Mazda MX-30 vs Suzuki e VITARA

The Mazda MX-30 is £704 cheaper to buy. The Suzuki e VITARA is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £192 for the Mazda MX-30, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Mazda MX-30 comes out roughly £544 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 104 miles for the Mazda MX-30 and 162 miles for the Suzuki e VITARA - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Suzuki e VITARA goes roughly 58 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 36 minutes in the Mazda MX-30 and 45 in the Suzuki e VITARA, so the Mazda MX-30 loses less time at each stop. So the Suzuki e VITARA stops less often while the Mazda MX-30 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 5 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 605 mm of total clearance for the Mazda MX-30 and about 600 mm of total clearance for the Suzuki e VITARA.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Mazda MX-30 and 90% for the Suzuki e VITARA. That gives the Suzuki e VITARA a modest edge in retained real-world range. The Suzuki e VITARA's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Mazda MX-30's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.