The BYD G3 is a 4-door Sedan / 5-door hatchback (G3R) from Byd, built from 2009 to 2014, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 1.5 L 4G15S I4.
How it came about
The BYD G3 is a compact car by BYD. It is essentially an enlarged version of the BYD's compact car BYD F3, first introduced in October 2009.
The hardware
Power comes from 1.5 L 4G15S I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1180 -. It shifts through a 5-speed manual / 6-speed DCT (2013 with BYD473QE engine) / CVT (1.8 only). 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.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the BYD G5. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Tesla Roadster, the Nissan 370Z, the Jeep Grand Cherokee — show what else the money bought that year. Its Byd stablemates include the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.