Xpeng G6 Review 2025: Price, specs & boot space

Taken on its own merits, the XPeng G6 is a well-equipped EV with a good range and impressively fast charging, a nice interior and an unusual look. However, factor in the price and its flaws suddenly become easier to overlook. It's not the best car of this type on the market, but it is decent, and if you want to save a few thousand quid without sacrificing a level of premium feel, then it could be for you.

It's also worth noting that there's no all-wheel-drive (AWD) model available in the UK at the time of writing, which could be another drawback if you live somewhere where having both axles scrabbling for grip is an advantage.

There's only one standard trim on the G6, so your only choice in that respect is paint colour and whether you want a grey interior or a black one. When it comes to battery, pick the one that best suits your needs. The Standard Range model will get you up to 270 miles on a single charge, which will be enough for most people that do everyday around-town driving, and the odd longer journey.

The Long Range model takes that max up to 354 miles, which could be attractive if you do long journeys more often, or to areas with sparse public charging availability. It's around £5000 more expensive, which isn't a huge amount when paying over several years.

Either way, the G6's fast charging capability will make public charging on longer journeys more palatable.

The obvious rival to the XPeng G6 is Tesla's Model Y, which is a superior car overall but also more expensive, with a starting price of around £45,000. Other cars you may want to consider include the Volkswagen ID.5 (the coupe version of the ID.4), which has slower charging than the XPeng, the Hyundai Ioniq 5, which starts at around the same price but isn't as well equipped as standard, and the Kia EV6, which like the Hyundai matches the XPeng's 800V charging capabilities but doesn't have the breadth of tech. Other rivals include the Skoda Enyaq Coupe and the Polestar 2.

The XPeng G6 has an impressively high-end interior for the price. This is aided by the number of features included as standard, but the general fit and finish is very good, too. Soft-touch materials abound on top of the dash and on the door cards, while the middle sections use textured plastics that feel solid, although not quite at the level of top-tier materials from the likes of BMW or Audi.

Everything feels well put together and robust, although our test car did have a couple of slightly wonky join lines between different elements. Nothing serious, though. The synthetic leather used on the seats and steering wheel feels great, and the buttons and dials press with a suitably refined action.

Infotainment duties in the XPeng G6 are carried out via a large 15-inch touchscreen (well, 14.96-inch if you want to be exact) mounted in the centre of the dashboard. It's very Tesla-like, in that everything is controlled through this display – there are no separate climate controls, shortcuts or buttons except for those on the steering wheel. Unlike Teslas, key driving information is shown on a smaller 10.2-inch screen behind the steering wheel. There's no head-up display, however.

The software is XPeng's own operating system, and it looks good, with quick responses and fast animation. XPeng offers over-the-air updates to keep things fresh, and there's an XPeng app that lets you remotely lock and unlock the car, check battery status and perform various other functions, although we weren't able to test this on our review car. Various music, video, entertainment and social media apps keep you occupied if you're waiting for the car to charge.

The G6 also features Apple CarPlay and Android Auto via a USB-C port, although if you prefer your navigation and entertainment functions via your smartphone, you'll find it a bit of a faff to adjust other settings. Because of the lack of shortcut buttons – even on the screen, if you're in CarPlay – you need no fewer than four screen taps to get to the temperature controls, which is far too many when you're on the move. This isn't just for extra heat or cooling – the direction of the dashboard fans is controlled solely through the software, so if there's cold air blowing on you, you'll need to tap away until you can use the graphical interface to adjust them.

Some rivals inset the CarPlay screen, with proprietary controls displayed around the outside, and this would be a preferable solution for quick access. There's a workaround of sorts via the included voice assistant; although we haven't spent too much time with it thus far, it seems to respond quickly and understand natural English. You can use it to adjust the temperature and various other settings without tap-tap-tapping your way to frustration.

Other tech includes dual wireless 50W phone chargers on top of the centre console, with a cooling function to stop them from overheating. An 18-speaker, 960-Watt Xopera sound system is also standard, and sounds great.

The XPeng G6 is 4753mm long, 1920mm wide and 1650mm high, which makes it almost exactly the same size as the Model Y and the EV6. The interior, bathed in light from that panoramic sunroof, is spacious front and back, with lots of legroom and headroom for adult occupants, despite the sloping, coupe-style roofline.

General storage (the lack of glovebox aside) is also good, with a large space under the floating centre console, and a big cubby hole under the central armrest. The door bins are a good size, and there are twin cupholders up front.

The boot is spacious at 571 litres, expandable to 1374 litres if you fold the back seats flat. That's more space than you'll get in the Ioniq 5 and the EV6, but some way behind the gargantuan 854 litres of space you get in the Model Y. In fairness, that capacity includes the space in the Tesla's under-bonnet "frunk", which the XPeng doesn't have.

All Xpeng G6s are rear-wheel drive – while XPeng does make all-wheel-drive variants for other markets, you can't get them here at the moment. The Standard Range model has a 258PS motor with a 66kWh battery, while the Long Range model has a 286PS motor with a 87.5kWh battery. Despite the Long Range model's extra power, the extra weight of the larger battery means the straight-line performance is very similar between the two versions; the Standard Range car hits 62mph from standstill in 6.6 seconds, while the Long Range manages it in 6.2.

Both models have an 11kW on-board charger. The Long Range model supports DC charging at up to 280kW, while the Standard Range can charge at up to around 215kW, which means both should charge from 10% to 80% in around 20 minutes on a suitable charger.

The XPeng G6 Long Range model will take you further between charges – 354 miles compared to 270 miles in the Standard Range car, according to official figures. On our Long Range test car, we achieved around 3.5 miles per kWh, which would equate to a 'real world' range of just over 300 miles. 

To put the official figures in context, a Tesla Model Y manages up to 311 miles in the standard version, 353 miles as an all-wheel drive Long Range, and 387 miles as a rear-wheel drive Long Range. For the X6 to get reasonably close to those figures while costing a lot less is impressive. 

As with all electric cars, there's no engine noise to intrude into the XPeng G6's cabin while driving. Road and wind noise is also kept at bay, although on rougher surfaces, you might hear some rumbling from the tyres.

Overall refinement is very good, save for the unsettled ride mentioned above. It doesn't feel as plush as, say, a BMW iX3 or a Mercedes EQC, but then those cars start around £20,000 more expensive than the XPeng – it's impressive that there are comparisons between them in the first place. Compared to the Ioniq 5 and the EV6, the XPeng stacks up well.

The XPeng G6 is loaded with safety and advanced driver assistance systems as standard, with an advanced automatic emergency braking function, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping and lane centring, blind-spot and rear cross-traffic recognition among its long list of features.

You can see a graphical representation on the digital driver display of how the various systems monitor your surroundings as you drive, down to the placement of road cones, pedestrians and, of course, other vehicles.

The G6 hasn't been tested by independent safety organisation Euro NCAP, but it has been tested by the Chinese equivalent, C-NCAP, and scored the maximum five-star score.

As XPeng is new to the UK market, we have no data to vouch for its reliability. However, it comes with a decent five-year, 75,000-mile warranty from new, with the battery and electrical equipment covered for eight years and 100,000 miles and the body for 12 years and unlimited mileage.

That's not market-leading – Kia offers a seven-year, 100,000-mile vehicle warranty – but it's better than standard.

The XPeng G6 Standard Range model sits in insurance group 43 of 50, while the Long Range model is in group 44.

In comparison, the Tesla Model Y sits between groups 39 and 50 depending on spec, but the Kia EV6 is between groups 29 and 40. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 ranges from group 29 to 41.

All that means that the XPeng's premiums are likely to be a touch higher than some rivals, but very similar to those of the Tesla.

While Vehicle Excise Duty on electric cars used to cost nothing, the rules have now changed and from the second year of registration you'll need to pay the same flat rate of tax as on all other cars – currently £195 per year. The Standard Range car, in standard form, costs less than £40,000 new so won't attract the extra surcharge for expensive cars, but the Long Range model will, meaning you'll have to pay an extra £425 a year for five years.

There's just one trim level on the XPeng G6, which means your only major decision is whether to go for the Standard Range car or the Long Range model.

Whichever you go for, you'll get a long list of standard equipment. Every car rides on 20-inch alloy wheels and comes with a full-length panoramic roof. The front seats are heated, ventilated and adjust electrically, and the steering wheel is heated, too. As well as the dual wireless phone chargers there are four USB-C ports to charge devices, a 960W sound system and a heat pump, as well as vehicle-to-load (V2L) capability, which lets you power external appliances using a three-pin plug.

Options include a relatively small number of metallic paint choices – Arctic White, Graphite Grey, Midnight Black and Silver Frost are all included as standard on the Standard Range Model, but the Long Range Model comes as standard in White with the other colours as a £700 option. It also has the £900 option of Fiery Orange paint. Long Range customers also get a free Ohme home charger, at least until the end of September 2025.