MINI Countryman vs Renault Scenic

The Renault Scenic costs £3,990 more than the MINI Countryman. For that premium it adds 82 miles more WLTP range and 85 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MINI Countryman comes out ahead overall.

The MINI Countryman is £3,990 cheaper to buy. The MINI Countryman is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £184 for the Renault Scenic, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MINI Countryman comes out roughly £4,190 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 258 miles for the MINI Countryman 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 16 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 29 minutes in the MINI Countryman and 37 in the Renault Scenic, so the MINI Countryman loses less time at each stop. So the Renault Scenic stops less often while the MINI Countryman stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 21 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 536 mm of total clearance for the Renault Scenic. The Renault Scenic 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 84% battery health for the MINI Countryman and 84% for the Renault Scenic. 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.