BYD Dolphin review | €25,000 and over 400km range!! 

Cant wait for BYD's Seagull

I'll wait for the BYD Shark 🦈

Can't wait for your BYD Yangwang U 9 review Nobby! 😂 Love that little 🐬

the price mentioned is for the basic model, after incentives, but the specs like range, charging speeds are for the more expensive models.

That was a quick turnaround from a launch this morning, good job Mark and great review, it's an impressive machine

Brilliant review, Mark. Exactly what we need to help us wade through the plethora of new electric cars on the market these days. Thanks for this! 🙏👊👏 I just subscribed. 😊

Ev6 owner here, a while ago I rented the Atto3 in Germany and must say, I was seriously impressed. With the exception of the charging speed. Looking at this car, impressed again. Shame though about their horrible naming convention. Seal, Atto3 and Dolphin. Aside from the marine life theme on 2 out of the 3, make it make sense.

Good review as usual Mark. Might have been worth comparing the exterior and interior size to current cars so we could get an idea of size as the car is very hard to put a size to.

Great review Mark

Great review Mark 👏

Hello Nobby,,,, At last a car that is well priced and available in Ireland, Byd will definitely cause european car makers to price more aggressively. Gone are the days when made in China was a slur,,,,, there now so so far ahead of European ev car makers, thanks for showing us what is available out there.... only thing left to do now for byd is get more dealers spread across the country

Great review, found out some new stuff I hadn't seen in other Dolphin reviews. I sawe this car at the Farnborough EV show (UK)... on release and was impresses - the quality of the interior is good for this segment (better than the MG4 imo - which is fairly "plasticy")... and it has better tech too. I think the MG4 is more exciting to drive though. The "Build Your Deams" on the back is so "corny" though!... I know they removed it on other models/regions due to feedback - it's more of a mission statement than a company name. BYD are gonna be massive in UK/Europe... they outsold every other EV manufacturer globally (incluiding Tesla) in October, and are actually profitable (unlike VW/Merceds, BMW, Ford, and ALL the others with the exception of Tesla)... they have a price advantage as make th ebatteies, which is ~40% of the cost of th ecar, and therefore no battery supply-chain issues either. This car is so needed... you cannot buy a Ford Focus Petrol for 25k - and most others in this segment like Pegeuot/Vauxhall have been "playing-at-it" with "EV conversions". This and the MG4 are the most exciting cars to hit the market by far. The ID3 is just "too average", "too safe", and too expensive! The BYD Seal is really gonna rattle Tesla's model 3 cage too. Now they just need a proper full family size Shootingbrake/Tourer/SUV for us dog-owners with 3 "big kids" and loads of luggage.

Hi Nobby. The latest MG4 does now have a rear wiper.

Hi Nobby, the price is €29000. the MG4 does come with a rear wiper for the 23 model year on and heat pumps do run off the battery. They are more efficient but they still run off the battery.

I have a dolphin! Absolutely love it over my old mg4 Niro and cupra born. If ling long tyres are fitted go and change them!! Byd changed for free as the tyres were borderline dangerous 😂

You are right that a 25k car will make a huge impact because there are lots of people who don’t have so much money to spend on a car

🎉🎉🎉Competition is good for consumers.

Looks to be a decent car.

2nd car, town car, family car. Yeah can't argue with the money and the spec is premium compared to our euro poverty spec were accustomed to.

I hope they launch the seagull.... My wife is looking to get it

It's shocking that the grants are getting cut back, next to get the chop is the charger installation and I'm sure it'll be only a matter of time before the car grant is fully cut back. On top of that the EU having a fit about the competitive pricing of the Chinese cars. The consumer seems to be at the bum deal of everything 😂

pity the speed sign number on the driver screen does not work., eg it could say 50 in a 120 motorway

Can't get black interior in Atto 3 unfortunately.

Regarding the beeps this thing makes..''In general, Dolphins make two kinds of sounds, “whistles” and “clicks”.....so perhaps an eh eh eh eh eh eh eh over speed warning would be the go, and an R2D2 whistle when reversing?. I read somewhere that UK cars will be losing that ''Build Your W** Dreams'' stuff, it has no place in legacy markets, people will laff, perhaps in emerging markets like Madagascar it may be a thing. Officer, I was playing with my screen and became giddy and smashed into the parked car... truly - ruly.....

In the uk this cost £30,195 so more expensive than MG4 if it was £22,000-£25,000 is would be number 1 but I think MG still has that also vw ID 2 is meant to start at £22,000 so that would be interesting if it does ?

Definitely one to kick the tyres on…..

What burns my bottom is the price that these cars retail for in China compared to what we are charged over here in the West. I will continue to buy used. The price of used EV's has crashed over here in the UK. A used Model 3 or a new Dolphin? Which would you choose? Me? I'll stick with used Ice for the time being.

MG4 do fit a rear wiper now and have done for some time

“What u drive “ A dolphin “Can’t be easy “

He is good at reviews 👍🏼 I’d rather buy a 19 year old Vauxhall corsa though 🎉

I will buy if speed beeping could be turned off ☺️

In Finland 35.000€

Do you choose this one or atto 3?

€25000 340km?

A note in that seat belt cutter in the car, I remember the first Japanese imports that came in country years ago had as standard, a warning triangle, a belt cutter/glass and a little flare incase needed at nighttime, these were then removed because our nanny state decided we couldn't be trusted with them 😂

Air until the Seagull lands.

Does the €25000 include the MSL delivery charge of €1950? All the reviews for the Seal simply ignored this additional charge.

Build Your Dreams on the boot? I foresee a lot of duct tape. Cringe! When my daughter saw that she said "forget that, then". Thanks for the review. €30k seems like a huge jump from the Chinese price, even allowing for included vat and vrt. Why?

The €25,000 model is pretty crap though, 95bhp, 44kWh, the Leaf had similar specs and price in 2018, that's 6 years ago, some progress eh😄

rather get a MG4 extended range for like 2k plus and actually proven that its super reliable

the used market will be... the atto3 with less then an year is 10k€ less than new... dolphin will be...

Most new cars come with apps for user interfacing. On my VW I know my data goes to Germany where (in theory) it's managed under EU laws and regulations. Which country holds your user data for a BYD?

It still costs more than double of what they are selling it for in China

This should shut up all the people in Ireland saying EVs are to expensive...but they will now find something else to moan about am sure 😂

No way will never buy an EV not fit for purpose, to many problems and a new disease rang anxiety, they next thing we will see is buy one get one free

Thanks for this. Can I suggest you show a LOT less of you sitting in the car. This is not visually informative. Similarly please avoid standing where you're obscuring the view of the car. Your commentary could be dubbed onto close-up multiple angle drone footage of the car stationary &/or in motion.

Yet to see one of these things on the road. Hear the EV market is really struggling & the whole thing is just a joke!

In my eye the Dolphin isn't a very good looking car.

Its Cheap for a Reason

It's not the best looking car, it looks a lot like the old Chevrolet Aveo. I would put the MG4 above this.

Great price horrible looking car and 400km is around 250 miles in English so bog standard these days.

Buy chinese dont buy british is good for the british economy :)

Byd doesn't sell at all in Europe, very unreliable cars and lot of rust issues....they look modern and state of the art, but 100% rubbish....

Parts of it built using slave labour? Heat pump, that'll annoy the neighbours 😂