Archive for the ‘BYD Auto’ category
BYD Daimler’s First Car Spotted Out Testing
BYD’s tie up with Daimler came as a big surprise to the automotive world, how would one of the companies with the greatest perceived quality levels in the world want to make a new business with one of China’s lesser known automakers? The answer of course being electric. BYD’s advances in the area of electric [...]
BYD S6 to gain dual clutch gearbox in 2012
The BYD S6 has already proven itself to be a strong seller in 2011, November 2011 sales were at 12,296 units, December sales swelled to 15012 units, January’s figures haven’t yet been released but they are likely to indicate another jump in sales. Information leaked to the Chinese automotive press indicate that BYD will be [...]
Next Generation BYD F3 to be known as the F3 Su Rui
BYD’s rise to fame came on the back of the original F3, the F3 got Chinese consumers onto the roads in a major way in 2010 and became a ‘peoples car’ so to say. BYD’s policy of trying to make everything in house, from glass to dashboards to carpet became the unsticking point of the [...]
BYD’s Xia Zhi Bing lands at Zotye
Xia Zhi Bing left BYD in a media storm, the former sales director left just before a round of mandatory lays offs in BYD’s sales department which saw 1000 white collar workers without a job. Mr. Xia was responsible for the rapid expansion of the BYD sales network which eventually lead to unsatisfied dealers leaving [...]
BYD Shares Rise Thanks to Zero Sales Tax on EV’s in 2012
From Bloomberg BYD Co. (1211), the automaker partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., rose to a two-month high in Hong Kong after the People’s Daily today reported China’s government will exempt three of the company’s electric car models from vehicle-usage tax charges. BYD gained as much as 6.7 percent to HK$22.20, the highest [...]
BYD L6 Ready to Launch
The BYD G6 is already a handsome car with a decent 1.5T engine and also a fairly strong tech line up under the hood, however BYD are eager to bring out the L6 which will sit above the G6 but look somewhat similar to the G6. Confused? It seems that although BYD have cleaned out [...]
Next Generation BYD F3 Aired Ahead of Beijing Launch
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 [...]
BYD developing 1.2T for BYD F0
The current BYD F0 comes with a 1.0L engine with three cylinders of fury and 68bhp on tap, the F0 weighs a mere 870kggiving it a fairly decent power to weight ratio, but then again F0 owners might want to avoid steep hills when carrying passengers. The F0 has become one of China’s top selling [...]
North Korean Police Rolling in BYD F6 Cop Cars
North Korean car producers are few and far between, Reverend Moon of the Moonies did try to set up a car company in North Korea which assembled rebranded Chinese cars such as Brilliance’ and a few pick up trucks under a DPRK only Pyeonghwa Motors brand but it is unclear at what stage this car [...]
BYD Auto Reveals New Compact Car, Plug in Hybrid Version Coming
BYD’s apparent replacement for their venerable F3 was revealed to the world for the first time today. This photo, though its validity is not 100 percent assured, appears to show BYD’s 5A prototype, the long-rumored vehicle intended to replace its Toyota Corolla clone…the F3. The BYD (F5?) will likely come in just above the L3 [...]
BYD’s new mid size sedan that actually looks good
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of BYD but their continual use or should we say car designs that were inspired by existing cars seems to be the fledgling car company’s greatest drawback, where BYD have gained great ground in developing the latest generation of EV’s they have lost a lot of ground in [...]
Why, despite the sales down turn, BYD is back on top form
Not long ago I wrote an article for China Car Times on how I believed that after a few missteps, BYD would ultimately prevail. We now have partial confirmation that I was on to something. It has been reported that BYD’s Q3 profits are up an astonishing 582% with the Q4 outlook even more positive. Granted, [...]
BYD’s S6 Dual Mode SUV to hit the market in 2013
BYD’s S6 SUV is already a popular model in the Chinese market, September sales ran to some 7000 units and may cause some worry at Greatwall, Zotye and Chery – all of whom already have best selling SUV’s in the market. BYDs’ entry into this segment did not come as a surprise but the cars [...]
BYD’s net profits in Q3 soared 582% y/y
BYD’s fiscal report for the third quarter shows that the company’s operating revenues in the first three quarters of this year decreased 4.34% from a year earlier to 34.334 billion yuan, and its profits in the period fell 85% from a year earlier to 352 million yuan. The company’s operating revenues in the third quarter [...]
BYD E6 launched in China for private buyers – 369,000rmb and rising
BYD have beat foreign competitors such as Nissan and GM to the finish line in the race to get a pure electric car into the potentially lucrative Chinese market. BYD initially launched the E6 to fleet and government buyers in mid 2010 which allowed hundreds of E6′s to undergo real world testing as taxi’s where [...]
BYD E6 to be on sale from tomorrow
BYD are preparing to offer the E6 electric sedan to private buyers as of tomorrow according to media reports, the Shenzhen based company have already had the car out testing in taxi ranks for several months now to evaluate the cars performance from a passengers and also a drivers point of view. The road testing [...]
BYD Officially Arrives in the USA
BYD are now officially in the USA with yesterdays opening of their new LA Headquarters. The Shenzhen based company plans to open two dealerships in the US in the coming months that will focus on selling the companies range of products on what appears to be a B2B basis, the launch of the E6 seems [...]
BYD cuts jobs, and cuts internet access too.
Soon after BYD released news stating that it would cut up to 1800 members of staff, including 1000 members of its sales team, BYD apparently cut the internet in BYD offices to stop further news leaks. Chinese media are quoting one member of staff who posted on their Weibo (Chinese Twitter style service) “Redundancies are spreading to [...]
BYD VP talks on BYD’s sales drop – it’s part of the plan, stupid.
Stella Li, BYD’s latest VP gave some insight to The Wall Street Journal as to why BYD’s sales have gone south for the past two years after a sterling 2008 and 9. Stella reveals that this is part of BYD’s master plan to capture the second time car buyer who is readying to swap their [...]
BYD lets 1800 staff redundent go as sales go south
Chinese media are reporting that BYD are planning to let up to 70% of its sales team go over the next few weeks with mandatory redundancies being sent through and the majority of staff being forced out of their positions by September 30th. Auto 163 are reporting that they have received many reports from BYD [...]
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