Kia EV6 vs Renault Scenic

The Kia EV6 costs £8,640 more than the Renault Scenic. For that premium it adds 108 kW faster peak rapid charging. The Renault Scenic is not just cheaper - it also offers 31 miles more WLTP range and 55 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia EV6 comes out ahead overall.

The Renault Scenic is £8,640 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 £8,520 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 301 miles for the Kia EV6 and 274 miles for the Renault Scenic - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Kia EV6 goes roughly 27 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 18 minutes in the Kia EV6 and 37 in the Renault Scenic, so the Kia EV6 loses less time at each stop. That makes the Kia EV6 the stronger long-distance car.

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 Kia EV6. The Renault Scenic also turns in a 0.7 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 EV6 and 84% for the Renault Scenic. That gives the Kia EV6 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.