Seat Mii Electric review

Buying a Mii Electric is easy – there are no trim levels, nor is there a lengthy list of options. There aren’t even many colours to choose from. Your interior will always be black, and your wheels will always be the same style of 16-inch alloy.

The VW e-Up is the same, but the Skoda Citigo-E iV gets the choice of SE or SE L trims. The SE L costs more or less the same as the Up and Mii – around £20K, or £250 per month over three years and 30,000 miles, with a £4K deposit  – and gets all the same kit, whereas the SE does without some key equipment to bring the RRP down to less than £18K.

The Mii’s standard spec includes heated seats, cruise control, lane-keeping assist, DAB and parking sensors. You also get CCS charging, which means you can fast-charge to 80 per cent full in an hour from a 40kW public charger.

Worth having a wallbox installed if you’ll be charging at home, too – a 7kW job takes four hours to charge the battery to 80 per cent, where a normal three-pin plug would take 16 hours.

Seat claims 161 miles of range for the Mii, and that (or a figure close to it) is probably achievable if you aren’t too lead-footed and don’t spend so much time on the motorway.