MINI Aceman vs Renault 5

The MINI Aceman costs £5,315 more than the Renault 5. For that premium it adds 45 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Renault 5 comes out ahead overall.

The Renault 5 is £5,315 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £136 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Renault 5 comes out roughly £5,275 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 159 miles for the MINI Aceman and 160 miles for the Renault 5 - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 29-31 minutes.

The MINI Aceman is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 54 mm narrower than the Renault 5. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 646 mm of total clearance for the MINI Aceman and about 592 mm of total clearance for the Renault 5. The Renault 5 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 84% battery health for the MINI Aceman and 84% for the Renault 5. 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.