Nissan Micra vs Toyota Urban Cruiser

The Toyota Urban Cruiser costs £5,500 more than the Nissan Micra. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. The Nissan Micra is not just cheaper - it also offers 27 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Nissan Micra comes out ahead overall.

The Nissan Micra is £5,500 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Nissan Micra comes out roughly £5,500 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 137 miles for the Nissan Micra and 178 miles for the Toyota Urban Cruiser - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Toyota Urban Cruiser goes roughly 40 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-30 minutes.

The two are within 20 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 620 mm of total clearance for the Nissan Micra and about 600 mm of total clearance for the Toyota Urban Cruiser.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Nissan Micra and 90% for the Toyota Urban Cruiser. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day.