Nissan ARIYA vs Peugeot e-408

The Nissan ARIYA costs £2,735 more than the Peugeot e-408. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. The Peugeot e-408 is not just cheaper - it also offers 32 miles more WLTP range. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Nissan ARIYA comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-408 is £2,735 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-408 comes out roughly £2,695 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 209 miles for the Nissan ARIYA and 177 miles for the Peugeot e-408 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Nissan ARIYA goes roughly 32 miles further between charging stops.

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 550 mm of total clearance for the Nissan ARIYA and about 541 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-408. The Peugeot e-408 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 84% battery health for the Nissan ARIYA and 84% for the Peugeot e-408. 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.