This £10,000 Electric Car Is About To Shock The World!!

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Published 2023-10-03
Elliot Richards takes a drive in one of the most important new cars of the year: the Seagull, by BYD. Coming in at less than £9,000 in China, while still offering genuinely useable range in a stylish package, could this be the ultra-cheap electric supermini we've been crying out for when it lands in Europe?

00:00 Intro
00:47 We love tiny cars!
1:27 Design walkaround
2:53 A surprising boot
3:49 Battery and range
4:19 Quirky interior
6:01 How small?
6:48 Back seat test
7:52 Driving impressions
11:28 How much??

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All Comments (21)
  • If this does actually come out in the UK anywhere near the £10k price point, then it's going to be an absolute game changer.
  • @tomellis4750
    If it starts and stops, is reliable and economical to run, it's pretty much all I want in a car.
  • @robertn2951
    Thank you, BYD, for making a car that is not filled with useless gadgets.
  • @nikkismith8750
    Still bigger than my old Toyota Aygo (3405x1615mm), but definitely a sane, practical size compared to all these massive SUVs.
  • @Knackebrot
    This might just be the car that marks the beginning of my appreciation of chinese manufacturers. Not an SUV, not big, little tech and low weight. Like this, China. Do more like this.
  • @d0b0b
    Price aside, nice sized car with decent range. Most manufacturers are struggling to offer this at any price.
  • @rebym
    Good review, thanks. BYD sold 40,092 of these in September and sales keep jumping every month from the prior month (34,841 in August). I suspect that this will do very well globally, not just in China.
  • @johniooi3954
    Even if they price it £15 to £20K it is a steel. We need this type of EV. Other manufactures are going bigger & bigger. Small is where most people will be looking for.
  • @adus123
    Swap the pink for Red and sell it in the UK as long as it is not a stupid price it will sell like mad. Top tip BYD get rid of the dealerships and sell them directly.
  • @keaganknapp2237
    I love these coming to the market but I am very upset that nothing even close to this EVER comes to the USA. I hate that our huge cars/suvs/trucks have brainwashed us to never wanting these things. I would buy one of these things in a split second but alas we will never get anything like this here
  • I have never purchased a new car in my life. If they release this at £10k i will purchase one. China has changed the game for us. I'm 100% in.
  • @shapes2000
    With the 20% import VAT and 10% import tariff, it should still be able to come in at £12,000 but we all know it's not hitting the UK for under 20k.
  • @guneetsingh8010
    Remember when Elon Musk laughed at BYD? Now they're Tesla's biggest threat.
  • @catregime
    I just got back from CN and literally half the cars on the road are electric…I’ve been in many and they rock.
  • @ChrisBigBad
    In Germany, we have lots of agencies that employ nurses that help elderly people in their homes. they zip around the city in the cheapest car possible and at the moment, they are in crisis, because the cheapest cars are really too expensive. this would fix that big time. alas, the price will probably double before it shows up on Germany.
  • @ccooper8785
    If it came to the UK at £9k then I would agree with you about it being cheap but we know that, like other cars / bikes, it will probably double in price by the time it arrives.
  • @kittywampus
    I so wish we could have this in the US. My daily driver is a royal Enfield motorcycle and i would buy this to be it's companion. 😊
  • @AndrewKNI
    This is the sort of electric car we need, especially if it's around £9-10,000.
  • @bobgerac
    The only criterion I have for a car of this price is that it gets me from A to B, in one piece.