New Vauxhall Mokka brings subtle updates and punchier pricing

• Minor exterior styling updates
• Simplified engine range
• Prices start from £24,705

You’re looking at the new Vauxhall Mokka, updated for 2025 with a subtle exterior facelift, a few tweaks to the cabin, and a streamlined engine lineup. While the updates look fairly minor on paper, Vauxhall has saved the biggest changes for the pricing strategy – petrol, hybrid and fully-electric models have seen major price cuts worth up to £4,640 for higher trim levels. 

Vauxhall will have its eyes on the Ford Puma and Renault Captur with the new Mokka, as both of those models received substantial updates earlier in the year. It will continue to be offered in petrol, hybrid and fully electric guises when it goes on sale, although the boot-mounted espresso machine of the Mokka Coffe-e concept is unfortunately absent from the options list.

What’s changed for the new Vauxhall Mokka?

It may be hard to spot at first, but there are some small styling changes to separate the new Mokka from the outgoing car. They’re limited to a new front bumper with a more aerodynamic design and a pair of tweaked headlights with a daytime-running light signature to reflect that of the new Vauxhall Frontera. All chrome trim has now been replaced by black-painted details, while the electric Mokka Electric gets a new set of ‘aero wheels’.

The interior is largely carried over, too, but Vauxhall has thrown in a few upgrades to ensure the Mokka is on par with its rivals. All cars now get a pair of 10-inch screens as standard – a new one for the driver and a centrally-mounted infotainment display. The latter features new software with customisable widgets, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, and voice recognition. Some cars even get artificial intelligence assistance, courtesy of Chat-GPT integration.

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The steering wheel from the new Vauxhall Grandland makes an appearance, alongside a simplified, matt silver centre console with fewer buttons – some controls have been shifted to that infotainment touchscreen. Vauxhall has also replaced all of the interior fabrics with new recycled materials.

There won’t even be any optional extras to choose from. Vauxhall has kept things simple and will offer the Mokka in three trim levels – Design, GS and Ultimate – with all the kit bundled in. Once buyers have picked their model, the only choices that remain are the paint colour and engine option.

Speaking of, Vauxhall has slimmed down the Mokka’s engine lineup for this update, dropping the base-spec 99bhp 1.2-litre three cylinder petrol engine. The new entry point to the Mokka range is a 134bhp version of the same engine, driving the front wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox only.

Above this sits the Vauxhall Mokka Hybrid. It pairs the petrol engine above with a small electric motor and a dual-clutch automatic gearbox, helping to deliver better fuel economy than its pure-petrol twin. It’s the same mild hybrid system offered in the Peugeot 308, and can drive in electric-only mode when travelling at low speeds or manoeuvring.

Vauxhall will continue to offer the Mokka Electric, albeit only with the bigger 54kWh battery – the cheaper 50kWh model has been discontinued. The battery is connected to a 154bhp electric motor and will deliver up to 250 miles of range, with charging speeds topping out at 100kW DC.

How much does the new Vauxhall Mokka cost?

Interestingly, Vauxhall hasn’t opted for price parity between electric and hybrid Mokkas, like the new Frontera. Instead, electric models are more expensive, but higher trim levels have seen some big price cuts.

Prices for the petrol-powered Vauxhall Mokka now start from £24,705 in Design trim. That’s around £3,000 more expensive than the old entry-level car, as the Griffin trim level has been dropped. However, upgrading to GS trim now costs £25,905, which is over £1,000 cheaper than before. The petrol-engined Mokka is also available in top-spec Ultimate trim, costing £28,155 – a saving of around £3,500 compared to the outgoing car. All models can be had with an automatic gearbox for an extra £1,600.

Hybrid Mokkas now cost from £27,305, rising to £28,505 for GS trim, and £30,780 for Ultimate – the latter is over £3,000 cheaper than the outgoing hybrid Ultimate model. Prices for the Mokka Electric start from £33,245 for the Design model. While that’s nearly £4,000 more than the old Mokka Electric Griffin, the new base model gets the aforementioned larger battery and longer range. If you’d wanted that setup with the old car, it would’ve cost you at least £39,735. Stepping up to GS trim costs £35,095 (a saving of £4,640), while the Mokka Electric Ultimate is the most expensive model at £38,095 – around £4,000 less than before.

UK customers can place an order now, and Vauxhall is offering £500 towards an Ohme home charger or £500 in Tesco charging credit for those who buy online.

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