Numbers first, because with the BYD Destroyer 05 they are the story: Petrol engine, 160 kW. Byd built from 2022 to 2023, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger / Yuanzheng Pan (exterior) drew it.
Where it came from
The BYD Destroyer 05 (Chinese: 比亚迪驱逐舰05; pinyin: Bǐyǎdí Qūzhújiàn 05), sometimes translated in English sources as the BYD Chaser 05, is a compact sedan manufactured by Chinese automaker BYD Auto.
Named after the destroyer type of warships, it is the first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) under the "Ocean Series", equipped with the DM-i 4.0 hybrid technology. The vehicle is marketed in Uzbekistan as the BYD Chazor, in Latin America markets as the BYD King, and in the Southeast Asian markets as the BYD Seal 5 DM-i.
Under the skin
Power comes from Petrol engine; 160 kW is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a E-CVT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2718 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the BYD Seal 05 DM-i (China); assembly was at Changsha, Hunan. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Kia EV6, the Porsche Taycan, the Hyundai Stargazer — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.