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B YD is the latest Chinese car brand to have decided that the most effective route to making money in Europe is via a mid-sized, £50,000, all-electric crossover. And so, here to try to force its way i

IT’S AN ELECTRIFIED, 4WD Corvette with its engine in the middle and its steering wheel on the right. Yikes! The end result is good though, almighty in straights and trustworthy in corners – just bewar

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see if BYD’s value-focused newcomer can dislodge the European small car elite Since the brand arrived in the UK in 2023 with the Atto 3, BYD has enjoyed exponential growth. It

THE small-car segment has so far shunned plug-in hybrid powertrains, with affordable downsized petrol engines maintaining favour and EVs gaining in popularity. That makes the new BYD Atto 2 DM-i – a F

THE trend of reviving old brand names reached Vauxhall this year in the form of a new Frontera – formerly a chunky and slightly crude off-roader sold from 1991 to 2003. Its revival comes in a smaller

“WE want to be one of the largest mainstream brands in the UK,” says Bono Ge, BYD’s UK country manager. No messing: this Bono wants to be bigger than U2. Build Your Dreams is the standard bearer for t