The BYD Atto 2 is the Byd that answered a simple question — how much car can this badge carry? — with 70 kW from Petrol engine. It was built from 2024, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger drew it.
How it came about
The BYD Atto 2 is a subcompact SUV (B-segment) manufactured by BYD Auto since 2024. First sold in China as a battery electric vehicle called the BYD Yuan Up (Chinese: 比亚迪元UP) and part of the BYD Yuan series that is named after the Yuan dynasty, the Atto 2 was introduced in February 2024 and entered production in March 2024. In September 2024, the car went on sale in the first export markets, starting with South America under the name BYD Yuan Pro (except in Colombia, where it retains its original name), and with a different local name BYD S1 Pro in Costa Rica.
The vehicle is marketed in Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand as the BYD Atto 2. In October 2025, BYD introduced a plug-in hybrid version of the vehicle, marketed as the BYD Atto 2 DM-i. Not available in China, the model debuted in Europe before expanding to other regions such as Latin America and South Africa.
The hardware
Power comes from Petrol engine; 70 kW is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1430–1540 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 49 horsepower — leisurely, which for a car of its age and purpose is the point. The wheelbase is 2620 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the BYD Yuan Pro; assembly was at Changsha, Hunan. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Kia EV6, the Kia K4 (2024), the Hyundai Inster — show what else the money bought that year. Its Byd stablemates include the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 3.