Honda e vs Vauxhall Corsa

The Honda e costs £3,210 more than the Vauxhall Corsa. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. The Vauxhall Corsa is not just cheaper - it also offers 83 miles more WLTP range, 44 kW faster peak rapid charging and 96 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Vauxhall Corsa comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Corsa is £3,210 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £176 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Corsa comes out roughly £3,210 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 115 miles for the Honda e and 149 miles for the Vauxhall Corsa - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Vauxhall Corsa goes roughly 34 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-31 minutes.

The two are within 13 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 648 mm of total clearance for the Honda e and about 635 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Corsa. The Honda e also turns in a 2.1 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Honda e and 84% for the Vauxhall Corsa. 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.