Kia EV4 vs MINI Countryman

The Kia EV4 costs £1,740 more than the MINI Countryman. For that premium it adds a 1.1s quicker 0-62mph time. The MINI Countryman is not just cheaper - it also offers 40 miles more WLTP range. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia EV4 comes out ahead overall.

The MINI Countryman is £1,740 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £144 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MINI Countryman comes out roughly £1,740 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 226 miles for the Kia EV4 and 258 miles for the MINI Countryman - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MINI Countryman goes roughly 33 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 29-31 minutes.

The two are within 17 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 557 mm of total clearance for the MINI Countryman and about 540 mm of total clearance for the Kia EV4. The Kia EV4 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 89% battery health for the Kia EV4 and 84% for the MINI Countryman. That gives the Kia EV4 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.