Start with what the BYD Song L DM-i is: a 5-door crossover SUV with Petrol engine, built from 2024, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger.
The story
The BYD Song L DM-i (Chinese: 比亚迪宋L DM-i) is a plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV manufactured by BYD Auto since 2024. It is part of the Song line-up of SUVs under the Dynasty Series product line-up that are distributed through Dynasty Network dealerships.
Within that series, it is positioned between the smaller Song Pro and the larger Tang DM-i. While the vehicle shares the same name with the BYD Song L EV, both models have minimal relation in styling and mechanical components. Instead, the model is positioned identically with the BYD Song Plus from the Ocean Network dealerships, which adopts the same plug-in hybrid system.
What is underneath
The engine is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1930-2000 kg. Drive goes through a E-CVT. The wheelbase is 2782 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 Song L DM-i has a clear place: the factory was Zhengzhou, Henan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Tesla Cybertruck, the Nissan Z, the Kia EV6. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.
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