Fiat Grande Panda vs Skoda CITIGOe iV

The Skoda CITIGOe iV is £540 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 Skoda CITIGOe iV comes out roughly £540 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 166 miles for the Fiat Grande Panda and 134 miles for the Skoda CITIGOe iV - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Fiat Grande Panda goes roughly 32 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 27 minutes in the Fiat Grande Panda and 60 in the Skoda CITIGOe iV, so the Fiat Grande Panda loses less time at each stop. That makes the Fiat Grande Panda the stronger long-distance car.

The Skoda CITIGOe iV is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 116 mm narrower than the Fiat Grande Panda. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 755 mm of total clearance for the Skoda CITIGOe iV and about 639 mm of total clearance for the Fiat Grande Panda. The Skoda CITIGOe iV also turns in a 1.1 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Fiat Grande Panda and 84% for the Skoda CITIGOe iV. That gives the Fiat Grande Panda a modest edge in retained real-world range. The Fiat Grande Panda's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Skoda CITIGOe iV's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.