Vauxhall Corsa vs Vauxhall Corsa-e

The Vauxhall Corsa-e costs £2,485 more than the Vauxhall Corsa. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Vauxhall Corsa-e comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Corsa is £2,485 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 Vauxhall Corsa comes out roughly £2,405 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 149 miles for the Vauxhall Corsa and 174 miles for the Vauxhall Corsa-e - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Vauxhall Corsa-e goes roughly 25 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-30 minutes.

The two are within 0 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 635 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Corsa and about 635 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Corsa-e.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Vauxhall Corsa and 84% for the Vauxhall Corsa-e. 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.