![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/leapmotor-b10-suv-mexico-scaled-e1783337234979.webp\")
<\/p>\nStellantis has brought Leapmotor to Mexican consumers for the first time, but Canada remains an open question and the US a non-starter. By Stewart Burnett<\/p>\n
Leapmotor has broken into North America for the first time with the launch of the B10 compact SUV in Mexico. The launch, timed to coincide with Mexico\u2019s partial hosting of the FIFA World Cup, gives Leapmotor a foothold in a region where its Stellantis-backed expansion has otherwise struggled to garner a foothold.<\/p>\n
Entering the Mexican market has been in the works quite some time: the B10 spent more than a year undergoing localisation testing at Stellantis\u2019s automotive engineering and testing centre in the country. There, it was tuned specifically for high-altitude terrain, desert conditions and rainforest climates before clearing local regulatory certification. Leapmotor\u2019s C10 and C16 SUVs are set to follow in due course, targeting family and multi-passenger buyers.<\/p>\n
The Mexican-spec B10 arrives as a range-extended electric vehicle, with a 1.5-litre engine acting solely as a generator for an 18.8 kWh battery and 160kW electric motor, giving it a combined range of up to 990 km. Notably, the model\u2019s sticker price starts at MXN 575,000 (US$32,895), somewhat cheaper than the roughly US$37,045 equivalent price in Germany.<\/p>\n
Leapmotor is leaning entirely on Stellantis\u2019s existing infrastructure rather than building a network from scratch, launching through more than 40 authorised outlets with plans to expand into smaller cities over time. After-sales support runs through Stellantis\u2019s Mopar division, whose 45,000-square-metre parts centre in Toluca stocks more than 50,000 components and can supply dealerships nationwide within 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The launch comes as Leapmotor\u2019s global momentum accelerates: cumulative deliveries surpassed 1.5 million units in June, having taken just eight months to climb from 1 million. More reliant on global sales than most of its Chinese counterparts\u2014save perhaps BYD<\/a> and Chery\u2014the automaker is now targeting one million total deliveries for 2026 alone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Mexico is only the first piece of a wider North American plan being shaped by the Stellantis, which holds roughly a 20% stake in Leapmotor. Through the Leapmotor International joint venture in which it owns a controlling 51% stake, it has exclusive rights to sell, distribute and manufacture the brand\u2019s models outside China. In May, Chief Executive Antonio Filosa remarked said the group sees \u201cspace\u201d for Leapmotor in Mexico, possible room in Canada, but \u201cno space\u201d in the US \u201cfor the moment\u201d.<\/p>\n