MG S6 EV vs Vauxhall Combo Life

The MG S6 EV costs £5,655 more than the Vauxhall Combo Life. For that premium it adds 117 miles more WLTP range, 50 kW faster peak rapid charging and 80 kW more power. The Vauxhall Combo Life is not just cheaper - it also offers 101 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MG S6 EV comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Combo Life is £5,655 cheaper to buy. The MG S6 EV is cheaper to charge, roughly £184 a year versus £216 for the Vauxhall Combo Life, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Combo Life comes out roughly £5,495 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 232 miles for the MG S6 EV and 131 miles for the Vauxhall Combo Life - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG S6 EV goes roughly 101 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 38 minutes in the MG S6 EV and 30 in the Vauxhall Combo Life, so the Vauxhall Combo Life loses less time at each stop. So the MG S6 EV stops less often while the Vauxhall Combo Life stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 9 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 488 mm of total clearance for the MG S6 EV and about 479 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Combo Life.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the MG S6 EV and 84% for the Vauxhall Combo Life. 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.