XPENG G9L

XPENG G9L is XPENG’s largest SUV in its European range, on sale in eight European countries since the Paris launch and orderable in Denmark now with six or seven seats. Air suspension and rear-wheel steering are standard on every trim. It sits alongside the current G9; the difference is under G9L, G9 and GX.

Images: XPENG

I first discussed the G9L with XPENG in 2024 and have since driven two pre-production versions. Those meetings and drives are described under XPENG Guru: From conversation to test drive.

Prices on this page are from XPENG’s Danish online store unless a market is named.

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G9L, G9 and GX

The G9L draws on the design and technology of the China flagship GX, but it is a separate, slightly smaller car. The two have their own internal codes, G02 and G01, and early coverage mixed them up.

The name suggests a stretched G9, which led many to guess that “L” meant Long or Large. XPENG says Luxury. Technically the G9L is its own car: international G9 versions use SEPA 2.0, the G9L the newer SEPA 3.0. XPENG confirmed on 30 September that the G9 stays in the European range alongside the G9L.

The Chinese G9L has five seats and is sold both as an EV and with a range extender. G9L - China has that version’s details, photographs and films.

G9, G9L and GX compared

	XPENG G9 (EU)	XPENG G9L	XPENG GX
Internal code	-	G02	G01
Platform	SEPA 2.0	SEPA 3.0	SEPA 3.0
Length	4,891 mm	5,120 mm	5,265 mm
Width	1,937 mm	1,999 mm	1,999 mm
Height	1,680 mm (Perf. 1,670)	1,788 mm	1,800 mm
Wheelbase	2,998 mm	3,100 mm	3,115 mm
Seats	5	5, 6 or 7	6 (2+2+2)
Markets	China, Europe and several other markets	China and Europe; orders in eight European countries from 12 October 2026	Chinese market (+ UAE / Australia)

The G9 figures apply to Europe. The G9L dimensions are XPENG Denmark’s. GX figures describe the Chinese car.

Design, dimensions and space

Dimensions

5,120 × 1,999 × 1,788 mm and a 3,100 mm wheelbase; the track is 1,725 mm front and 1,749 mm rear.

Seating configurations

Denmark gets six or seven seats; the five-seat version XPENG announced on 30 September is not sold there, nor in Norway. The six-seater is 2+2+2 with two individual second-row seats with armrests, developed for Europe and first shown in Paris. The seven-seater is 2+3+2 with a 40:20:40 split second row, and that row folds too: the manual’s boot overview shows a control that folds the second- and third-row backrests at one touch. For the six-seater the manual describes folding the third row only.

Seat equipment is the same on all three Danish trims according to the Danish configurator and XPENG Norway’s specification sheet: power front seats (driver 8-way, passenger 6-way) with heating, ventilation and 10-point massage on the two seven-seaters; a second row with power adjustment, heating, ventilation and 10-point massage; a third row with heating and 50:50 power folding. The Premium package, included on the six-seater, lifts the front seats to 16-point massage, AI-adaptive fit and a zero-gravity passenger seat, see the package contents. The manual gives the seat travel: 220 mm for the second-row chairs in the six-seater and 410 mm for the second row in the seven-seater.

XPENG’s film shows how the Premium package’s air chambers give active support to the lower back and shoulders and adjust cushion firmness and the side bolsters.

In the six-seater, the seats behind the driver fold into one flat surface at a single touch; XPENG calls it One-Touch Seat-to-Bed.

Boot and storage

Boot volumes follow the VDA method: 259 litres with every seat in use, 367 litres including the underfloor compartment, 935 litres with the third row folded in the seven-seaters and 1,330 litres in the six-seater. The frunk is 65 litres on all three trims. The roof rails carry up to 75 kg; roof bars are not included. The electrically swivelling towbar is a DKK 22,200 option in Denmark, rated for 2,000 kg braked and a 75 kg nose weight. XPENG’s campaign used larger boot figures without stating a method; they cannot be compared with the VDA values.

The third row folds electrically on all three trims, seven-seaters included; the film shows the six-seater.

Accessory mounts and power sockets

The owner’s manual describes 1/4-inch threaded mounts on both sides of the dashboard and electromagnetic mounts on the front seatbacks for X-Link tables and tablet holders, both supplying up to 50 W, plus magnetic attachment points on the second-row doors, in the roof and on the tailgate. USB ports are A and C in the front, two C in the second row and two C in the third; the boot has a 12 V socket, and the manual mentions a variant-dependent AC socket under the passenger seat for equipment of up to 2.2 kW. Accessories are sold separately; the details are in the manual.

Weights and payload

The weights are from the Danish configurator. Payload is 600 kg on all three trims, 575 kg with the factory towbar; roof load is 75 kg and nose weight 75 kg.

Danish trim	Kerb weight without/with tow bar	Gross vehicle weight
Long Range Ultra, 7 seats	2,700 / 2,725 kg	3,300 kg
Performance Ultra, 7 seats	2,800 / 2,825 kg	3,400 kg
Performance Ultra, 6 seats	2,760 / 2,785 kg	3,360 kg

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Colours, wheels and interior colours

Wheels and tyres

All three Danish trims come on 21-inch alloys shod with 265/45 R21 rubber co-developed with Michelin. The design depends on the trim, and on XPENG’s Danish EU website each trim has its wheel as standard, with no alternative. There is no spare; the car carries a repair kit.

• 21″ alloy “Petal”, six spokesstandard on the Long Range Ultra
• 21″ alloy “Starburst”standard on both Performance Ultra versions

Exterior colours

Four colours: Arctic White at no extra cost, Waving Green, Mirror Gray and Diamond Black at DKK 21,000 in Denmark (€1,200 in Germany). The images are XPENG’s own; paint appearance varies with lighting and screen settings.

Interior colours

The cabin comes in Meteorite Black or Tangerine at no extra cost, in any combination with the paint colours. Nappa leather in the first two rows, artificial leather in the third. The images show the six-seater.

Cabin and technology

Infotainment and software

The cabin runs XOS 6.0 on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295. Navigation is built on the Google Maps SDK inside XPENG’s own interface - the G9L is the second model after the L03 - with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto alongside. “Hey XPENG” voice control works from six cabin zones and from outside, the radio is DAB+ and FM, connectivity is by eSIM, and updates arrive over the air. On launch day XPENG wrote on Weibo that the Google partnership extends to Google Play with more than 500 apps. Three days later XPENG put a new Google Play app experience at early 2027, without naming models. The Danish configurator does not mention Google Play, and the exact software build at delivery has not been stated. Background: XPENG and Google Maps.

Screens, fridge and lighting

The driver has an 8.8-inch instrument display and an AR-HUD that XPENG rates at an 88-inch image. The centre screen is 17.3 inches. The rear-view mirror is digital on all three trims. A 21.4-inch 3K screen for the second row hangs from the roof, tilts by up to 75° and opens and closes by voice; an 8-inch screen on the back of the centre console handles climate, seats and music. Two wireless chargers of up to 50 W each sit in the front, and the ambient lighting runs through 256 colours. The panoramic roof has a power sunshade; the powered second-row shades and the manual rear-quarter shades are standard on the six-seater and come with the Premium package on the seven-seaters.

The 12.5-litre fridge sits in the centre console on all three trims. The manual describes access from above through the armrest and through a powered door facing the rear seats; it freezes at -6 to -1 °C, cools at 0 to 20 °C and keeps contents warm at 30 to 50 °C, with a 6-8 °C difference between the upper and lower zones.

The rear seat’s own screen controls climate, seats and music and opens the roof screen; the digital rear-view mirror shows the camera image or works as a conventional mirror.

Interior monitoring and climate

The OMS cabin camera can show the cabin on the centre screen and take photographs or record video. It is disabled from the factory, first activation requires consent, and it can be switched off again under safety and privacy. The camera is listed on all three trims.

The climate control is three-zone with a heat pump and PTC heater, N95 and pollen filtration and PM2.5 measurement shown on the screen. The windscreen, rear window and steering wheel are heated.

Audio

The XOPERA audio system has 23 speakers, two of them in the driver’s seat, and 7.1.4 surround. Road Noise Cancellation (RNC), acoustic glass in the windscreen and the first two rows, and low-noise tyres are standard. Three external speakers serve voice control from outside and the pedestrian warning sound. The Chinese flagship version has 33 speakers.

Range and charging

The rear-wheel-drive car goes furthest; range and consumption per trim are in the table under The three Danish configurations. All three share the NCM battery (gross capacity in the table below) on an 800 V platform with 5C charging: up to 540 kW DC and 10-80% in 11.7 minutes under optimal conditions according to the Danish configurator. The AC charger is 22 kW and takes about six hours from 5 to 100%. V2L supplies up to 6 kW to external equipment.

XPENG has also written “about 12 minutes” (the Danish and German press releases), 10.9 minutes (the 9 October image) and 10 minutes for 20-80% (the German price list). This page uses the configurator’s 11.7 minutes. XPENG Denmark’s model page qualifies its data: “All technical data is subject to type approval. Data was obtained in internal tests.” XPENG Germany calls its consumption figures provisional until WLTP homologation is final.

Battery data from the European owner’s manual

Parameter	Standard Range	Long Range
Cell chemistry	LFP	NMC
Cell rated voltage	3.22 V	3.77 V
Cell rated capacity	140 Ah	165.8 Ah
Battery pack rated voltage	656.88 V	663.52 V
Battery pack rated capacity	140 Ah	165.8 Ah
Battery pack stated energy	91.9 kWh	110 kWh
Battery pack mass	650 kg	620 kg

The manual’s rated parameters are calculated at a 1/3 C discharge rate and do not distinguish gross from usable capacity. The 91.9 kWh Standard Range battery is in the manual but not in the Danish range.

The range extender

XPENG Global also presents a range-extended G9L: up to 280 km electric and 1,154 km combined WLTP, with 7.8 l of petrol per 100 km when the state of charge is held. It appears in the international material and on the Greek model page without a price. None of the eight launch markets’ stores offered it on 15 October 2026; in Denmark the G9L is sold as an electric car only.

In Hong Kong the range-extended version is the only one on XPENG’s local model page: REEV AWD Ultra with six or seven seats, rated at 23.8 kWh per 100 km under WLTP and 5.4 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. The page gives no price, and its figures come from XPENG’s internal tests pending type approval.

Trims and prices in Denmark

Three Ultra trims, all fully electric. Starting prices in the Danish configurator as of 15 October 2026:

Danish trim	Seats	Drive	Starting price
Long Range Ultra	7	2WD	DKK 639,995
Performance Ultra	7	4WD	DKK 699,995
Performance Ultra	6	4WD	DKK 769,995

The three Danish configurations

Specification	Long Range Ultra, 7 seats	Performance Ultra, 7 seats	Performance Ultra, 6 seats
Drive	2WD	4WD	4WD
Seating layout	2+3+2	2+3+2	2+2+2
Motors	Rear: permanent magnet	Front: induction, rear: permanent magnet	Front: induction, rear: permanent magnet
Power	270 kW	430 kW (160 + 270)	430 kW (160 + 270)
Torque	465 Nm	695 Nm	695 Nm
0-100 km/h	7.0 s	4.9 s	4.9 s
Top speed	200 km/h	200 km/h	200 km/h
WLTP range	591 km	553 km	553 km
WLTP consumption	21.1 kWh/100 km	22.5 kWh/100 km	22.5 kWh/100 km
Premium package	DKK 68,900	DKK 68,900	Included

All three share the same battery and charging, see Range and charging, and the same payload, see Weights and payload.

Options and configuration prices

Option	Price
Electrically swivelling towbar	DKK 22,200
Arctic White	Included
Mirror Gray, Waving Green or Diamond Black	DKK 21,000
Tangerine or Meteorite Black interior	No extra charge
Premium package (seven seats)	DKK 68,900

The prices below are for Arctic White; another paint colour adds DKK 21,000. The six-seater costs DKK 1,100 more than a seven-seat Performance Ultra with the Premium package; the difference is the two individual second-row seats with armrests.

Configuration	Long Range Ultra, 7 seats	Performance Ultra, 7 seats	Performance Ultra, 6 seats
With Premium package	DKK 708,895	DKK 768,895	DKK 769,995
With Premium package and towbar	DKK 731,095	DKK 791,095	DKK 792,195

Danish prices, equipment and specifications checked on 15 October 2026. View your configuration with XPENG.

Prices in the other launch markets

Orders opened on 12 October in eight countries. The starting prices below are each market’s own, read in XPENG’s stores on 15 October 2026, and do not transfer between markets.

Market	Long Range Ultra, 7 seats	Performance Ultra, 7 seats	Performance Ultra, 6 seats	Note
Germany	€74,600	€79,600	€85,600	Premium package €4,990; deliveries from December 2026
France	€74,990	€79,990	€85,990
Belgium	€74,990	€79,990	€85,990
Netherlands	€74,990	€79,990	€85,990	The store shows a total price of €76,990 for the entry trim without a breakdown
Austria	€75,600	€80,600	€86,600
Norway	-	NOK 749,900	NOK 769,900	All-wheel drive only; launch offer with Premium package and towbar included until 31 December 2026
Sweden	SEK 849,900	SEK 899,900	SEK 979,900

Equipment: standard and Premium package

The equipment list is shared by the three Danish trims according to the Danish configurator, XPENG Norway’s specification sheet and XPENG Germany’s price list; the Norwegian and German sheets follow the Danish structure line by line. Where a market differs, it says so at the item. Standard on all three:

• Dual-chamber air suspension, DCC damping and rear-wheel steering.
• Heating, ventilation and massage in the first two rows (10-point; 16-point in the front seats with the Premium package), heating in the third; Nappa leather in the first two rows.
• 8.8-inch driver display, AR-HUD, 17.3-inch centre screen, 21.4-inch roof screen, 8-inch rear-seat screen and digital rear-view mirror.
• XOS 6.0 with Google Maps, CarPlay and Android Auto, DAB+, eSIM, Sentry Mode and over-the-air updates.
• 23 speakers, active road-noise cancellation, acoustic glass, three-zone climate with heat pump and a 12.5-litre fridge.
• Matrix LED headlights, soft-close doors, hands-free tailgate, panoramic glass roof with power sunshade, heated windscreen and rear window, 21-inch wheels.
• 6 kW V2L, 22 kW AC charger and eCall.

Premium package

The package costs DKK 68,900 on the two seven-seat trims and is included in the six-seat Performance Ultra. It contains:

• Power-operated front and rear doors (can be disabled) and illuminated power side steps.
• DLP pixel headlights with high-resolution adaptive high beam and a welcome light for the second row.
• Power sunshades for the second row and manual shades for the rear quarter windows.
• A zero-gravity front passenger seat with its own cushion airbag.
• 16-point massage in the front seats, AI seat adaptation, adjustable firmness, pneumatic thigh support for the driver, and adjustable bolsters and shoulder support.

Powered doors and side steps

All three trims have soft-close doors, deployable door handles and a hands-free power tailgate with memory. Power-operated doors and illuminated power side steps come with the Premium package. XPENG specifies pinch protection on the doors and side steps rated for up to 300 kg; the manual lets automatic deployment be set per side or switched off.

Voice control outside the car

External microphones and speakers let you open the tailgate, switch on the lights, fold the mirrors and open the charging flap by voice. XPENG has not stated which languages work from outside; in-cabin voice control is announced in German for Germany.

Headlights and light bars

Matrix LED headlights with adaptive high beam (ADB), cornering lights and automatic levelling are standard. The DLP pixel headlights, which can project graphics onto the road, and the welcome light for the second row come with the Premium package and are therefore included on the six-seater.

The front and rear light bars have 480 LEDs and a combined length of 6,462 mm according to XPENG; they animate when the car unlocks.

Keys: UWB, NFC and Apple Wallet

Every trim has a UWB key, a digital key on phone and watch, an NFC key card and remote control in the app. The NFC reader is on the driver-side mirror; inside the car the key is authenticated by the wireless charging pad.

On 13 October 2026, XPENG announced the G9L as its first model with Digital Key 3.0 in Apple Wallet: an iPhone with UWB unlocks and locks while it stays in a pocket, an iPhone or Apple Watch locks, unlocks and starts, and an iPhone can unlock on Power Reserve once its battery has run out, held to the reader in the mirror. The Danish configurator lists a UWB key and a digital key via smartphone and smartwatch on all three trims. Apple’s own model list did not name XPENG that day; the story has the details, and the Digital Key guide covers the app’s Bluetooth key on the other models.

The phone requirements below come from the manual. The key must be activated and paired with the car; available functions depend on the vehicle software and phone hardware.

Key type	Phone requirements in the manual
Android NFC key	NFC-equipped phone released in 2017 or later, running Android 13 or later. NFC must be enabled and the XPENG app selected as the default contactless payment app.
Apple Wallet with UWB and NFC	iPhone 11 or later with UWB hardware and the latest iOS version.
Apple Wallet with Bluetooth and NFC	iPhone SE, second or third generation, and iPhone 16e/17e and later models as listed in the manual, running the latest iOS version. These keys use Bluetooth and NFC without UWB.

Mirrors and windows

The mirrors are frameless, heated and power-folding with memory, with blind-spot warning, automatic dimming, logo lights and a radar that measures the water depth when wading. The side windows sit flush with the body; the glass behind the second row is tinted.

Warranty and service

XPENG Denmark gives a 7-year or 160,000 km vehicle warranty, 8 years or 160,000 km on the high-voltage battery, BMS and drivetrain, 3 years on paint, 12 years against corrosion and 5 years of roadside assistance in the EU. The warranty requires a service every 12 months or 20,000 km. Germany publishes the same 7 and 8 years. The warranty booklet for the individual car governs.

Platform and chassis

Rear-wheel steering

Standard on all three trims. The rear wheels turn by up to 7.5° in either direction according to XPENG Denmark, and the turning circle is 11 m according to the configurator and the Norwegian sheet; the German price list says ±5°, and XPENG Global’s image calls the 5.5 m a radius. At low speed the rear wheels turn against the fronts, at higher speed with them.

Platform and suspension

The G9L shares SEPA 3.0 with the GX; the European G9 uses SEPA 2.0. The dual-chamber air suspension with DCC damping is standard and raises or lowers the car by 70 mm in total, from 30 mm below to 40 mm above normal height; maximum ground clearance is 216 mm, the minimum fully loaded 176 mm, and the wading depth is 700 mm. Drive modes include Wet, Snow and Wading; the all-wheel-drive cars add Escape Mode. XPENG Global’s images of 7 October describe the rest:

• Aluminium double-wishbone front suspension and H-arm multilink rear suspension.
• Adaptive dampers with a 4,000 N adjustment range and a setting meant to reduce motion sickness.
• X-VMC, XPENG’s own chassis motion control, which shifts torque to keep the car settled in sharp lane changes.
• XPENG’s own tests: a launch off a ramp at 70 km/h, an uphill lane change at 65 km/h and a moose test at more than 80 km/h. The films are under Videos, the images in the gallery.

See the Chinese chassis specification.

The motion-sickness setting is called 6D Anti-Motion-Sickness Mode on the global model page; XPENG gives no measured effect. Richard Hammond’s drive at Millbrook in a right-hand-drive test car is under Videos.

Aerodynamics

The drag coefficient is Cd 0.246 for all three trims according to the Danish configurator; XPENG Norway’s specification sheet gives 0.258 for the seven-seater. The car has an active grille shutter and a roof spoiler with a 15° downward angle.

Safety

XPENG’s safety information for the European G9L falls into four areas. The figures are XPENG’s own; Euro NCAP has published no rating for the car.

• Body and airbags: nine airbags as standard, including a centre airbag between the front seats; the tenth, a cushion airbag in the zero-gravity seat, comes with the Premium package. The front and rear body sections are cast in one piece on a 16,000-tonne press.
• Active safety: automatic emergency braking up to 150 km/h, stability control after a tyre blowout (XPENG’s tests: 180 km/h with one front tyre, 150 km/h with two tyres on the same side), an assistant that stops the car if the driver becomes incapacitated, and a braking distance of 35.1 m from 100 km/h.
• Battery: IP68 and IP69K, four layers of underbody protection and an EIS safety chip that monitors the cells during charging and discharging.
• Redundancy: three safety layers for the brakes, two for the drive system and the internal emergency communication and four for door unlocking, so a single fault does not disable the function.

XPENG’s test programme

XPENG developed and tested the car over three years in 26 countries, covering more than 6.74 million test kilometres and 192 crash tests across more than 110 protocols based on Euro NCAP, ANCAP, C-NCAP and CIASI. XPENG Denmark writes that the company expects five Euro NCAP stars; that is an expectation, not a result. The illustrations of the test programmes are in the gallery.

An XPENG Global film published on 2 October 2026 takes one test car through seven consecutive trials: five minutes of full submersion, underbody scraping at 35 km/h, a rollover at 50 km/h, and front, rear and side impacts stated as 100 km/h. The battery pack is then removed for a 150-second fire test. The film shows 70 seconds of direct and 80 seconds of indirect fire exposure, followed by the result after two hours at rest.

The results apply to the trials and test cars shown and cannot be compared with a Euro NCAP rating. The film is under Videos, the eight illustrations in the gallery, and the Chinese model page covers the remaining development evidence.

XPENG’s illustrations of stability in water, rain, snow and after a tyre blowout and of the backup systems are in the gallery. They are the company’s campaign claims, neither advice to drive through floodwater nor a guarantee after a puncture.

The global model page also gives a torsional rigidity of 40,841 Nm/degree and 62 types of crash test; how they relate to the 192 tests is not explained.

The braking test conditions are not stated, and the AEB figure is the system’s operating range, not a guarantee. The driver-incapacitation assistant is meant to pull the car over and stop on a motorway; XPENG has not said when it activates.

The battery pack was tested with 24 hours of immersion at a depth of one metre and with high-pressure water jets without water entering; XPENG also claims resistance to rifle fire without fire or explosion. The test conditions are not stated, and the tests concern the pack, not the car’s wading depth.

Emergency access and jump-starting with a flat 12 V battery

Leads behind the front tow-hook cover can be connected to an external 12 V source. Their sole purpose is to unlock the left front door if the car’s low-voltage battery is discharged. They must not be used to charge the battery or power the car’s other electrical systems.

The actual jump-start terminals are under the service cover in the boot. Follow the manual’s procedure and safety instructions; the front emergency leads and the rear connection points must not be used at the same time.

Assisted driving and AI

Cars are delivered with the XPILOT assistants: adaptive cruise control, lane centring, adaptive turn assist, intelligent speed assist, automatic lane change and the surround view for driving; emergency braking, collision and cross-traffic warnings, traffic-sign recognition, blind-spot, door-opening and lane warnings, and driver and cabin monitoring for safety; automatic and remote parking, a 360-degree camera and a transparent chassis view for parking. The list is in the Danish configurator and is the same on the three trims.

NGP, XPENG’s navigation assistant on second-generation VLA, is not active at delivery. XPENG Denmark’s press release of 12 October: XPENG expects to introduce NGP in Europe through staged software updates from 2027, activation depends on local law and regulatory approval, and the driver must keep supervising. XPENG Norway writes that no timeline has been set for Norway. All three Danish trims have the hardware: two Turing XP5 chips, and NGP and Full-Scenario VLA 2.0 are on the equipment list subject to approval.

XPENG aims to become the first carmaker certified under UN Regulation 171, Series 02, and in Paris ran public NGP test rides on the city’s streets and in the show’s Autonomous Lab, where Tesla was the only other brand. What the model does is in the VLA article, and which chips sit in which car in the assistance-hardware article.

Europe and Denmark: status after Paris

Built in Graz

The G9L comes off the line at Magna in Austria, the same plant as the G6, G9 and P7+. The first production trial was complete on 7 October 2026, and the first pre-production car drove the 1,324 km to Paris before the premiere. XPENG has delivered more than 100,000 cars outside China, around 60,000 of them in Europe.

The Paris launch

The G9L was launched for Europe on 12 October 2026 at the Paris Motor Show in Porte de Versailles. He Xiaopeng presented the car on stand A51 in Hall 6, 1,008 m² shared with the L03, P7+, G6, G9, X9, the Land Aircraft Carrier flying car and two IRON robots. Orders opened the same day in eight countries; the prices are under Prices in the other launch markets. XPENG summed up its strategy as “In Europe, For Europe, With Europe” and at the same time opened its technology to other carmakers under the name XPENG AI Engineering. I attended XPENG’s press day in Paris myself.

Status after Paris

• Delivery: XPENG Denmark expects the first cars to be on view at dealers at the end of November 2026; no customer delivery date has been given, and the configurator shows none. Germany delivers from December, Norway “towards the end of the year”. Ejner Hessel writes that the delivery date is not yet known and shows the car in Køge on 24-25 October.
• Test drives: none of the outlets we follow has published a test of the finished European car; FDM expects its first test drive at the end of November.
• Assistance: XPILOT from delivery, NGP by update from 2027 after approval. See Assisted driving.
• Still open: the software build at delivery (XPENG Denmark advertises XOS 6.0), the Euro NCAP rating and the EREV in Europe.

The European version

The equipment on this page is the Danish car’s, after the configurator and the Norwegian and German sheets. The car is developed for 64 markets; whether the others get the same version is not known.

On sale in 11 countries in the Middle East and Africa

XPENG launched the G9L and the GX at an event in Dubai on 2 November 2026, and sales opened the same day (XPENG’s Weibo post). The G9L’s 11 countries are the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Tunisia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Nigeria and Ghana. Pre-sale prices in the UAE start at AED 259,000 (about €62,900). XPENG’s post gives neither the powertrain nor a delivery date.

Official documentation

G9L owner’s manual in English. This is an early digital beta of XPENG’s official manual, version 1.4. It covers several equipment and seating configurations, so the final Danish car may differ. The manual is reproduced with permission.

European timeline

25 February 2026 - named for Danish readers. FDM visited the Guangzhou headquarters and put numbers on the car: around five metres, a 3,100 mm wheelbase, six or seven seats for Europe, and Austrian assembly alongside G6, G9 and P7+. The Danish importer confirmed four new models for 2026.

3 August 2026 - the G9L becomes official. XPENG releases the first images and, through XPENG Denmark, announces its position above the G9 and its forthcoming European premiere in Paris.

7 August 2026 - Munich. He Xiaopeng wrote about camouflaged cars on road tests in Munich with international media and guests. This was the July trip described under From conversation to test drive. He credited the calm ride on narrow streets and Belgian cobbles to the smart chassis and rear-wheel steering.

14 September 2026 - Millbrook. XPENG posted a film of the British presenter Richard Hammond driving a right-hand-drive G9L at the Millbrook proving ground in England. The air suspension and the rear-wheel steering are tuned for British roads, in XPENG’s words. The film is the company’s own material, and the firmest thing in it comes from Hammond himself: the UK specifications are not set yet.

29 September 2026 - XPENG starts its European campaign. XPENG Global shares an interview with Sven De Smet, Head of Brand and Product Europe. XPENG Denmark posts a short G9L teaser on the same day. The interviews are under Videos.

30 September 2026 - the global Paris campaign. XPENG Global announces the G9L’s public debut at the Paris Motor Show and a launch across 64 markets. The campaign includes design and powertrain interviews, Sven De Smet on the car in Europe and four international colour names. The images are in the gallery, and the films under Videos.

7 October 2026 - First trial production at Magna in Graz. XPENG also confirms dual-chamber air suspension, variable damping and rear-wheel steering as standard equipment.

9 October 2026 - XPENG Global publishes WLTP and charging figures. Norwegian, Irish and Finnish media file the first reports from the Swiss press day with pre-production cars.

11 October 2026 - Paris Night. XPENG’s evening before the show, with braking distance, battery safety, NGP and “EU Mandate: Jan 2027” on the slides.

12 October 2026 - launched in Paris. He Xiaopeng presents the European G9L at the Paris Motor Show, and orders open in eight countries, in Denmark from DKK 639,995. XPENG Denmark expects the first cars at dealers at the end of November. See Status after Paris.

13 October 2026 - car key in Apple Wallet. XPENG announces the G9L as its first model with Digital Key 3.0 in Apple Wallet, with UWB, Apple Watch and Power Reserve. See Keys: UWB, NFC and Apple Wallet.

23-25 October 2026 - Oslo Motor Show. Norwegian premiere at NOVA Spektrum in Lillestrøm, eleven days after Paris. XPENG Norway will show the G9L alongside the L03, Land Aircraft Carrier and IRON robot. The news story has the detail.

24-25 October 2026 - Køge. Ejner Hessel shows the G9L at its new Køge site, by the dealer’s own account the first dealer in Europe to do so after Paris.

End of November 2026 - the dealers. XPENG Denmark’s expectation for the first cars at Danish dealers.

XPENG Guru: From conversation to test drive

My G9L story began before XPENG announced the car. In summer 2024, shortly after I received my G9, I met Ye Zhiming at XPENG in Copenhagen. He was then on the G9 team and is now G9L Overseas Product Expert. He wanted my feedback on the G9, then asked how I imagined a future large XPENG SUV and outlined some of the ideas the team was considering. My answers came from daily life with my own car on Danish roads and my personal views on this type of vehicle.

When I visited Guangzhou in November 2025 and met him again, G02 (the internal codename) was described as a new model in its own right, not a direct successor to the current G9. Publicly the car did not exist yet: the first spy shots came three months later, in February 2026 (timeline). He Xiaopeng has since dated the model’s start to around 2023, which puts the Copenhagen conversation about a year into the programme. Whether an owner’s wishlist from that summer influenced the finished car, I have no idea. I had not seen the car myself, only heard it described and answered the questions I was asked about it.

I have since seen and driven two pre-production cars: a brief drive in the range-extended version in Denmark on 25 June, then the fully electric version in Munich during the L03 launch. Both were camouflaged, as the images below show. I am not a journalist or a car reviewer. These drives help me understand the car and its software, share what I learn here and in online communities, and give feedback to XPENG.

The Munich trip was on 17 July 2026, the day after XPENG’s Brand Day there. Footage later appeared in the global road-test campaign shared on Chinese social media in August. My son and I appear in three XPENG films from the trip: the international media film, where I am one of the invited drivers and interviewees, He Xiaopeng’s own film and the montage from that post. My comment on the car became one of the four quote images XPENG shared afterwards. The role in front of the camera was new to me; I normally stand behind it and write the trip up afterwards.

Technical reference from the manual

Q&A

Gallery

Official exterior and cabin press images, XPENG Global’s European campaign and earlier road tests. Chinese colours, cabin images and launch images are in the China gallery.

Campaign images: XPENG Global. Earlier road-test images: XPENG’s official Weibo posts.

Videos

The films cover voice control, navigation, parking, safety tests, chassis development and road testing, alongside XPENG’s presentation of the car ahead of the Paris launch. Test cars and campaign films do not establish the final equipment of European production versions.

Videos: XPENG Global and XPENG’s official Chinese Weibo posts.

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XPENG’s Danish G9L configurator, checked on 15 October 2026 - prices, specifications and equipment lists for the three Ultra trims; two Turing AI chips; NGP and VLA 2.0 await regulatory approval.

• XPENG Denmark, 12 October 2026: “XPENG afslører danske priser på sit nye flagskib G9L” - prices, equipment, XPILOT at delivery, NGP from 2027, first cars at dealers at the end of November, 15 press images.
• XPENG Germany, 12 October 2026 - German prices, deliveries from December 2026, warranty, WLTP homologation caveat; Technische Daten & Preisliste (PDF).
• XPENG Norway, 12 October 2026 - Norwegian prices, delivery towards the end of the year, no NGP timeline for Norway; Specsheet 12.10.26 (PDF, dated 11 October).
• XPENG Denmark: service and warranty, read on 15 October 2026.
• XPENG Denmark’s G9L model page, read on 15 October 2026 - XOS 6.0, the type-approval caveat.
• XPENG’s Weibo post, 3 November 2026 (14:47 Beijing time) - the Dubai launch on 2 November and the pre-sale price in the United Arab Emirates; the 11 countries are on the presentation in the post’s pictures.
• XPENG’s G9L model page for Hong Kong, read on 3 November 2026 - REEV AWD Ultra with six and seven seats, WLTP consumption, acceleration, the type-approval caveat.
• XPENG’s stores in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Norway and Sweden, read on 15 October 2026 - starting prices per trim.
• FDM, 13 October 2026 - first test drive expected at the end of November; Ejner Hessel, read on 15 October - delivery date not yet known, Køge 24-25 October.

Older sources documenting the campaign and the timeline:

European press releases, XPENG Global’s reveal campaign and earlier European road tests. Campaign material shows announced features; the Danish allocation across trims is in the configurator.

• XPENG: Four additional factory photos from Graz
• XPENG: Trial production at Magna in Graz
• XPENG Global: voice control, navigation and parking (9 October 2026)
• XPENG Global: EV, EREV, WLTP and charging (9 October 2026)
• XPENG Global, 2 October 2026: backup functions · detail illustrations
• XPENG Global, 2 October 2026: Stability · Overview · Trials 1-3 · Impacts and fire
• XPENG Global on X, 2 October 2026: test programmes (the post has since been removed; the four illustrations are archived in the gallery) · safety film
• XPENG European press release - G9L (3 August 2026), via XPENG Denmark / PR
• XPENG press release via PR Newswire (1 October 2026) - the G9L launch and XPENG’s programme at the Paris Motor Show: press conference 11:10-11:25 on stand A51 in Hall 6, European prices and orders
• XPENG Global on X (1 October 2026) - film of the AI-adaptive front seats
• XPENG Global on X (1 October 2026) - film of the power-folding third row
• XPENG Global on X (1 October 2026) - film of the one-touch seat-to-bed
• XPENG Global on X (30 September 2026) - the Munich road test with He Xiaopeng, with English subtitles; the caption calls air suspension and rear-wheel steering standard
• XPENG Global on X (7 October 2026) - the chassis images, ramp and lane change and the films of the ramp and the off-road challenges; 5.5 m turning radius and the note on market differences
• XPENG Global on X (1 October 2026) - feature images for cabin technology, roof screen, fridge and audio, the six seats and boot and towing
• XPENG’s European G9L owner’s manual (XPENG TIS, model GBLY, version 1.4; early digital beta edition of the official manual) - dimensions, weights, batteries, motors, tyres, digital keys, cabin equipment, power sockets and emergency access. The manual covers several equipment and seating configurations.
• XPENG Europe post (18 August 2026) - four-wheel steering angle ±7.5° and turning radius 5.4 m
• XPENG’s seat slide on Weibo (全体型 AI 主动贴合座椅, September 2026) - air pump, adjustment motors and pneumatic solenoid valves per front seat
• He Xiaopeng Weibo (7 August 2026) - Munich media road test; 64 markets; chassis / rear-wheel steering on narrow streets and Belgian cobblestones
• XPENG Weibo (7 August 2026) - global road test (26 countries/regions · 6.74+ million km); quote images (incl. xpeng.guru); global road-test montage video
• XPENG Weibo and @XPENG_Global, 27-28 August 2026 - the VLA 2.0 presentation: the third Turing chip, UN R171 (DCAS) as the named European route with test footage from Germany, the Netherlands, France and Australia, and the driver-incapacitation assistant as standard on the Chinese trims.
• XPENG official corporate release on second-generation VLA, 27 August 2026 (published 1 September 2026) - second-generation VLA upgrade for G9L; 4D spatiotemporal model, Infini-VLA, X-Foresight, Master Agent, Turing VLA 2.0 Lite on Max and local validation testing in Germany
• XPENG Norway / NTB Kommunikasjon (1 September 2026) - official confirmation of G9L as a luxury model above G9 with Paris premiere (October 2026) and exclusive 6- and 7-seat configurations in Norway
• XPENG Q2 2026 earnings conference call (24 August 2026) - He Xiaopeng: official China launch and deliveries in September; the VLA 2.0 upgrade rolling out in China from the end of August, European regulatory approval targeted for the first half of 2027 and overseas delivery after it. The written results release does not name the G9L date
• FDM (25 February 2026) - Guangzhou headquarters visit; G02 named with wheelbase, seat count and Austrian assembly; Danish importer on 2026 model timing
• Autohome (18 February 2026) - first G02 spy shots and the note that little was known about the car at that point
• Mondial de l’Auto / Paris Motor Show 2026 - official dates 12-18 October 2026
• XPENG Denmark / Hey XPENG on Facebook, 29 September 2026: the short G9L teaser
• XPENG Global: Sven De Smet on G9L, 29 September 2026; 30 September: Paris debut and 64 markets, Joan Melenchon on design, Jacky Gu on powertrain and international colour names; the colour film
• XPENG’s international G9L launch press release, 18 September 2026 - dimensions, production in Guangzhou and Graz, and the Paris launch on 12 October in Hall 6
• XPENG Global, 30 September 2026: powered doors, side steps, exterior voice control and DLP headlights; dimensions, light bars and aerodynamics; 21-inch wheels, mirrors, grille shutter and spoiler
• XPENG G9L Global Launch - official Facebook Live event, 12 October 2026 at 10:30 CEST
• XPENG Global on X: XPENG at the Paris Motor Show (9 October 2026) - stand A51 in Hall 6 at 1,008 m², He Xiaopeng’s presentation and the models on show
• XPENG Global on X: Live from Paris (9 October 2026; the post has since been removed) - the image with the live stream on 12 October at 11:10 CEST, archived in the gallery; the press conference began at 12:20
• XPENG Global: G9L megapixel headlights at night, 30 September 2026
• XPENG: First European G9L trial production (7 October 2026).
• Tek.no: First look at G9L, including 22 kW AC charging (9 October 2026).
• TV 2 Broom: G9L in Norway and the Norwegian specification (9 October 2026).
• CompleteCar: G9L and 22 kW AC charging (9 October 2026).
• Moottori: G9L and 22 kW AC charging (9 October 2026).
• XPENG Paris Night, Paris, 11 October 2026 - presentation slides and accompanying G9L information on charging, V2L, cabin equipment, active safety, battery protection and NGP VLA 2.0; the UN Regulation No. 171 Series 02 slide with XPENG’s “EU Mandate: Jan 2027”.
• XPENG’s press release from the Paris Motor Show, 12 October 2026 - European launch, French starting price €74,990, six and seven seats, 591 km WLTP, 10-80% in 11.7 minutes, NGP test rides, the Autonomous Lab and UN Regulation No. 171, Series 02.
• XPENG’s launch presentation in Paris, 12 October 2026 - the price slide with starting prices in eight European countries (press material), checked against XPENG’s configurators in the same countries that day; Norway all-wheel drive only.
• XPENG on Weibo, 12 October 2026: second-generation VLA for European customers in 2027 · Google Play in the Google partnership · “In Europe, For Europe, With Europe”.
• XPENG Global on Facebook, 15 October 2026 - “XPENG Welcomes Google Play”: Google Play built into the cars’ screens, with a new app experience in early 2027; no models or markets named.
• XPENG Global on X, 13 October 2026 - the image on Digital Key 3.0 in Apple Wallet for the G9L: UWB key, iPhone and Apple Watch, Power Reserve; Apple’s model list for CarPlay and car keys, checked the same day, does not name XPENG.

XPENG’s European announcement (30 September 2026). Official exterior and cabin photographs.