Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross vs Toyota bZ4X

The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross costs £7,005 more than the Toyota bZ4X. For that premium it adds 97 miles more WLTP range, 93 litres more boot space and 35 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross comes out ahead overall.

The Toyota bZ4X is £7,005 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 Toyota bZ4X comes out roughly £7,085 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 311 miles for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and 230 miles for the Toyota bZ4X - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross goes roughly 81 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-30 minutes.

The two are within 3 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 540 mm of total clearance for the Toyota bZ4X and about 537 mm of total clearance for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross also turns in a 0.8 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and 84% for the Toyota bZ4X. 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.