Matte, not gloss
The finish takes the highlights off the bodywork, so the shape reads as one mass rather than a set of reflections.
Both ZEEKR 8X
ZEEKR 8X Obsidian
Flagship SUV · Blacked out
Every bright surface taken down to black, in a matte finish that swallows the light instead of returning it.
Every angle
Turn it around
Drag across the car to rotate it, and pick a paint to see it in.
Drag to turn
Black
The numbers
Main specifications
Three motors and an engine, on a 900V hybrid architecture. Figures are the manufacturer's, to the Chinese CLTC cycle.
2.96 s
0–100 km/h
1030 kW
Maximum power
Over 1400 PS
1410 N·m
Peak torque
- Drivetrain
- Tri-motor, all-wheel drive
- Engine
- 2.0T hybrid-dedicated205 kW peak
- Architecture
- 900V hybrid, full stack
- Battery
- 70 kWhTernary lithium
- Electric-only range
- 330 kmCLTC
- Combined range
- 1210 kmCLTC, with the 55 L tank
- Charging
- 6C20–80% in 9 minutes
- Braking, 100–0 km/h
- 34.4 m
Everything else
Extra specifications
Dimensions, chassis and the modes it will drive in.
- Length
- 5108 mm
- Width
- 2026 mm
- Height
- 1780 mm
- Wheelbase
- 3069 mm
- Seats
- 5
- Ground clearance
- 180–230 mmAir suspension
- Turning circle
- 11.8 m
- Fuel tank
- 55 L95 octane
- Brakes
- Brembo six-pistonOrange calipers, 41.2 cm front discs and 36.4 cm rear
- Suspension
- Closed dual-chamber airDouble wishbone front, multi-link rear in aluminium
- Tyres
- 275 front, 315 rearPirelli, staggered
- Wheels
- 22-inch
- Driving modes
- 5Comfort, Eco, Sport, Sport+, Personalised
- Terrain modes
- 8Grass and gravel, shallow snow, deep snow, mud, sand, rock, mountain road, wading
- Audio
- Naim, 29 speakers7.1.4.8 layout, 3868 W peak
Inside
The cabin
One scheme, chosen to match what has been done outside.
The treatment
Nothing bright left on it
Obsidian is not a colour so much as a decision: every piece that was chrome is black, and the paint stops reflecting.
The grille, blacked
The vertical bars are still there, in a dark finish that only shows itself when the light is at the right angle.
From behind
Darkened trim across the tailgate, with the light bar left to do the talking.
Roof spoiler
Body-coloured and blacked with the rest of it.
Behind the spokes
Coloured calipers against dark wheels — the one place the treatment allows itself some contrast.
Cabin
Darker in here too
The same six seats, trimmed to match what has been done outside.
The front seats
Quilted hide in a darker scheme, with contrast stitching to keep it from going flat.
The driver's side
The same layout as the 8X, finished in the darker palette.
Naim audio
The British hi-fi maker's system, its grilles worked into the trim.
Screens
Instruments and centre display running as one surface across the dashboard.
Underneath
Unchanged where it counts
The treatment is skin deep on purpose. What moves it and what stops it are the flagship's.
Air suspension
Ride height and firmness that change with the road, or because you asked.
The battery
Flat under the floor, where it keeps the weight low and the cabin floor level.
The structure
The shell the rest is hung on, seen without its panels.
Where it will go
Ground clearance and sealing enough that a flooded road is not a reason to turn round.
And in the cold
Tested where batteries are least happy, which is the only test of one that counts.
Far from a charger
The plug-in drivetrain is what makes a car this size worth taking somewhere remote.
Seen enough of the ZEEKR 8X Obsidian?
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