Leapmotor B10 vs Leapmotor C10

The Leapmotor C10 costs £5,005 more than the Leapmotor B10. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. The Leapmotor B10 is not just cheaper - it also offers 84 kW faster peak rapid charging and lower energy use, 174 versus 197 Wh/km. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Leapmotor B10 comes out ahead overall.

The Leapmotor B10 is £5,005 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £192 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Leapmotor B10 comes out roughly £5,125 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 193 miles for the Leapmotor B10 and 175 miles for the Leapmotor C10 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Leapmotor B10 goes roughly 19 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 20 minutes in the Leapmotor B10 and 30 in the Leapmotor C10, so the Leapmotor B10 loses less time at each stop. That makes the Leapmotor B10 the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 15 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 515 mm of total clearance for the Leapmotor B10 and about 500 mm of total clearance for the Leapmotor C10. The Leapmotor B10 also turns in a 0.5 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 Leapmotor B10 and 90% for the Leapmotor C10. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.