Dongfeng BOX vs GWM ORA ORA 03

The GWM ORA ORA 03 costs £1,245 more than the Dongfeng BOX. For that premium it adds 56 kW more power. The Dongfeng BOX is not just cheaper - it also offers 98 litres more boot space and a 0.9s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Dongfeng BOX comes out ahead overall.

The Dongfeng BOX is £1,245 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 Dongfeng BOX comes out roughly £1,325 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 160 miles for the Dongfeng BOX and 160 miles for the GWM ORA ORA 03 - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 30 minutes in the Dongfeng BOX and 43 in the GWM ORA ORA 03, so the Dongfeng BOX loses less time at each stop.

The two are within 15 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 590 mm of total clearance for the Dongfeng BOX and about 575 mm of total clearance for the GWM ORA ORA 03.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Dongfeng BOX and 90% for the GWM ORA ORA 03. 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.