Nissan ARIYA vs Subaru Solterra

The Subaru Solterra costs £15,505 more than the Nissan ARIYA. For that premium it adds 39 miles more WLTP range. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Subaru Solterra comes out ahead overall.

The Nissan ARIYA is £15,505 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Nissan ARIYA comes out roughly £15,505 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 209 miles for the Nissan ARIYA and 241 miles for the Subaru Solterra - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Subaru Solterra goes roughly 32 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 30 minutes in the Nissan ARIYA and 20 in the Subaru Solterra, so the Subaru Solterra loses less time at each stop. That makes the Subaru Solterra the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 10 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 550 mm of total clearance for the Nissan ARIYA and about 540 mm of total clearance for the Subaru Solterra. The Subaru Solterra 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 Nissan ARIYA and 84% for the Subaru Solterra. 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.