BYD Song

The BYD Song is a 5-door crossover SUV from Byd, built from 2015, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Under the bonnet: 1.5 L BYD476ZQA I4.

The story

The BYD Song (Chinese: 比亚迪宋, after the Song dynasty) is a series of compact SUVs produced by BYD Auto since 2015. The Song nameplate consists of several different models. It includes the original first-generation Song, later renamed to Song Classic and was sold until 2019. Another versions are the slightly larger Song Pro was introduced in 2019, followed by the more upmarket Song Plus in 2020, a larger electric vehicle called the Song L EV since 2023, and a plug-in hybrid called the Song L DM-i. The Song nameplate is also adopted by the Song Max compact MPV.

Since 2024, the Song Plus is exported overseas as the BYD Seal U and BYD Sealion 6. Similar to other BYD models, the Song has been available in petrol, plug-in hybrid DM (Dual Mode) system, and pure EV powertrains. The petrol versions were discontinued in March 2022 as BYD ended ICE vehicle production. The Song is part of Dynasty series product line, although since 2022 the Song Plus is offered through the Ocean Network dealerships. The Song is BYD's best-selling nameplate, and one of the most popular SUV in China by ranking first in the SUV segment in 2022. In that year, the Song sold 478,811 units, surpassing the Tesla Model Y and Haval H6 in the market.

What is underneath

Power comes from 1.5 L BYD476ZQA I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 6 speed manual / 6 speed DCT. The wheelbase is 2660 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 Ferrari 488, the Chevrolet Camaro, the Ford Escort — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.