Next Generation BYD F3 Aired Ahead of Beijing Launch

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The BYD F3 has been BYD’s bread and butter for the past four years, the humble sedan was mocked as a Toyota Corolla clone when it first hit the market but it soon became BYD’s best selling vehicle, and then it became China’s best selling vehicle, then sales dropped off like a lead brick. Why did sales drop so fast? Quality issues were apparently one of the big reasons, that and the F3 was aging rapidly whilst better looking products from rivals such as Chery and Great Wall took to the market. Now BYD have given the F3 a major overhaul for the next generation of F3 and it seems to be deviating from that copied Corolla look, now the F3 seems to have its own independent design that makes it considerably different and much sharper to anything else on the market.

The F3′s wheelbase has been stretched by 60mm, not a great deal but it will give rear passengers considerably more space, the internals have also been given a big update according to information we have received. BYD are moving out of their ‘fast growth’ phase and into a slower development phase with a greater emphasis on product quality and consumer experience rather than focusing on low prices.

As mentioned in other articles, BYD are developing a range of Direct Injection Turbo engines, the first one, a 1.5T unit, has already hit the product line up in the larger G5 sedan but BYD are developing a 1.2T and also a 1.8T, we can bet that the 1.2T will be sailing into the F3 as soon as it is ready. BYD has also developed its own dual clutch gearboxes which are already in the G6 sedan but will trickle down to the F3 soon.