XPeng brings L03 and G9L to the UK market with great pricing and range-extender options

Standing next to the XPeng G9L in Paris, I couldn't help but admire its proportions, and now British buyers are getting the exact same opportunity starting at $89,250 on the road. Order books for both the new L03 and the G9L are open right now. First customer deliveries for the L03 start in January 2027, and the flagship G9L arrives a month later in February. If you thought the brand's February 2025 debut with the right-hand-drive G6 was a cautious toe in the water, XPeng confirmed yesterday it is bringing a full arsenal of five new right-hand-drive models to the UK over the next 12 months.

After using International Motors Ltd to get the G6 to British customers last year, the company has scaled back that relationship and established its own national sales company. That direct factory backing matters a lot - they promise to build around 100 retail and service locations by the end of 2027, supported by partnerships with 20 major dealer groups and leasing firms.

But software updates can't fix a cracked windscreen or a worn control arm. British fleet managers and private buyers have been badly burned by new brands with zero parts supply. To keep the buyers happy, XPeng is opening three flagship stores in London and Manchester - all within the next six months. The new national parts distribution hub promises components delivery to workshops within 24 hours. The goal is to put a factory-certified service bay within 30 minutes of any customer. That's a mighty goal and I will be watching the progress closely.

Walking around the L03 in Munich earlier this year, the first thing that struck me was how neatly it slots beneath the G6 without feeling like an inferior offering. At 183.1 inches long, 75.6 inches wide, and 63 inches tall on a 112.2 inches wheelbase, it is 3.98 inches shorter and 0.94 inches lower than a Tesla Model Y, yet it manages to match the American bestseller almost to the millimeter in width while keeping kerb weight down to a tidy 4,090 lb in base trim. You feel that sensible footprint from the driver's seat, where a tight 17.22 ft turning radius and five-link independent rear suspension with adjustable dampers give it an agile, yet settled stance. Inside, there is no cheap austerity - every L03 gets a 15.6-inch central screen, a massive 26.8-inch head-up display, and buckets of rear knee room with all materials punching way above its class.

The $45,310 L03 Standard Range gets a 58.2 kWh LFP battery with a rear motor delivering 163 kW and 207 lb-ft of torque, good for 276 miles of range and 193 kW DC fast charging. Go for the $49,430 Long Range RWD and you get a 71.1 kWh pack that stretches range to 323 miles, nudges peak charging to 236 kW, and drops the 0 to 62 mph sprint from 7.5 seconds to 6.6 seconds. But if you want serious thrills, the $54,920 AWD Performance trim is the answer. Its dual-motor setup delivers 317 kW and 333 lb-ft - good enough to hit 62 mph in 4.5 seconds. At the very top of the lineup sits the $56,290 Ultra spec.

Then there is the wildcard that European automakers should be losing sleep over. Both the L03 and G9L aren't only pure battery-electric cars - XPeng is bringing its Power X extended-range (EREV) drivetrain straight to the UK.

In the L03 Power X, priced at $48,050, a 1.5-liter petrol engine acts as an onboard generator to feed the battery, giving you 133 miles of pure electric driving for the daily commute and a combined total range of 631 miles. Having watched Chinese buyers buy range extenders in huge numbers over the past two years, I'm pretty sure this could be the smartest bridge technology for rural UK drivers. You plug it in at home like a normal EV for 90% of the year, and when you need to take the family from London to the Scottish Highlands, you simply put unleaded in the tank and drive straight through.

The G9L moves the conversation from clever family crossover to full-scale luxury disruption. Stretching 201.6 inches from bumper to bumper, 78.7 inches across the bodywork, and 70.4 inches high, this three-row flagship makes a Kia EV9 look compact by outstretching the Korean seven-seater by 4.33 inches in length (both cars have the exact same 122 inches wheelbase).

EVs are heavy, there's no getting away from that - especially when they are this large with kerb weight sitting between 5,952 lb and 6,228 lb depending on spec. Thankfully, XPeng fits rear-wheel steering as standard across every G9L in the UK, shrinking the turning radius to less than 18 ft so you can thread this five-meter-plus barge through tight multi-storey car parks without major issues.

The cabin specs read like a spec-sheet takedown of $140,000 German rivals. Standard equipment includes power-folding third-row seats, a 21.4-inch 3K entertainment display, a 23-speaker surround sound system, and a 12.5-liter refrigerator tucked into the console. Pricing starts at $89,250 for either the Long Range RWD pure EV - which manages 367 miles on a charge - or the G9L Power X range-extender, which delivers 173 miles of battery-only range and 717 miles with the petrol generator chiming in. Opting for the all-wheel-drive version trims range slightly to 343 miles, with the tech-heavy AWD Ultra priced at $100,240 for the seven-seater and $108,480 if you prefer the six-seat captain's chair layout (or $96,120 for the Power X Ultra).

Going for Ultra trims on either the L03 or G9L buys you XPeng's in-house Turing AI chips. For now they sit dormant waiting for the VLA 2.0-powered Next Generation Pilot (NGP) software to go live in 2027. Having tested XPeng's driver-assist systems on busy highways, narrow rural roads, and busy Paris streets, I can tell you that their camera-and-sensor fusion is calm and seriously capable. Getting full regulatory sign-off for advanced hands-off driving in Britain? That is a bureaucratic nightmare on another level, and I hope XPeng is ready for it.

XPeng also used the London event to talk up its "Physical AI" strategy, floating future UK plans for robotaxis and its Iron humanoid robot - typical tech-company showmanship that you can safely ignore (for now at least) while focusing on the very real, very competitive cars sitting in the showroom.

The target laid out by XPeng Vice Chairman Brian Gu and UK Managing Director Claes Persson is quite interesting: becoming the UK's number-one premium EV brand (defined by XPeng as electrified cars over $69,000) by 2028. Persson admitted in London that the goal raised a few eyebrows in the room. It certainly raised mine, considering BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche aren't exactly going to hand over their company-car keys without a fight. But then again - I have driven pretty much every XPeng out there and honestly? The fight will be brutal.

XPeng isn't doing too bad on the sales front. With total deliveries over the first 10 months of the year sitting at 334,604 units (down 5.80% year-on-year), it hit an all-time monthly record of 50,237 cars in October (helped by 13,326 overseas sales). They already sell the L03 in France, Australia, and New Zealand. They are pushing the G9L into continental Europe and Hong Kong. I think XPeng knows exports are where the real margins live, and once Brits actually sit inside the G9L and test the L03 on familiar roads, the badge snobbery will fade fast - as long as those 100 dealers actually answer the phone when it's time for a service.

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