The Inster Standard Range has a 39kWh usable capacity battery and gives you an official range of 203 miles. It’s best suited to those who spend their time navigating winding city streets. The 46kWh Long Range version, meanwhile, is quite impressive for such a small car, officially managing up to 229 miles.
That might not sound like all that much but, for comparison, the Dacia Spring will manage just 149 miles officially, the Citroën ë-C3 and Fiat 500e 199 miles, the BYD Dolphin 211 miles and the MG4 218 miles.
As well as a better range, the Inster Long Range gets more power, with 113bhp against 95bhp for the Standard Range. We’ve yet to drive the Standard Range, but the Long Range has plenty of zip around town, making it much easier to take advantage of gaps in traffic than it is in the less eager Leapmotor T03.
The Inster Long Range can get up to motorway speeds easily enough but starts to feel less nippy as you get above 60mph. Don’t get us wrong, you can compete with motorway traffic easily enough – it just doesn’t feel as responsive as an MG4.
In fact, the Inster Long Range’s 0-62mph sprint time of 10.6 seconds is quite a bit slower than the MG4 SE’s 7.5 seconds, and is just behind the ë-C3’s 10.4 seconds. The Standard Range’s 11.7-second official time suggests that it will lend itself to low-speed bursts of power around town but not motorway driving.
