Fiat 600e vs Vauxhall Corsa-e

The Vauxhall Corsa-e costs £2,995 more than the Fiat 600e. For that premium it adds a 0.9s quicker 0-62mph time. The Fiat 600e is not just cheaper - it also offers 45 miles more WLTP range and 93 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Vauxhall Corsa-e comes out ahead overall.

The Fiat 600e is £2,995 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Fiat 600e comes out roughly £2,955 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 Fiat 600e and 174 miles for the Vauxhall Corsa-e - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 27-30 minutes.

The two are within 14 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 635 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Corsa-e and about 621 mm of total clearance for the Fiat 600e. The Fiat 600e 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 Fiat 600e and 84% for the Vauxhall Corsa-e. 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.