Porsche Cayenne vs Vauxhall Combo Life

The Porsche Cayenne costs £50,860 more than the Vauxhall Combo Life. For that premium it adds 147 miles more WLTP range, 290 kW faster peak rapid charging and 225 kW more power. The Vauxhall Combo Life is not just cheaper - it also offers lower energy use, 195 versus 221 Wh/km. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Porsche Cayenne comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Combo Life is £50,860 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £216 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Combo Life comes out roughly £50,980 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 234 miles for the Porsche Cayenne 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 Porsche Cayenne goes roughly 103 miles further between charging stops.

The Vauxhall Combo Life is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 59 mm narrower than the Porsche Cayenne. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 479 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Combo Life and about 420 mm of total clearance for the Porsche Cayenne. The Vauxhall Combo Life also turns in a 1.9 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 Porsche Cayenne 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.