MG4 EV Urban vs Suzuki e VITARA

The Suzuki e VITARA costs £2,754 more than the MG MG4 EV Urban. For that premium it adds 68 kW faster peak rapid charging. The MG MG4 EV Urban is not just cheaper - it also offers 267 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MG MG4 EV Urban comes out ahead overall.

The MG MG4 EV Urban is £2,754 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 MG MG4 EV Urban comes out roughly £2,714 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 140 miles for the MG MG4 EV Urban and 162 miles for the Suzuki e VITARA - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Suzuki e VITARA goes roughly 22 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 28 minutes in the MG MG4 EV Urban and 45 in the Suzuki e VITARA, so the MG MG4 EV Urban loses less time at each stop. So the Suzuki e VITARA stops less often while the MG MG4 EV Urban stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The Suzuki e VITARA is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 42 mm narrower than the MG MG4 EV Urban. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 600 mm of total clearance for the Suzuki e VITARA and about 558 mm of total clearance for the MG MG4 EV Urban.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the MG MG4 EV Urban and 90% for the Suzuki e VITARA. 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.