Citroen e-Spacetourer review

The Citroën e-Spacetourer is priced lower than the rival Vauxhall Vivaro-e Life, but it’s worth noting that the latter is available in a bigger size and with more equipment. Plus, next to the more luxurious but hugely expensive Mercedes EQV, the e-Spacetourer looks like an absolute bargain. If you can do without electric power, there are far cheaper options out there, including diesel-powered versions of the Spacetourer.

You can recharge the e-Spacetourer’s batteries pretty quickly; an 0-80% top-up takes as little as 30 minutes if you use the kind of 100kW charging stations that are slowly becoming more common at UK motorway services. A domestic 7kW wallbox charger will complete a full charge from empty in 7.5 hours.

There are two trim levels available. Entry-level Business models give you air conditioning, cruise control and electric windows, but we'd spend a little more to upgrade to Feel trim for rear temperature controls, rear carpets and a few other niceties that make it feel less like a taxi.

Disappointingly, automatic emergency braking (AEB) is reserved for the options list, but it doesn’t cost too much to add. You’ll also have to pay to get lane-keeping assistance and blindspot monitoring. The regular Spacetourer received a five-star Euro NCAP crash test rating, although that was under older, less strict guidelines.

The Citroën e-Spacetourer wasn’t covered in our latest What Car? Reliability Survey, but Citroen as a brand finished a mid-table joint 16th place. That’s well ahead of Vauxhall and Mercedes.

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