Byd does not build many cars like the BYD e5: a 4-door sedan, built from 2015 to 2020 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
Where it came from
The BYD e5 is a compact all-electric car manufactured by BYD, based on the gasoline-powered BYD Surui sedan, an internal combustion engine (ICE) car that had been introduced in 2012.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 4-door sedan — and the layout: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
In context
Where it sits in Byd's history is not in doubt: the BYD Qin EV followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Escort, the Ferrari 488, the Chevrolet Camaro. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.