A post on the paultan.org Automotive/Car Discussion Group on Facebook piqued our interest in our office group chat today. A video shot by user Syafiq Cadillac showed a camouflaged SUV being tested in Bukit Raja, heading towards Klang – and for a while, we scratched our heads trying to figure out what it was.
The car, almost certainly a Chinese EV, was fairly long and low, and while the scalloped tailgate, pull-type door handles and pod-like door mirrors were reminiscent of those on the the Xpeng L03, we thought that the rear windscreen on the prototype was too upright.
Then yours truly remembered that Xpeng had confirmed a midsized SUV to be launched in Malaysia alongside the L03 this year, and that the company had only just introduced the L05 in China last week. The high-mounted rear number plate recess, protruding rear bumper and upswept window line also matched what was seen in the video, and thus, we can determine with reasonable certainty that this was the car shown.
