The Leapmotor D99 is the model’s first-ever MPV and essentially the most bold product the Stellantis-backed Chinese language model has ever constructed. Revealed in skeleton type on the firm’s Tenth-anniversary occasion in Hangzhou final December and teased steadily ever since, the D99 has lastly gone on sale in China on June 25, with deliveries set to start on July 20.
The model made its title promoting value-for-money EVs such because the C10 and B10 we already get right here in Malaysia, however the D99 is a play for the premium people-mover phase, going head-to-head with the Denza D9, GAC M8, Zeekr 009, Xpeng X9 and Li Auto Mega. Leapmotor’s pitch, as ever, is aggressive: it’s calling the D99 a “million-yuan expertise at a 300,000-yuan worth.”
The D99 is obtainable in six variants priced from 249,800 yuan to 319,800 yuan in China, roughly equal to RM148,000-RM189,000. The vary opens with the extended-range (EREV) model at 249,800 yuan, with the pure-electric (BEV) model priced larger.
The D99 measures 5,280 mm lengthy, 1,995 mm extensive and 1,880 mm tall, with a 3,110 mm wheelbase, which is longer than a Toyota Alphard. Its seating structure is 7 seats organized in three rows in a 2+2+3 config.
The EREV model makes use of a 800V platform and pairs a 1.5-litre turbocharged vary extender with twin motors and an 80.3 kWh battery. It offers the D99 EREV p to 352 km of pure-electric vary on the WLTC cycle. The BEV model makes use of a 1000V platform and makes use of CATL’s 115 kWh battery, which is alleged to be a intelligent NCM-LFP chemistry that blends ternary lithium and lithium iron phosphate throughout the identical cell to lift power density whereas protecting prices in examine. CLTC vary is rated at as much as 700 km.
The chassis rides on a dual-chamber closed air suspension paired with CDC constantly variable damping customary throughout the vary, plus a road-surface energetic preview operate that reads the street forward.
ADAS is powered by two Qualcomm Snapdragon 8797 chips delivering a mixed 1,280 TOPS of computing energy. ADAS is powered by a VLA (Imaginative and prescient-Language-Motion) massive mannequin fed by a roof-mounted LiDAR, with voice-operated capabilities together with lane modifications and overtaking.
Lively security contains AEB operational from 4–150 km/h and an AES emergency evasive steering operate working between 80–130 km/h.
The inside of the Leapmotor D99 is constructed round a five-screen interface: a ten.25-inch digital instrument cluster, a 17.3-inch central touchscreen, a 50-inch AR-HUD, a 6-inch second-row management display and a 21.4-inch 3K rear leisure display (electrically adjustable from 90° to 110°). Audio comes from a 23-speaker Dolby Atmos system rated at 2,304W, together with headrest audio system for the driving force. There’s a six-zone voice assistant (“AI household butler”) operating on an on-device massive mannequin.
Seating is the actual get together trick. The second-row zero-gravity aviation seats rotate as much as 180° for face-to-face conferencing with the third row, with a 90° scenic-view mode, plus heating, air flow, therapeutic massage and folding tables. The seats additionally assist a forty five° rotating “welcome” mode with lighting on entry. The third row folds fully flat to type a mattress, and with the second and third rows mixed, the D99 creates a near-2.5-metre flat sleeping area.
Different niceties embody an electrical fridge, semi-aniline top-grain leather-based, 3.9 m of ambient lighting, and apparently even an oxygen concentrator, maybe in case Covid comes again to hang-out us? Boot area is 706 litres customary, increasing to 2,890 litres with the third row stowed.
As issues stand, there isn’t a right-hand-drive model of the Leapmotor D99 as of now. So long as there may be now RHD mannequin and indicators of exports outdoors of China, no timeline for a Malaysian launch but.
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