Stellantis Malaysia has formally launched the 2024 Leapmotor C10, with the all-electric Chinese language SUV making its Malaysian market debut a month after its right-hand drive preview. The D-segment five-seater from Ling Pao – because the model is thought in Chinese language (therefore the initials that type the brand) – goes on sale right here in a sole variant type, and that is the high-specification Design, priced at RM149,000 till November 30, 2024. Following this, the C10 will retail for RM159,000.
That outlay luggage you a sizeable providing with loads in the way in which of package and tech. Measuring in at 4,739 mm lengthy, 1,900 mm extensive, 1,680 mm tall, with a wheelbase of two,825 mm, the C10 shouldn’t be diminutive. Certainly, from a measurement perspective, it’s a D-segment providing that’s bigger than most of its price-point rivals in lots of markets.
In Malaysia, it goes up towards the likes of the Proton X90 and Chery Tiggo 8 Professional from a measurement viewpoint, whereas within the EV house, it’ll compete towards fashions such because the BYD Atto 3 and Proton eMas 7, regardless of being bigger than each.
Like in different international markets equivalent to Europe, the UK and Australia, the C10 for Malaysia is accessible solely in single-motor rear-wheel drive guise, with the electrical motor providing 218 PS (160 kW) and 320 Nm in the way in which of output. That is adequate to maneuver the 1,980 kg providing from standstill to 100 km/h in 7.5 seconds all the way in which to a rated prime velocity of 170 km/h.
A lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery with a 69.9 kWh capability presents the C10 as much as 424 km of WLTP-rated journey (477 km, NEDC) on a single cost. As for charging, the unit can settle for a most of 84 kW of DC quick charging, which might juice it up from a 30 to 80% state-of-charge (SoC) in about half-hour. With AC, the utmost fee is 6.6 kW, the place 6.1 hours is required to attain the identical SoC.
Mechanical highlights embrace a specifically-tuned suspension distinctive to the C10 bought in export markets. On this case, devoted chassis tuning for the SUV in its international type was carried out by Stellantis’ chassis tuning staff at Balocco, Italy, the place Maserati has its proving floor.
As for exterior styling, the C10 has a clear, traditional-looking form, and 20-inch ‘Trident’ alloys, that are wrapped with 245/45 profile Dunlop e.Sport Maxx tyres, complement the look additional. Exterior package consists of LED auto headlights and daytime working lights, with the slim profiling for the sunshine assemblies replicated for the rear models. Elsewhere, you’ll discover manually-operated flush door handles, a roof spoiler and rear privateness glass.
Inside, the clear pitch continues, with the one outstanding gadgets to sight being a two-spoke steering wheel and two digital shows, the primary being a ten.25-inch instrument panel with 1920 x 720 of decision and a 14.6-inch, high-definition central show with 2560 x 1440 of decision.
The OS utilises a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip, which the automaker says offers clean, lag-free efficiency that can proceed to be refined by way of common over-the-air updates. The infotainment system includes a 840 watt, 12-speaker encompass sound audio system that has been fully-developed in-house by Leapmotor in addition to satellite tv for pc navigation, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. There’s nevertheless no Apple CarPlay or Android Auto connectivity.
Aside from that omission, the gear checklist is robust, with gadgets on the spec sheet together with Oeko-Tex Commonplace 100 ‘silicone leather-based’ seat upholstery, mentioned to be liquid resistant and “baby-friendly,” introduced in a alternative of two inside color schemes.
Moreover, you’ll discover a dual-zone automated local weather management system with built-in PM2.5 filtration, a 42-inch fastened panoramic glass roof with electrical sunshade in addition to heated/ventilated powered entrance seats (six-way driver, four-way entrance passenger), wi-fi telephone charging, 4 USB ports (one 12-watt Sort A, one 60-watt Sort C every, entrance and rear), ambient inside lighting and a powered tailgate.
There’s just one key sort for the C10, and that’s a NFC card key, with the facet mirror cowl offering the faucet entry level for locking/unlocking. By the way, the NFC key card must be positioned on the centre console for the automobile to be began. A Leapmotor cellular app can be used to offer entry to the automobile.
As famous in our first drive report of it, one of many C10’s USPs is its house, on this case on the rear, no shock given the scale section it’s in and due to its five-seat configuration. There’s an unimaginable quantity of legroom (951 mm) and a excessive diploma of airiness within the cabin, particularly throughout the rear house, what with 1,050 mm of headroom.
That’s with all of the seats up. In case you want extra horizontal acreage, it’s attainable to fold down each entrance seats flat, with the headrests eliminated, to make for an ample sofa, and folding the rear seats utterly down yields a 1.8 metre-long by 1.2 metre-wide mattress house.
As for pure cargo house, the C10 presents 435 litres of boot quantity with the rear seats up, and folding down the 60:40 rear bench will increase this capability to 1,410 litres. A frunk presents a further 32 litres of carrying house.
By way of security and driving help gear, the C10 is supplied with seven airbags, rear parking sensors and a 360-degree digicam. It additionally includes a Stage 2 ADAS suite with 12 high-precision sensors providing 17 associated features together with adaptive cruise management, clever velocity help, site visitors jam help, ahead collision warning, AEB, lane departure warning, lane maintaining help and emergency lane maintaining. Nonetheless, in contrast to China, there’s no Lidar on the worldwide C10.
Lastly, exterior color selections out there for it, and there are 4, on this case Cover Gray, Pearly White, Tundra Gray and Glazed Inexperienced, the hero shade. The 2 inside colors are Criollo Brown, which is exclusive to the Glazed Inexperienced exterior, and Midnight Aurora, the latter a black and faint purple mixture.
The Leapmotor C10 comes with a six-year/150,000k m guarantee, and an eight-year/160,000 km Battery guarantee, whichever comes first. Service intervals are fastened at one-year or 20,000 km, whichever comes first.
Stellantis Malaysia mentioned the gross sales and after-sales companies for the Leapmotor C10 will kick off domestically with 18 point-of-sales places this 12 months, with plans so as to add on 9 extra retailers in 2025. There will even be 16 authorised service centres by 2025, with six of those places already scheduled to be operational by This fall this 12 months.
We’ve pushed the Leapmotor C10. Learn our evaluate of the electrical SUV right here.
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