BAIC Xingtan 5X starts 13,000 CNY below its pre-sale price, with 30,208 orders

Beijing Off-road, the off-road arm of BAIC Group, launched the Xingtan 5X on November 12, 2026, at limited-time prices from 126,900 CNY (c. $18,891). That is 13,000 CNY (c. $1,935) below the 139,900 CNY at which pre-sales opened in October, and the boxy five-seat SUV arrives with 30,208 orders taken over 23 days of pre-sales.

The lineup has seven versions, three battery electric and four plug-in hybrid. Official guide prices run from 129,900 to 174,900 CNY (c. $19,338 to c. $26,037), with a 3,000 CNY launch discount on each version taking the limited-time range to 126,900 to 171,900 CNY. Pre-sale prices had spanned 139,900 to 184,900 CNY, so both ends of the guide range came in 10,000 CNY lower.

Huawei's Qiankun ADS 5 Pro driver assistance is limited to the upper trims. The battery electric versions are the 625 km Standard at 129,900 CNY, the Qiankun at 149,900 CNY and the Qiankun Comfort at 159,900 CNY. The plug-in hybrids are a two-wheel-drive version at 134,900 CNY, a four-wheel-drive version at 144,900 CNY, a two-wheel-drive Qiankun at 154,900 CNY and a four-wheel-drive Qiankun at 174,900 CNY. After the discount, the cheapest Huawei-equipped car costs 146,900 CNY (c. $21,869) as an EV and 151,900 CNY as a plug-in hybrid.

Buyers appear to be paying up for it. More than 80% of customers have reportedly chosen the Qiankun versions, and orders were reported at nearly 18,000 in the first 24 hours of pre-sales. Zhang Guofu, a BAIC Group vice president and chairman of Beijing Off-road, said at the launch that large-scale deliveries across China were starting immediately, so buyers would not face a long wait.

The headline pledge covers battery fires. First owners of non-commercial cars are promised three times the purchase price if the battery spontaneously catches fire, and Zhang said the contract terms carry no depreciation deductions or exemption clauses. First owners also get a lifetime warranty on the battery, motor and electronic controls, a five-year or 150,000 km (93,206 miles) vehicle warranty and lifetime free over-the-air updates. The pack is BAIC's own Aurora battery, which sits 35 mm above the subframe behind three layers of protection.

The body is 4,865 mm long, 2,000 mm wide and 1,910 mm tall on a 2,875 mm wheelbase, so it is almost as tall as it is wide, and an optional external spare wheel stretches the length to 5,005 mm. At the back, a side-hinged tailgate carries an external storage box, and seven body colours are offered. Lower trims get a 15.6-inch central screen and an 8.8-inch digital cluster, while higher trims step up to dual 15.6-inch screens and a Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) 8295P chip in place of the 8155.

The Xingtan 5X comes in seven body colours, and the electric and plug-in hybrid versions get different front-end designs (Beijing Off-road)

The Qiankun versions use a solid-state LiDAR mounted behind the windshield, so there is no roof hump. The full kit is 27 sensors: 11 cameras, one LiDAR, three 4D millimetre-wave radars and 12 ultrasonic sensors. Highway navigation assist comes with those trims, while urban navigation assist is a paid subscription. The system can also reverse along a recorded path for up to 120 m (394 feet).

Every battery electric version is rear-wheel drive, with a 227 kW (304 hp) motor and an 81.9 kWh battery rated at 625 km (388 miles) on the CLTC cycle. It runs on an 800V platform and charges from 30% to 80% in 14.5 minutes. The plug-in hybrids pair a 1.5-liter turbocharged engine rated at 105 kW with a 50.4 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery. Two-wheel-drive versions have one 200 kW motor; four-wheel-drive versions add a second 200 kW motor at the rear for 400 kW combined and a 0 to 100 km/h time of 4.3 seconds.

Electric range for the plug-in hybrids is 310 km (193 miles) CLTC for two-wheel drive and 285 km (177 miles) for four-wheel drive; the two-wheel-drive figure drops to 232 km (144 miles) on the stricter WLTC cycle. Combined range is 1,350 km (839 miles). The SUV has 228 mm of ground clearance, approach and departure angles of 26 and 28 degrees and a wading depth of 600 mm. Four-wheel-drive versions add a locking center coupling, a rear differential lock, crawl control and 14 terrain modes, while the roof rack takes 300 kg (661 lb) static and a 1.6-tonne towing rating is optional.

The roof rack is rated for 300 kg static, and 4WD versions add a rear differential lock and 14 terrain modes (Beijing Off-road)

It is a unibody design, and Zhang did not dodge its compromises. He conceded that the second row does not fold flat because of the padding needed for ventilation, heating and massage, and pointed buyers to front seats that recline 180 degrees to form a near 1.8 m (5.9 feet) flat surface with the rear bench instead. BAIC is also preparing a special edition that will appear at the Guangzhou auto show.

The Xingtan 5X lands in a crowded boxy-SUV field that includes Fangchengbao Ti7 and iCar V27, from BYD (HKG: 1211) and Chery (HKG: 9973) respectively. The Ti7 starts at 179,800 CNY (c. $26,766), 49,900 CNY more than the Xingtan's entry guide price. Its domestic sales fell to 23,663 in October from 27,544 in September, down 14.1%, still more than three-quarters of the Xingtan's entire pre-sale order book in a single month.

Xingtan follows Taitan, a luxury off-road brand Beijing Off-road unveiled in July, whose first model, the Taitan 700, went on sale on August 25. BAIC Group sold more than 148,000 vehicles in October, up 11% from September, and more than 1.316 million over January to October. Asked how the group keeps growing in a shrinking market, Zhang said: "I think the window has always been there."

With deliveries starting this month, November and December retail figures will show how many of those 30,208 orders turn into cars on the road, and whether a Huawei-equipped boxy SUV at under 150,000 CNY can pull buyers away from the Ti7.

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