Numbers first, because with the Fangchengbao Bao 8 they are the story: Petrol engine, 550 kW. BYD Auto built from 2024, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger drew it.
Where it came from
The Denza B8, also sold in China as the Fangchengbao Bao 8 (Chinese: 方程豹 豹8; lit. 'Formula leopard Leopard 8') is a plug-in hybrid full-size SUV manufactured by BYD Auto under the Fangchengbao and Denza brands. It is the largest vehicle from the Fangchengbao brand, slotting above the Bao 5 / Denza B5. The model was introduced outside China under the Denza brand, using the B8 model name.
Under the skin
Power comes from Petrol engine; 550 kW is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 3305 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 166 horsepower — quick by any era's standard, the kind of figure a hot hatch or a sports saloon posts. It shifts through a Single Speed DMO. The layout matters: drive goes to all four wheels, which is what lets the power be used on a wet road. The wheelbase is 2920 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Z, the Jaguar Type 00, the Cadillac Escalade IQ — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the BYD Auto catalogue sit the Fangchengbao Bao 5 and the Fangchengbao Ti3.