The BYD Sealion 06 is the Byd that answered a simple question — how much car can this badge carry? — with 160 kW from Petrol engine. It was built from 2025, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger drew it.
How it came about
The BYD Sealion 06 (Chinese: 比亚迪海獅06; pinyin: Bǐyǎdí Hǎishī 06) is a mid-size SUV manufactured by BYD Auto since 2025. Available with battery electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid (DM-i) powertrains, the model was introduced in April 2025 at the Auto Shanghai.
The hardware
Power comes from Petrol engine; 160 kW is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1890-2190 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 85 horsepower — unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. It shifts through a E-CVT (DM-i). The wheelbase is 2820 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the BYD Song Plus; assembly was at Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Changan Automobile Avatr 06, the Chery Fulwin T11, the Suzuki e Vitara — show what else the money bought that year. Its Byd stablemates include the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.