The BYD Dolphin Surf lands in Ireland with a price tag of just under €18,000 in its basic, small-battery form
BYD Dolphin Surf Year : 2025 Fuel : Electric Verdict : BYD Dolphin Surf Comfort. A solid and affordable small EV, but perhaps not the ogre once feared by Europe’s car makers
I first met the BYD Seagull (if you can truly say that you’ve “met” an inanimate object … ) on the stage at the Beijing Motor Show a year and a half ago.
Considering that this was a car that was then striking deep and abiding fear into the hearts of European car makers, it didn’t seem so threatening.
It wasn’t some slavering beast held beyond chomping distance on a strong chain. Nor was it a mountainous Cthulhu waiting to place madness in the minds of men.
No, it was just a small, cheap, perfectly cheerful electric hatchback. It was the cheapness that was triggering visions of HP Lovecraft in Euro car boardrooms, though. As the Seagull, the little EV hatch was being sold in China for a price equivalent to slightly less than €10,000.
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