Leapmotor C10 vs Nissan ARIYA

The Leapmotor C10 is £500 cheaper to buy. The Nissan ARIYA is cheaper to charge, roughly £168 a year versus £216 for the Leapmotor C10, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the two land within £260 of each other - effectively the same to own. 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 175 miles for the Leapmotor C10 and 209 miles for the Nissan ARIYA - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Nissan ARIYA goes roughly 34 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-30 minutes.

The Nissan ARIYA is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 50 mm narrower than the Leapmotor C10. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 550 mm of total clearance for the Nissan ARIYA and about 500 mm of total clearance for the Leapmotor C10. The Leapmotor C10 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 90% battery health for the Leapmotor C10 and 84% for the Nissan ARIYA. That gives the Leapmotor C10 a modest edge in retained real-world range. The Leapmotor C10's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Nissan ARIYA's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.