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 […] The post 2025 Xpeng X9 facelift globally unveiled – up to 740 km CLTC, soft-close front doors, RR-like self-level hubs appeared first on Paul Tan's Automotive News.

Apr 16, 2025 - 06:27

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 self-levelling hub badges (like Rolls-Royce); 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 and middle-row physical switches for the windows and ceiling screen (previously touch-sensitive panel).

However, both cars now have their glove box lid and 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 through them to the third row (only the slimmer aviation seats allowed you to do that), but now you can. The third row now has ISOFIX for the two outer seats.

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.

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