Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica vs Citroën ë-C4

The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica costs £5,185 more than the Citroën ë-C4. For that premium it adds 33 miles more WLTP range and a 1.0s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Citroën ë-C4 comes out ahead overall.

The Citroën ë-C4 is £5,185 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 Citroën ë-C4 comes out roughly £5,185 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 176 miles for the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica and 161 miles for the Citroën ë-C4 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica goes roughly 15 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 27-30 minutes.

The two are within 19 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 619 mm of total clearance for the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica and about 600 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C4. The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica also turns in a 0.4 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 Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica and 84% for the Citroën ë-C4. 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.