Citroën ë-C5 Aircross vs MG S6 EV

The MG S6 EV costs £3,930 more than the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross. For that premium it adds 109 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MG S6 EV comes out ahead overall.

The Citroën ë-C5 Aircross is £3,930 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £184 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross comes out roughly £3,930 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 224 miles for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross and 232 miles for the MG S6 EV - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

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 488 mm of total clearance for the MG S6 EV and about 464 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross and 84% for the MG S6 EV. 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.