Hyundai INSTER vs Skoda CITIGOe iV

The Hyundai INSTER costs £3,300 more than the Skoda CITIGOe iV. For that premium it adds 42 miles more WLTP range and 33 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Hyundai INSTER comes out ahead overall.

The Skoda CITIGOe iV is £3,300 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 £3,340 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 145 miles for the Hyundai INSTER and 134 miles for the Skoda CITIGOe iV - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 30 minutes in the Hyundai INSTER and 60 in the Skoda CITIGOe iV, so the Hyundai INSTER loses less time at each stop.

The Hyundai INSTER is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 35 mm narrower than the Skoda CITIGOe iV. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 790 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai INSTER and about 755 mm of total clearance for the Skoda CITIGOe iV. The Skoda CITIGOe iV also turns in a 0.8 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 Hyundai INSTER and 84% for the Skoda CITIGOe iV. 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.