MG S6 EV vs MINI Countryman

The MG S6 EV costs £4,990 more than the MINI Countryman. For that premium it adds 214 litres more boot space and 30 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MINI Countryman comes out ahead overall.

The MINI Countryman is £4,990 cheaper to buy. The MINI Countryman is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £184 for the MG S6 EV, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MINI Countryman comes out roughly £5,190 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 232 miles for the MG S6 EV 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 27 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 38 minutes in the MG S6 EV and 29 in the MINI Countryman, so the MINI Countryman loses less time at each stop. That makes the MINI Countryman the stronger long-distance car.

The MINI Countryman is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 69 mm narrower than the MG S6 EV. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 557 mm of total clearance for the MINI Countryman and about 488 mm of total clearance for the MG S6 EV. The MG S6 EV also turns in a 0.3 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the MG S6 EV and 84% for the MINI Countryman. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. 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.