Skoda Elroq vs Vauxhall Astra

The Skoda Elroq costs £3,975 more than the Vauxhall Astra. For that premium it adds 118 litres more boot space and a 0.8s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Elroq comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Astra is £3,975 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Astra comes out roughly £3,895 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 234 miles for the Skoda Elroq and 191 miles for the Vauxhall Astra - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Skoda Elroq goes roughly 42 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 24 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 Vauxhall Astra and about 516 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Elroq. The Skoda Elroq also turns in a 1.2 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 Skoda Elroq and 84% for the Vauxhall Astra. 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.