End-of-financial-year deal sees China's Leapmotor C10 range available with a 1.9 per cent comparison rate as well as a free home charger.
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The Leapmotor C10, available as a battery electric vehicle (BEV) or range extender electric vehicle (REEV), is now offered with a 1.9 per cent comparison finance rate, just months after hitting the market.
The offer is part of Leapmotor’s end-of-financial-year offer, and also includes a free 7kW home charger valued at $800, but excluding installation.
Running until June 30, the finance offer is only available to private buyers, and will naturally only be applicable to certain customers – pending credit rating and approval.
The C10 is available with two powertrain options, the BEV and REEV, and two grades – Style and Design.
The most affordable C10 is the REEV Style priced at $45,900 drive-away, while the Design variant with the same engine is positioned at $49,900.
For the BEV, the Style and Design are priced at $47,500 and $51,500 respectively.
Style grades are fitted with 18-inch wheels, dual-zone climate control, a wireless smartphone charger, a fixed panoramic glass roof, surround-view monitor, and a 14.6-inch infotainment touchscreen.
Stepping up to the Design adds 20-inch wheels, an LED tail-light bar, heated and cooled front seats, a power-operated tailgate.
While the C10s mirror each other in equipment, their powertrains are vastly different.
The BEV version is powered by a 160kW rear electric motor and a 69.9kWh battery for a driving range rating of 420km on the WLTP standard.
Meanwhile, the REEV powertrain drops the electric motor output to 158kW and battery capacity to 28.4kWh, but adds a 1.5-litre petrol four-cylinder engine into the mix to help charge the high-voltage components.
On electric power alone, the C10 REEV is rated to travel up to 170km (on NEDC testing), but the petrol engine can extend the maximum driving range to 1150km.
With the petrol engine recharging the battery and never powering the wheels, the REEV drives, ostensibly, like an EV, but is rated to sip 0.9 litres of petrol per 100km according to lab testing.
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