XPeng's MONA L05 Opens at 139,800 Yuan. Australia Is Not on the List Yet.

XPENG launched the MONA L05 in China on 29 October, and the price is the point: a five-seat, 4.87-metre SUV that starts at 139,800 yuan (about A$30,000 at current rates) once a 5,000-yuan early-order discount is applied. The guide price is 144,800 yuan; order by 15 December and the limited-time price is 5,000 yuan lower across all six variants.

It is the third model in the MONA line, after the L03, and it is positioned above it: 4,870 mm long, 1,930 mm wide, 1,636 mm tall on a 2,940 mm wheelbase, with frameless doors and a sloping roofline. The launch is a China-first event, not an Australian one — more on that below.

The six variants, and what the money buys

The range is two powertrains across three trim families. Guide prices and the limited-time prices after the 5,000-yuan deposit discount:

Variant	Powertrain	CLTC range	Guide price	Limited-time price
Plus 560	BEV	560 km	144,800	139,800
Max 535	BEV	535 km	154,800	149,800
Max 635	BEV	635 km	164,800	159,800
Max 1310	EREV	1,310 km combined (310 km battery)	154,800	149,800
Ultra SE 635	BEV	635 km	176,800	171,800
Ultra SE 1310	EREV	1,310 km combined	166,800	161,800

The driver-assistance hardware is the main thing that separates the tiers, and it is the part Australian readers should note. According to CNEVPost's launch report, the Max variants get one XPENG Turing chip with 750 TOPS of effective compute and run the second-generation VLA Lite model. The Ultra SE variants get two Turing chips, 1,500 TOPS, and the full second-generation VLA. The Plus is the price entry; XPENG's material does not give it the same driver-assistance billing.

That is a different hardware story from the G9L and the new global models, which are being described around three Turing chips and 2,250 TOPS. The L05 is not that car. It is the model where the VLA architecture reaches a lower price, in a Lite form on Max and the full model only on Ultra SE.

Cabin and chassis claims from the launch: a 17.3-inch central screen and a 26.8-inch head-up display, a 20-speaker audio system, a zero-gravity front passenger seat and an optional rear entertainment screen. XPENG also introduced a driver-incapacity assist that, under highway assisted driving, detects an unresponsive driver, pulls over, calls emergency services and sends a distress message to nearby XPENG cars within 1 km. It claims an anti-motion-sickness mode that cuts the motion-sickness index by 25%, head-lift on take-off by 86% and congestion jerk by 50%, plus a 5.4 m turning radius and a 34.22 m stop from 100 km/h. Those are manufacturer figures, not independent measurements.

The first 5,000

XPENG says it built 5,000 "near-stock" L05s before launch and opened a queue that locks an allocation on order, with deliveries starting 1 November. Chinese media reported the 5,000 were sold out on the night (CNMO, via Autohome's Chejiahao), which matches the claim in the Weibo post this article is based on. The order benefits — free front seats, 20-speaker audio and two paint colours, discounted rear screen, ROAM trim package and 20-inch wheel/caliper package — were tallied by that poster at up to nearly 50,000 yuan; XPENG's own release describes them individually rather than as one figure.

The sales context matters: XPENG is pushing to lift monthly deliveries above 60,000 in the fourth quarter, and its year-to-date deliveries are below last year's pace. The L05 is priced to do volume.

It is a global car — but Australia is not on the confirmed list

XPENG says the L05 was developed for 82 countries and regions, with 660 test cars across 25 countries and more than 5 million kilometres of testing; left- and right-hand-drive versions were developed together, and global shipments began on 26 October. CNEVPost reports plans to sell it in 65 countries and regions.

Australia is the obvious question, and the answer today is "not yet approved". The earlier XPENGTech piece on two purple L05s on a Chinese transporter noted that the federal ROVER register held no L05 approval. Checked again on 30 October, ROVER still holds exactly two XPENG approvals in the window we track — the G6 (from August 2024) and the X9 under project code H93 (May 2026). There is no L05 on it.

That does not mean the car is not coming. XPENG Australia has confirmed the L03 for a fourth-quarter 2026 launch, and CarExpert reported in August that the L05 had been spied ahead of an Australian launch. But spied, confirmed-for-China and approved-for-sale are three different states, and only the first two apply here: no Australian timing, price or specification has been announced, and no approval is on the register.

What to watch

• ROVER. An L05 approval is the first public, checkable signal that the car is being certified for Australia; the register is checked every half hour and anything new appears on /rover.
• Which trims come here. Whether the full second-generation VLA (Ultra SE) or the Lite version (Max) is offered will matter more than the price headline.
• ANCAP. There is no ANCAP rating for the L05 on the register yet, and the segment it would enter is full of cars that have one.
• The price translation. The Chinese 139,800-yuan entry is a limited-time price after a deposit discount. Australia will get its own number, not this one converted.

The original post

The article above started from 烟隐烟隐's Weibo post of 29 October (verified automotive blogger, 193,000 followers; 96 likes, 18 comments, 3 reposts at the time of writing; it carries a video of the launch audience). The post's central claims — the 13.98万 limited-time start, the three versions and six models, the 5,000 sold-out near-stock cars, the 1 November delivery start — match XPENG's own launch material. Its "up to nearly 50,000 yuan of benefits" is the poster's tally of the individual offers.

L05 is a hit — did you get a stock car? Tonight the price was announced and the room erupted… MONA L05, an AI-focused fashionable five-seat SUV, limited-time price from 139,800 yuan. The first 5,000 near-stock cars sold out in seconds… three versions, six models; order before 24:00 on 15 December for a 5,000-yuan reduction.

Read the original: 烟隐烟隐 on Weibo.