Hyundai IONIQ 5 vs Renault Scenic

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 costs £3,700 more than the Renault Scenic. For that premium it adds 110 kW faster peak rapid charging. The Renault Scenic is not just cheaper - it also offers 119 miles more WLTP range and 35 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 comes out ahead overall.

The Renault Scenic is £3,700 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Renault Scenic comes out roughly £3,580 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 228 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and 274 miles for the Renault Scenic - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault Scenic goes roughly 46 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 18 minutes in the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and 37 in the Renault Scenic, so the Hyundai IONIQ 5 loses less time at each stop. So the Renault Scenic stops less often while the Hyundai IONIQ 5 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 26 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 536 mm of total clearance for the Renault Scenic and about 510 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 5. The Renault Scenic also turns in a 1.1 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 89% battery health for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and 84% for the Renault Scenic. That gives the Hyundai IONIQ 5 a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.