Numbers first, because with the BYD Datang they are the story: Petrol engine, 402 hp. Byd built from 2026, in the decade the industry is turning electric. The shape is credited to Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger.
Where it came from
The BYD Datang (Chinese: 比亚迪大唐; lit. 'Great Tang'), alternatively known in English as the BYD Great Tang, is a battery electric and plug-in hybrid full-size SUV produced by BYD Auto. It is the flagship model of BYD's Dynasty line of models.
Under the skin
The engine is Petrol engine; the output is 402 hp; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 2640-2970 kg. That is roughly 152 horsepower per tonne: quick by any era's standard, the kind of figure a hot hatch or a sports saloon posts. The wheelbase is 3130 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Byd line-up the BYD Datang has a clear place: the factory was China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Alpine A390, the AUDI E7X, the Jeep Recon. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.