The MONA L05's Interior: 300,000-RMB Kit, Under 200,000-RMB Car

XPeng has shown the MONA L05's interior ahead of pre-sales, which open on 15 October at 19:00 China time — and the pitch is unusually explicit about what it is being compared to. Every one of the eight official images carries the same line: "30万级配置体验", a 300,000-RMB-class equipment experience. The L05 is expected to sell for well under half that.

The images came out through Chinese reviewers and owners' groups on 14 October, the day before order books open, with XPeng's own account posting a second gallery the same evening. It is a coordinated reveal: the car's debuts are timed to the hour, and this one was aimed squarely at the cabin.

The front-row slide: ventilation, heating, 14-point massage and a pneumatic leg rest. Image: XPeng, via 狮子头_又无助 on Weibo.

What XPeng says is in the cabin

Across the eight slides:

• Front seats — ventilation, heating, 14-point "cloud" massage and an electrically deployed leg rest, on a seat structure XPeng describes as 15 layers, benchmarking luxury cars.
• An AI driver's seat that actively adjusts: active lumbar support, active shoulder support, active side bolsters on both cushion and backrest, active leg fitting and active cushion firmness.
• A zero-gravity front passenger seat with 14-point massage, a four-way electric leg rest extending to 312 mm so both legs can stretch out, and what XPeng calls SPA-grade pneumatic acupressure.
• A 17.3-inch 3K centre screen — 95% DCI-P3, 600 nits, 16.7 million colours, with an AR low-reflection coating and an anti-fingerprint layer.
• A second 17.3-inch screen mounted in the roof as rear entertainment — the "TV" reviewers had already spotted in dealership cars. TÜV Rheinland low-blue-light certification, 98% DCI-P3, adjustable through 0–105°, voice controlled, anti-fingerprint coated.
• A 26.8-inch windscreen head-up display with adaptive brightness and height, showing navigation, the reversing camera and cast video.
• 20 speakers in a 7.1.4 layout with dual surround processing, more than 1,000 W of amplification, a separate DSP chip and twin headrest speakers for the driver.
• A suede headliner and an electric sunshade for the panoramic roof.

Every slide carries the same footnote: the parameters and features shown are not standard across the range — see the configurator. In practice that means the headline items are trim-dependent or optional, which is how a car at this price can advertise a cabin at that price.

The 17.3-inch roof screen: the feature reviewers found in dealer cars before the official reveal. Image: XPeng, via 狮子头_又无助 on Weibo.

The zero-gravity passenger seat with its 312 mm leg rest. Image: XPeng, via 狮子头_又无助 on Weibo.

The 26.8-inch head-up display. Image: XPeng, via 狮子头_又无助 on Weibo.

What else is settled going into the launch

XPeng has been running a deliberate drip, and most of the car is now public:

• Pre-sales open on 15 October, described by the company as the model's China debut.
• Six colours, announced by He Xiaopeng: Crescent Silver, Light Moon Gray, Roland Purple, Nebula White, Fairy Green and Crystal Black.
• Space: an official 87% "usable floor space" figure, with room for nine 20-inch suitcases with five people aboard — the "large five-seat" claim in numbers.
• Powertrains: battery-electric and extended-range, with the full VLA 2.0 assistance stack, developed for 65 countries.
• Design: a low, wide body attributed in Chinese coverage to a designer hired from Ferrari.
• Dimensions, from the earlier regulatory filing: 4,870 mm long on a 2,940 mm wheelbase — longer between the axles than the current G6 — with a 71.1 kWh LFP pack and up to 660 km of CLTC range.

The price question the reveal does not answer

The interior is being sold as "300,000-RMB-class" while the car is positioned under 200,000 RMB, and Chinese reviewers have been told to expect a starting price well below that. A leaked pre-sale slide circulated on Weibo on 11 October, which we covered at the time, listed six prices from 153,800 to 175,800 RMB — but its range figures did not match the regulatory filing, no outlet corroborated it, and XPeng published nothing.

Tonight's pre-sale should settle it. Until it does, the leaked numbers stay where they were: unverified.

Caveats

• The interior images are XPeng's own marketing material, relayed by Chinese reviewers; the feature list is the company's, not an independent assessment of how any of it works.
• Most of it is not standard. XPeng's own footnote on every slide says the shown parameters and configurations are not across-the-range equipment, and the configurator is the reference.
• The "300,000-RMB-class" claim is a marketing comparison, not a specification; nothing in the slides states which trim gets which feature.
• The HUD image carries an extra disclaimer that the rendering is illustrative and only demonstrates function.
• The price is unresolved. The leaked slide remains uncorroborated and its range figures conflict with the filing; pre-sales open on 15 October.
• We could not verify the "ex-Ferrari designer" and "65 countries" claims in a primary XPeng document; both come from Chinese coverage of the launch material.
• The launch timing is Chinese-market. Nothing here concerns the L05's European timing, which is a separate question.

The bottom line

The interesting thing about this reveal is the number in the corner of every slide. "300,000-RMB-class" is a promise about value rather than a specification, and it only works if the features that carry it are actually on the car most buyers order — which is what the configurator, published at pre-sale, will show. The L05's cabin looks like the strongest argument XPeng has made for MONA as a sub-brand rather than a single cheap model; whether it survives contact with the price list is the part the marketing images cannot answer.

Source: XPeng's official L05 interior materials as posted by 狮子头_又无助 on Weibo, with XPeng's and He Xiaopeng's pre-sale announcements and earlier L05 coverage — translated & adapted for XPENGTech.