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Leapmotor Australia has reverted to a shorter, six-year warranty for its 2025 model year C10 mid-size SUV – which is now available in both battery-electric (EV) and range-extended electric vehicle (REEV) powertrains.

Leapmotor – part of the Stellantis group which includes Jeep , Maserati , Fiat , and Chrysler among its brands – launched in Australia in late 2024 with the C10 as a more affordable rival to the Tesla Model Y .

The 2024 Leapmotor C10 was released with a seven-year/160,000km warranty, with an eight-year warranty on its battery pack, as well as five years of roadside assistance and capped price servicing.

For the 2025 model year – which includes the new C10 REEV hybrid – the automaker has wound back its warranty to six years and 150,000km.

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The update doesn’t impact the warranty on existing 2024 model year Leapmotor vehicles.

The change does bring eight years of roadside assistance and eight years of capped price servicing – both three-year upgrades from the previous five years.

The eight-year/160,000km battery warranty remains unchanged.

“With the newer models and looking through the life cycle of a customer, we felt that from an aftersales perspective, the capped price servicing and roadside assist – a lot of customers felt that they needed that as well,” Andy Hoang, head of Leapmotor Australia, told media including CarExpert .

“So we rebalanced to try and give a more comprehensive package across all elements rather than the warranty itself.”

While it matches the six-year/150,000km warranty from Chinese rival BYD , Leapmotor’s shorter warranty comes at a time when most brands in Australia are adding to the length of their offering.

Hyundai is one of the latest to do so, announcing a seven-year, unlimited-km warranty across its range – backdated to January 1, 2025 – matching South Korean sister brand Kia , which introduced a seven-year warranty way back in 2014.

GWM/Haval offers a seven-year warranty, along with Skoda , KGM (previously SsangYong ) and LDV , among others.

Japanese brand Mitsubishi introduced a 10-year/200,00km warranty in 2020 – the longest new-vehicle warranty at the time.

MG introduced a 10-year/250,000 warranty on private purchases (non-commercial use vehicles) in 2024.

This was beaten in early 2025 by Nissan , which now offers the longest new-car warranty in Australia, with a 10-year/300,000km offered for vehicles serviced at Nissan dealerships for the same period.