The BYD S8 is a 2-door convertible from Byd, built from 2009 to 2010, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 2.0 L BYD483QB I4.
The story
The BYD S8 is a convertible sports car manufactured by the Chinese car company BYD. First shown as a prototype at the Shanghai Motor Show in 2006 as the F8.
What is underneath
Power comes from 2.0 L BYD483QB I4. It weighs 1525 -. It shifts through a 5 speed manual / CVT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2520 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Leaf, the Lexus LFA, the Jeep Grand Cherokee — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.