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Design driven: Xpeng G6

By 2025-06-20T11:03:00

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After a week with the G6, it is clear this is an accomplished vehicle in its own right. However, this newcomer is perhaps let down by familiar UX issues present across the market

Xpeng – short for Xiaopeng and rhyming with “now pung” – is one of various Chinese brands to find its feet in Europe and the UK in almost no time at all.

An established brand in its home market, the company’s first offering over here is the G6, a large fastback crossover that aims to balance premium feel with wallet friendly pricing. Car Design News recently spent a week with the G6 and racked up several hundred miles in the process, dotting up and down motorways, country roads and even the cobbled streets of Soho in central London. 

Xpeng in fact describes the G6 as an “Ultra Smart Coupe SUV” (USCSUV?) and is offered in standard and long range specification. Both send power to the rear wheels from a 66kWh or 87.5kWh battery pack, pushing 190kW (about 250bhp) or 210kW (280bhp) respectively and 440Nm of torque regardless.

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