The Five-Seat Zeekr 9X Is a 1,381-HP Lounge on Wheels

Geely's flagship 9X drops a row of seats and doubles down on the lounge. It's a 5.2-meter plug-in hybrid with hypercar power and a business-class back row, arriving in China on July 28.

The Zeekr 9X already exists as a three-row, six-seat flagship. Now Geely is carving a second body style out of the same shell: a five-seat version that swaps the middle bench for space and aims the whole thing at whoever is sitting in the back.

Zeekr has set the on-sale date for July 28, 2026, with online ordering opening at 10:00 China time. Ahead of that, the brand rolled out a full look at the cabin, and the pitch is clear enough: this is a chauffeur car wearing an SUV body. Everything below comes from Zeekr's pre-launch reveals and Chinese-market coverage. The five-seat variant hasn't been given a separate international press release yet.

A 5.2-meter footprint, and no small talk about it

The five-seat 9X keeps the same outer dimensions as its six-seat sibling. It measures 5,239 mm long, 2,029 mm wide and 1,819 mm tall, riding on a 3,169 mm wheelbase. That's full-size territory, the same room as the largest luxury SUVs on sale. Delete one row of seats and that length stops being about passenger count and starts being about legroom.

Dimension	Figure
Length	5,239 mm
Width	2,029 mm
Height	1,819 mm
Wheelbase	3,169 mm

A PHEV that argues with hypercars

Under the skin, the 9X runs a plug-in hybrid system built around a 2-liter engine paired with electric motors. The standard setup uses two motors for a combined 660 kW (885 hp) and a claimed 0–100 km/h in 3.9 seconds. Go for the tri-motor version and output jumps to 1,030 kW (1,381 hp), with the sprint dropping to 3.1 seconds. For context, those are supercar numbers coming out of a three-row-sized SUV.

Buyers choose between two battery packs. The smaller 55 kWh unit is rated at 300 km of electric range, while the larger 70 kWh pack stretches to 380 km. Both figures come from China's CLTC test cycle, which tends to read more generously than the WLTP or EPA methods used elsewhere, so treat them as best-case rather than as an American range estimate. The top tri-motor trim asks more of its bigger motors and is rated at up to 355 km.

Trim	Power	0–100 km/h
Standard2.0L PHEV, dual motor	660 kW / 885 hp	3.9 s
Top2.0L PHEV, tri-motor	1,030 kW / 1,381 hp	3.1 s

Battery: 55 kWh (300 km EV, CLTC) or 70 kWh (380 km EV, CLTC); tri-motor top trim rated up to 355 km. CLTC figures are China-market and not directly comparable to EPA numbers.

The back seat is the whole argument

Delete the third row and the numbers move to the back seat. Zeekr quotes 1.4 meters of legroom for rear passengers, and the two outer seats come with power leg rests, heating, ventilation, massage and a zero-gravity reclining mode. Where a middle seat would go, the center folds down into an armrest with physical controls, cup holders and a pair of wireless phone chargers, a storage box tucked underneath and the seatbelts moved into the side seats.

The materials list reads like a lounge fit-out: Nappa full-grain leather, 14 pieces of natural Nordic wood trim, a built-in refrigerator, ambient lighting and power sunshades. Audio comes from a Naim system running 32 speakers. None of this is subtle, and it isn't meant to be. The five-seat 9X is selling the idea that the best seat in the house is the one you're not driving from.

What it costs, and when you can order

Ordering opens online on July 28 at 10:00 China time. Before that, a refundable 5,000-yuan (about $740) deposit secures a spot. Zeekr hasn't published the final five-seat price list, but it's expected to track the six-seat car, which runs from 465,900 to 599,900 yuan (roughly $68,830 to $88,630). Until the launch-day sheet is public, treat those figures as a reference point rather than a confirmed sticker.