Tavascan and about 521 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Enyaq. The Skoda Enyaq also turns in a 1.6 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 Tavascan and 84% for the Skoda Enyaq. 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.