In addition to the X crossover, Zeekr Malaysia also announced it has started order taking for the Zeekr 009. The Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker has made it abundantly clear that the 009 is targeted at other premium MPVs, most notably the Toyota Alphard/Vellfire duo, and its estimated starting price of below RM370k is a clear sign of intent.
At that indicative figure, the 009 is RM68k cheaper than the Vellfire and a whopping RM168k less than the Alphard. You get more car (technically) too, as at 5,209 mm long, 2,024 mm wide, 1,848 mm tall and with a wheelbase of 3,205 mm, the 009 has a larger footprint and longer wheelbase than the competition.
It appears we’re matching Thailand in terms of specifications, as the headline figures include a 0-100 km/h time of 4.5 seconds, a 116-kWh battery and a WLTP-rated range of 582 km. These numbers are nearly identical to the 009 sold in Thailand, which is the updated version of the MPV that first made its debut in Hong Kong a few months earlier in July this year.
However, where our northern neighbours get the 009 in a sole variant called the Flagship AWD with six seats (executive ones for the second row), we’re getting two variants called the Luxury (seven-seater) and Ultra Luxury (six-seater). The former is new for the 009 and has a 2+2+3 seat layout, with executive seats that aren’t as wide as the those in the Ultra Luxury (2+2+2 layout). This allows for a passthrough aisle in the middle for easy access to the third-row bench.
Both variants feature a dual-motor setup rated at 612 PS (603 hp or 450 kW) and 693 Nm of torque, with a nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery that supports DC fast charging at a peak of 150 kW – a 10-80% state of charge is achieved in just 30 minutes.
Equipment mentioned in the release includes 12-way powered front seats with massage, memory and ventilation functions, ‘Sofaro’ seats that use Nappa leather, second-row seats with an adjustable leg rest as well as ventilation, massage and memory functions, a 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster display, a 15.05-inch OLED infotainment touchscreen, a 17-inch OLED ceiling-mounted rear display, sliding door card touch displays, a 30-speaker Yamaha sound system, a 50W wireless charging pad and support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
Also included is an air suspension system, matrix LED headlamps with adaptive driving beam, LED DRLs, a 360-degree camera, a digital video recorder and an ADAS suite that includes autonomous emergency braking (also active during parking manoeuvres), adaptive cruise control, lane centring control, lane keep assist, blind spot monitoring, traffic sign recognition, door open warning and driver monitoring.
Three colours are offered for the 009, including Phantom Black, Electric Blue and Crystal White Pearl, while the interior comes in Black as well as two-tone options: Stone Grey and Polar White as well as Midnight Blue and Polar White.
With that estimated price tag and the features on offer, is the Zeekr 009 worth considering over the Toyota Alphard/Vellfire or will you be waiting for more options such as the Denza D9 to enter the market?
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much better than alphard and vellfire. but please choose a different colour than white. enough fridges on the road dah.
Just plain tech doesn’t make it better. We don’t know if it will ever last. CCP cars are just a money grab business. Toyotas will last forever which actually makes them more sustainable choice. Let’s not handover our local automotive sector to CCP in a Silver platter.
You seem perfectly happy to hand over our local automotive sector to the Japanese. They must be doing it out of benevolence since Chinese carmakers are just “money grab business”. Get a hold of yourself man.
Off course it’s a money grab scam. When have the CCP ever opted to localize manufacturing of their products wherever they sell? It all has to come from CCP. Look a t what’s happening to Proton. Same goes for any CCP construction jobs in any country. Theu bring every single thing from CCP land
Are you so jealous? Why are so jealous? What year are we living now? 2010? 2015?
ironically the auto gearbox that comes with the Toyotta 6 cylinder engine, is famous for breaking
Toyota salesman detected
Poor mindset guy
My poor mindset earns me more than whatever you will ever make in your entire life.Check your mindset, where does your allegiance lies? CCP or Malaysia. Maybe you might want to help CCP grab our oil fields in South China Sea as well.
Because you don’t really know your history much or never read more on cars, no wonder you are so shallow minded like what other haters are doing nowadays
U mean in ur dreams right haha , ur probably a kid who thinks he’s the richest kid in the neighborhood holding mom’s pocket money
History already tell us who is murder during the ww2
EV car is simple and easy maintenance. Chinese carmaker already proven they capable to make good EV car. EV car is much simple and less wear and tear parts than ICE. So we cant say Toyota is more long lasting than Chinese EV.
Ccp or not, at least china are making advanced cars at reasonable prices. Unlike the European carmakers who are taking us for a ride with unreliable underspecced and overpriced cars. Face it. Most of these so called ccp cars if you stuck a german badge on it you won’t bad two eyelids about it.
Whay is advanced about their cars? There’s nothing in it other than bling bling tech which is uselss. Samsung makes phones with better tech. The car itself os a mediocre product with no history backing up their claims.
Because you don’t really know your history much or never read more on cars, no wonder you are so shallow minded like what other haters are doing nowadays. You think that this car brand are not advanced
I believe you didn’t pay any attention to Chinese EV. There are some Chinese EV are having similar self driving tech like Tesla. The camera can recongize the vehicles and human being on left and right and keep the car in centra position. Chinese EV full self driving is not on par with Tesla yet, but they are leading the European and Japanese cars. The largest EV battery companies is CATL follow by BYD (battery and also EV carmaker). Other than Tesla which car company make better EV than the Chinese?
Japanese gov and CCP got different? Got election but no other parties can replace them even so much corruption and bad practise. With election not equal to democracy but more on money and power game.
Technology not important then go back to the nissan 130y.
Talk only. How many on the road eventually? Mingkin 30?
When cars,.sarr?
how many BYD you see on the road today? thousands registered already
Enough of hatred of chinese cars bro. No one will ever listened to haters like you anyways. Move on please
Bright Silver is a good choice and easy to maintain
another van??….why msian seems to like minivans soo much while sales of minivans are consider miniscule in other region….maybe its an asean thing.
In Europe and America the sales of minivan or MPV is extremely low. But many Asian countries like MPV due to comfortable seat.
It is so ugly it will make children cry
Better quality drives better and more luxury than it’s competitors much much cheaper and value for money than say Alphard or Vellfire
Niceee
Nice
Vellfire/Alphard rival
Same price as KIA EV9. Same type and size. Very interesting. I wonder how much the volvo version will cost.,
After a long wait and the hype of 800km or more range we look forward to such a superior car. Zeekr 009’s 589km is really short of expectations and I am sure many buyers feel really disappointed. Looking for alternatives, better looking ones hopefully, with long mileage of 800km or more will be the next best thing to do.
why need 800km? planning to drive from KL to hatyai? with the typical Mpv aerodynamic of a brick, its impossible to get 800km unless gave a massive battery
Zeekr cars are well designed and now they are launching more attractive vehicles like 7x. If I were Toyota, I would be worried for sure.
History already tell us who is murder during the ww2