XPeng G6 Performance Review

by AutoApp Editorial Team, 11 November 2025

XPeng’s popular G6 electric SUV gets a facelift, and the newly introduced Performance variant is a true silent killer.

I first came across XPeng when I was working in China back in 2018. Back then, the brand was promoting their first car, the G3 small SUV, heavily in the media, and I remember being rather impressed by its tech innovations, such as its incredibly clever remote self-parking system.

Fast forward to half a decade later, and XPeng has now made its way to Singapore. Outside of BYD, XPeng is probably the Chinese car brand that has drawn the greatest amount of intrigue here, thanks to the company’s highly visible co-founder He Xiaopeng, and its penchant for huge publicity blitzes to showcase its technology advancements. Some even equate XPeng as akin to China’s Tesla.

But tech is a fast-moving arena, and constantly improving is the name of the game. And so, barely a year after XPeng’s G6 SUV was introduced here, the car has received a facelift, bringing with it improvements that would hopefully enhance the experience even further.

Blink And You’ll Miss It

There are some minor styling changes to the updated G6, but honestly, you’ll need to be very observant to be able to point them out. The front light bar now stretches across the width of the car, and as a result, the XPeng logo now moves up to the bonnet, instead of sitting in the middle of the bar.

At the back, the tailgate features what looks like a mild rear spoiler, breaking up the curvy blob design and giving the G6 a slightly more sporty stance. The bumpers apparently are a bit more sculpted too, but it’s genuinely hard to spot, even for the sharper-eyed.

Ergonomically Enhanced

The interior of the XPeng G6 gets more substantial changes however. The most visible tactile difference are the air con vents, which can now be adjusted manually instead of via the touchscreen. It’s very much a welcome change, because anything that doesn’t require you to focus too much on the touchscreen is always a good thing.

XPeng G6 Performance infotainment screen

The driver instrument display is now a standalone screen, instead of being embedded in the dashboard previously. The main central touchscreen is now bigger as well, at 15.6-inches, up from 14.9-inches previously.

The dashboard also looks a tad classier, with its faux wood inlays that gives the car a slightly upmarket feel, and you now get ambient lighting available too. There is a new digital rear view mirror as well, which is quite handy because visibility out the back is blocked by the rear headrests otherwise.

Overall, the cabin of the updated G6 now feels more befitting of the car’s premium positioning status.

Update Your Software

XPeng has gone on to upgrade the infotainment’s operating system (OS) software as well, and the improvements are pretty numerous. I won’t go into every single update for the sake of brevity, but I’ll just pick out the highlights.

There is something called XCombo, which allows you to preset certain instructions for the car to follow under various conditions. For example, you could get it to turn on the air con at a predefined time of the day. Or switch on the ventilated seats whenever you get in the car, and various other things like that.

Other notables include the massage seats for the front occupants, which now have six different programmes to select from. The integrated dash cam also has an emergency recording function that automatically records footage whenever it detects an event or incident, such as an impending accident or collision.

One thing which hasn’t really changed though is the automated self parking function, which is just as well, because XPeng’s system is arguably the best one in the market out there. It can fully detect any available parking spaces, and all you need to do is select your desired spot and let the car do the rest.

Pure Performance

Along with the facelift, XPeng has also introduced a new Performance variant of the G6, which is now the flagship model of the range. The Long Range is now the entry-level version, while the Standard Range variant has been dropped.

The G6 Performance comes with dual motors and All Wheel Drive, compared with the Long Range model which is rear wheel drive only, and the two motors combine to produce a total of 480bhp and 660Nm of torque, which are supercar slaying numbers indeed.

0-100km/h comes up in 4.1 seconds, and the car does accelerate alarmingly briskly. However, it doesn’t quite do it with the same kind of forcefulness as you’ll get in a Tesla, for example. Instead, it creeps up on you with a sense of calm silence, and before you know it, you’re doing highly illegal speeds that would put you at risk of losing your licence.

Part of the reason could also be down to the G6’s refinement levels, which have been improved somewhat over the pre-facelift model. The suspension has been tweaked to smoothen out road undulations even further, and insulation has been enhanced to weed out more external noise from the cabin.

The car is supposedly better to drive in the corners as well, but truthfully, the G6 was never an engaging handler in the first place. Body roll is slightly reduced, and there is generally a good amount of grip, but otherwise, the G6 goes through bends with minimal fuss without coming across as particularly entertaining.

Fast And Furious

Fully charged, the XPeng G6 Performance offers a range of 510km, which is impressive in its own right, though slightly down on the Long Range’s figure of 525km. The test car yielded a figure of nearly 550km though, so it is entirely plausible to do over 500km in the real world.

A notable change on the updated G6 that may not be immediately beneficial is the car’s charging speed, which can now accept a maximum of 451kW on DC power, an improvement from 280kW previously. However, there are no chargers in Singapore that can charge at that speed currently, so the increase is rather moot, for now.

Given the rate of change in the world of EV development however, it won’t be surprising if such chargers come online soon to serve cars like the G6, putting to rest the issue of range anxiety once and for all.

Just like back in 2018 when it was a fledgling newcomer, XPeng seems to be constantly staying ahead of the curve. The improvements on the G6 may be relatively minor in nature, but they offer a glimpse of how XPeng relentlessly improves itself and its products in the name of progress.

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