Start with what the BYD Dolphin G is: a 5-door hatchback with Petrol engine, built from 2026, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger.
The story
The BYD Dolphin G DM-i is a plug-in hybrid supermini car developed and produced by BYD Auto. Unveiled in May 2026, it is the first BYD vehicle sold in Europe developed specifically for overseas markets rather than adapted from a Chinese market model.
What is underneath
The engine is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to NNNN kg. Drive goes 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 2610 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Byd line-up the BYD Dolphin G has a clear place: the factory was China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Tesla Cybertruck, the Jeep Recon, the Kia EV2. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.