Start with what the BYD G6 is: a 4-door saloon with 1.5 L BYD476ZQA I4, built from 2011 to 2018, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer.
The story
The BYD G6 is a mid-sized four-door saloon produced by the Chinese manufacturer BYD between 2011 and 2018. It was first released in China on September 26, 2011, as the official successor to the BYD F6 and, like its predecessor, it was available exclusively as a 4-door sedan 3-volume body. In October 2014, The model underwent a major facelift. It was replaced in 2020 by the BYD Han.
What is underneath
The engine is 1.5 L BYD476ZQA I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual / 6-speed DCT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2745 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 G6 has a clear place: it replaced the BYD F6; it handed the line to the BYD Han. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Lamborghini Aventador, the Lexus LFA, the Nissan Leaf. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.