2025 Xpeng X9 facelift globally unveiled – up to 740 km CLTC, soft-close front doors, RR-like self-level hubs

2025 Xpeng X9 facelift globally unveiled – up to 740 km CLTC, soft-close front doors, RR-like self-level hubs

We’re coming to you from Hong Kong, where Xpeng chose to give the X9 MPV facelift its global launch last night. We know what you’re thinking – the EV MPV has just launched in Malaysia and now there’s an update already? Let’s look at the changes; you can be the judge if they’re extensive enough to ruffle buyers’ feathers.

China gets four variants – Long Range Max (650 km range, RMB359,800 or RM217k), Ultra Long Range Max (740 km range, RMB379,800 or RM229k), AWD Performance Max (702 km range, RMB399,800 yuan or RM241k) and the Starship Edition (702 km range, RMB419,800 or RM253k). All ranges quoted are CLTC. Battery choices for the 800V vehicle are 105 kWh NMC or 94.8 kWh LFP.

Xpeng’s Turing AI-powered ADAS is now standard across the range. At the event, left- (LHD) and right-hand drive (RHD) versions were displayed, representative of mainland China- and Hong Kong-market vehicles. There are some differences between them which we’ll get to as we go along.

Appearance-wise, very little has changed. There is an added decorative bar in each front bumper side cutout and lighted-up XPENG lettering above the rear LED strip. The Chinese-market LHD car has new alloys (still 20s) with multi spokes and Rolls-Royce-like self-levelling hub badges; however, the HK-market car soldiers on with the existing turbine design.

Other new additions on the Chinese-market car that were seemingly absent from the HK-market ones on display include soft-closing front doors, third-row ISOFIX for both outer seats (HK carries over pre-facelift’s ISOFIX on only one outer seat in the third row) and middle-row physical switches for the windows and ceiling screen. The HK car carries over the previous touch-sensitive panel.

However, both cars now have their fridge door wrapped in soft-touch material (previously hard plastic), and the middle-row zero-gravity seats have been redesigned – with the pre-facelift, you couldn’t walk between them to the third row (only the slimmer aviation seats allowed you to do that), but now you can.

Retained are niceties such as the power-folding third row, rear-wheel steering and dual-chamber air springs, but there’s now an AI-optimised 6D comfortable anti-motion sickness algorithm to minimise body roll and pitch. NVH has been enhanced as well.

The X9 facelift also brings with it new colours – Nebula Purple, Galaxy Blue and Matte Starship Gray – that join the existing Starship Gray, Nebula White, New Moon Silver and Midnight Black.

2025 Xpeng X9 facelift Chinese-market LHD

2025 Xpeng X9 facelift Hong Kong-market RHD

2025 Xpeng X9 facelift general and official images

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Jonathan James Tan

While most dream of the future, Jonathan Tan dreams of the past, although he's never been there. Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

 

Comments

  • Sabri on Apr 16, 2025 at 12:42 pm

    China car the best. Those that beli kereta eropah pengkhianat.

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  • Teksidrebar on Apr 18, 2025 at 9:30 am

    My dream car for now. Concern is sustainability. Will Xpeng stay in Malaysia for more years to come? What if they close down in Malaysia market? If the number of sales go up then it make sense for them to justify their running opex cost.

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  • When the tax incentive are gone and prices increase not sure if they will stay.. if they don’t then your on your own

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  • Edward on Jul 02, 2025 at 6:07 pm

    2025 version when coming to Malaysia? i waited until neck also long

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