Lepas is owned by the Chery Group, which also operates the Jaecoo brand, and it marks the fourth Chery brand to debut in the UK in the last 18 months, following Omoda, Jaecoo, and the Chery standalone marque. According to major media, Lepas will be positioned as the most luxurious of the four Chery pillars and be tuned for European roads.
When it hits Chery's extensive dealer network later in 2026, the Lepas L6 will be sold with the choice of a long-range self-charging hybrid or an all-electric powertrain. The self-charging hybrid system will be the same as the one deployed in Chery's similarly sized Tiggo 4, combining a 1.5-litre petrol engine with a small onboard battery and single electric motor to deliver 201bhp of propulsion. Lepas says the L6 will be good for 700-mile journeys without needing to stop with a full tank of fuel and the battery charged to 100%. The full EV variant will have a 67kWh high-voltage battery claimed to be capable of delivering 270-mile journeys between charges according to the official European test cycle, though it is not confirmed how powerful the L6 EV will be.
The Lepas L6 will arrive around October 2026, becoming the second Lepas model available in the UK after the larger L8 SUV, which arrives a month or two earlier. UK specifications for the Lepas L6 remain under wraps for now. Despite its more elegant swooping lines and rounder wheel arches, which are claimed to embody the 'agility of a running leopard', the Lepas L6 has the Jaecoo 7's DNA beneath.