Li Auto now has a front door in Dubai. Al Fahim Motors, the Chinese brand’s exclusive dealer in the UAE, opened the first Li Auto showroom in the city on 4 November, directly opposite the Museum of the Future.
A “mobile home” on Sheikh Zayed Road
The showroom is built around the brand’s family-first pitch – Li Auto’s slogan is “We Create Mobile Homes” – and its centrepiece is the flagship Li L9 Livis, according to Khaleej Times. Al Fahim Group, which has represented premium car brands in the UAE for close to 70 years, signed with Li Auto in Beijing on 25 April 2026. On the same day, Li Auto appointed Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Motors as its partner in Saudi Arabia.
The L9: what’s already on sale
Li Auto launched the all-new L9 in Dubai on 3 September. It is a six-seat extended-range electric SUV (EREV): it drives on electricity, with a petrol generator that tops up the battery on longer trips. ZigWheels UAE lists:
- Price: AED 319,900 (Ultra) and AED 359,900 (Livis)
- Power: 420 kW / 563 hp and 710 Nm, 0–100 km/h in 4.9 seconds
- Battery: 72.7 kWh, up to 420 km of electric range (CLTC)
- Combined range: up to 1,650 km (CLTC)
L8 and L6 are next
Two more models are due in December. The L8 is a five-seat luxury SUV with the same 72.7 kWh battery, up to 353 km of electric range and a combined range of up to 1,385 km, according to YallaMotor. The L6 is Li Auto’s high-volume model – in China it alone sells more than 20,000 units a month.
Why it matters
Li Auto has delivered more than 1.7 million cars in 11 years, but almost all of them in China. The Gulf is one of its first steps abroad, and like XPeng, it is betting that range-extender SUVs suit a region of long highways, big families and fast-growing but still patchy charging networks.
The Dubai showroom is the first of more than two official retail and service centres the partners plan in the UAE, CnEVPost reported.
