https://bydautomotive.com.au/configurator/byd-sealion-6
| State | Drive Away Price | After Cash Back |
|---|---|---|
| ACT | $50,291.60 | $47,791.60 |
| NSW | $51,784 | $49,284 |
| NT | $49,656.25 | $47,156.25 |
| QLD | $50,797 | $48,297 |
| SA | $51,604.11 | $49,104.11 |
| TAS | $51,586.42 | $49,086.42 |
| VIC | $51,936.45 | $49,436.45 |
| WA | $53,197.10 | $50,697.10 |
Cashback Offer T&Cs(bydautomotive.com.au)
Update 1-Oct
Extended to October 31, 2024, vehicle to be delivered before November 30, 2024.
Novated lease charges about 9-10% interest on principal kills it
Doesnt kill at all if you are making too tax bracket. Still really good in range below.
The savings in fuel for elecricty along is about $7k a year if you fill up like me once a week on 98. Plus novated costs for your insurance. Its quite good, actually.
Looks like you earn more than 190K use premium fuel and drive a lot it would make sense.
If you drive less and use your home loan to fund, you can always keep a logbook and tax deduct work related travel part without credit rating impact.
It all depends on your situation
I signed a novated last month for 7.3%
And with the tax being scrapped on ev novated until April it's cheaper than buying outright, with insurance, road side, servicing and tyres.
Likewise, got my Sealion 6 for 7.3% interest rate.
Novated Leasing is the best way to purchase a new vehicle (PHEV/EV) if you have to purchase a new vehicle at all.
@systmworks: Leaseplan, who is under SG Fleet.
Of course, this is if your company them as the preferred leasing provider.
What lease company offered 7.3% ?
Anti Ev crowd - Ev cars are too expensive. I'm not buying until they're get cheaper.
Ev cars get cheaper
Omg the prices are dropping they're worthless. I don't want to buy a car unless it holds its value.
they are just used to owning high yield assets like BMW's…
That's not anti-EV, that's just being smart with your money. Isn't that what OzBargain is all about?
Tempting!
Thank China for bringing cheap cars.Don't China also paid Australians Medicare and centrelink money.
BYD is entirely different car. Can use fully electric mode and even hybrid is much more efficient than any car listed there.
Is that the hybrid prices for the others?
The closest PHEV is $10-15k more expensive more than SL6
The ones you listed are regular hybrids, can't do 80-90km on EV mode. Even Toyota is going to adopt BYD's PHEV platform.
I went to buy a corolla, that car can't fit 4 of us comfortably with 2 car seat in the back, and occasionally 5 people will be nightmare.. Bought a haval jolion instead, saved nearly 10k, and very comfortable back seat even for 5 people.. not a fan of Chinese car, but no option left for poor people like me.. So far going great..
I wouldn’t call myself poor when I can buy a new car!
Nah, I am still poor, need a car for work.. tired of fixing cost of the old one.. And 2nd hand japanese car price does not make sense to me… Like they are asking more money then what it cost them brand new.. Haval is a new car for poor people..
Mate you haven't checked the price for Toyota higher spec model. Toyota is an luxury brand now…
Nah.. it’s called Luxury EXport to the US. (Join the capitals)
Lucky we don't have a 'Biden' Tariff.
Lucky we don't have Trump
Just waiting for the U.S. government to tell us to stop buying Chinese products and halt iron ore sales to China.
To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal
As long as American mining companies are taking a slice, the American government won't say sh* if the oligarchs are happy.
Lucky we don't have an election, yet
Lucky some countries never has an election
Lucky we have neither, nor Mr Potato head.
nah we just have an archaic "Luxury Car Tax"
Has anybody here tried trading in a Toyota Rav4 Hybrid GxX or GXL 2020/2021 for this? Curious to how much you get for it these days. Private sales seem to net about 39-40k but I'm not sure there any many buyers out there now at that price range for a 5 years old Rav4
I thought you were talking bout MY 23/24 GX/GXL 😂
At least we have option for petrol and electric if shit happen (Last of Us), even though most likely no petrol and no electric at the time.
PlayStation gamer spotted.
No worries. Odds are that you'll be dead or infected anyway.
Electric is better as there are a ton of solar panels that will keep producing. However, the fuel will be gone unless we're smart enough to pump it out.
Love this car, however consider the fact the same car in China at the moment can be had for $28900 its still too expensive.
My dad test drove this and then went with Tesla Y, because Tesla Y is about the same price as what you pay in Australia.
His logic is, its better value to buy the Tesla Y as it cant be bought cheaper elsewhere…………Hmmmm…………….
And after signing up for one 2 weeks ago and was told the Tesla Y would arrive by the end of September, its now been delayed till the end of October. So what happened to all those unsold Tesla Y sitting at the dock? Are they all gone hence the 1 month delay?????
Except its doesn't matter at all what the price is outside Australia. If they ever drop the price of competing Chinese EVs in Australia to be more in line with China prices, you can be sure that Tesla will have to drop their prices as well (like it has happened multiple times already) or they go bust in Australia. Who is gonna pay ~15-20k premium for a basic non-luxury EV like a Tesla?
A lot of people are happy buying the $63k for the tesla as far as I know.
True but that's because it's not that much more than a similar quality EV in the same segment and some people still think a Tesla is more premium or a better brand.
A BYD Seal and Model 3 has around ~4k price difference. But if the Model 3 is 15-20k more expensive I think you would have to be really bonkers to buy that over a Seal.
Similarly if the Sea Lion 7 is priced 20k cheaper than a Model Y, it's gonna kill Tesla
@Aerith-Waifu: New brand? You realize BYD has been around as long as Tesla? And BYDs quality looks and feels better than Tesla. BYD's battery is also better. Tesla might be better in the software department though
Tesla price here is much closer to the price in China.
Guess international shipping is free as per that logic
I wouldn't go with a Tesla only for the fact that there's more discounts coming. Ive seen reports of how Tesla offered a number of rounds of sharp discounting to try and maintain sales, and it is likely they will follow here as well, which means you might immediately be $10-15k underwater as soon as they do that, making resale a nightmare.
Buying a car because it is closer to price parity in China is a ridiculous reason to choose a car.
Buying a car because it is closer to price parity in China is a ridiculous reason to choose a car.
It may be a valid reason, a much lower price in China may indicate more likely price drops later with increased competition, which would mean a higher car depreciation.
But that should only cause you to buy no car not the Tesla.
Western patriotism is costly :( Apple consistently overcharging & Tesla before BYD competition)
UBS engineers found that BYD Seal has top tech & 15% better value than Tesla, or 30% better than EU models.
It's the same with mobile phones—the iQOO Z9 Turbo is around 380 AUD in China.
Meanwhile, Samsung and Google won’t offer you a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for double the price in Austrlia.
God I'd love to try some of the phones coming out of China, if only they'd run stock android
@danwylie: You either flash the ROM yourself, or you’ll have to pay extra for their international version at a rip-off price.
I really like this car on paper and has been on my radar for some time now. The only problem I have is no memory seats. Why is this still an issue when the car is just one big computer, I am sure they can figure something out. I know someone who bought a brand new Cupra about 6-8mths ago and again no memory seats.
The seal has memory seats, im sure the higher specs of this car will have memory seats. Don't quote me just my thoughts I have done 0 research
No memory seats on premium or dynamic, weird eh?
My Skyline, Silvia S15, 359Z fairlady, Scirocco R etc etc all had no memory seat. So what?
Because these are SUVs shared by helicopter parents.
All of your listed cars don't need memory seats because the only function is be pinned by the G's.
For the money they charge for the high spec model I expect everything. My past 3 cars have all had memory seats so not willing to 'upgrade' to a car without features I already have.
RAV4 Hybrid Cruiser has memory seats so why not in this?
The money I spent on the Nismo can probably buy a few Sealions and still have money left over but still no memory seat. Oh well to each their own I guess.
As silly as it sounds, this has stopped me from choosing some cars.
My wife and I share my work/lease car and our driving positions are vastly different. It's a bother to attempt to adjust and re-adjust the seat back to my position and even if I get it, it somehow still feels off.
The Sealion 6 is top of the list for my next car, but……. no memory seats. First world problem I know… :\
it's a pain to get at anyway in the menus. My wife and I don't even bother with the Seal. We just move it back and forwards.
That's a shame it's not easy to get to (what about via swipe down menu?)
My wife and I share our current car about 50/50 - so the first thing we do every time we get in is press the Seat memory button #1 or #2 on the drivers door.
Having to do it manually every day (sometimes multiple times per day) sounds like a pain
What car had these magic seat buttons you speak of?
@WhyAmICommenting: Our current car that we use the seat memory buttons on (switching drivers back and forth multiple times some days) is Hyundai Sante Fe Highlander (2014)
I think it also moves the side mirrors as we never have to adjust those either, with the 2 different seat positions.
@systmworks: My wife and I are quite different heights. Might need to make this a priority for the next car. Cheers.
How much insurance cost for this given there's an electric and petrol parts?
And also servicing, does that mean there's both electric and petrol parts to service which equals more costs in the long run?
BYD is OzB choice of car
buy your demise
Good slogan for Tesla
Looked at the Sealion over the weekend and the Premium is where I would put my money. Probably the biggest car in its class and the fact you could run all electric for the first 70-80kms is a no-brainer for those who spend 80% in the city and then require a car for day trips/weekend aways etc.
Originally test drove the car when it was fully charged, car was smooth and nice to handle, placed the order.
Cancelled my order last fortnight after waiting for 2months.
Findings that didn't suit my comfort requirement:
- Did few other test drives towards the end of the day, when it was running on petrol, the generator sounds and vibration wasn't to my liking.
- Aircon, especially heating would be half powerful on fuel, handling of the car wasn't as smooth.
- Customer service near non existence.
- No memory seats and it is not planned via software update, as confirmed by the dealer.
- My driving requirement are mainly highways, and it's fuel efficiency is around 6.8l/100km.
Was performance the same when manually putting the car on petrol?
Haven't tried that.
Yeah, it's basically the same weight as a fully electric car. I would go for the Sealion 7 instead if you can wait. However, if you primarily drive on highways then just go with a normal hybrid and save yourself $10k. The GWM Haval H6 Ultra hybrid has slightly more tech than this car and it has the same 1,100km range with 500kg less weight, you'll also never need to charge it.
Will test drive that out. Thank you.
You might find the next gen EREV (extended range EVs) will suit you really well - no idea when they will arrive in Australia but they are definitely popular in China https://www.theautopian.com/gasoline-range-extended-electric…
In fact, I think EREVs will take over the Australian EV market very quickly, since we all have 'big country range anxiety' and are happy to spend a little bit on fuel.
Will be interested to see the Sealion 7 price point as it can't be sub $60k otherwise it will step on the sealion 6's toes?
Why would you buy a hybrid for highway use? The hybrid tech isn't going to improve your fuel economy in that style of driving.
Waiting for the Shark
Im waiting for the lobster
Sharks eat lobsters for breakfast…
When?
Do do dodo do do
Won't someone think of our domestic car industry?! Oh wait…
I think 'what you mean' hasnt gone 'over peoples heads', its gone about 23km to the left of people because its a completely off target comment.
Lmao ok tinfoil
What delusion are you on, if China does it better too bad for Australia I'm sure our booming domestic car industry can compete
OzB'ers seem like they don't buy Euro cars because they sure don't apply the stupid logic of:
"BMW/PORSCHES/MERCS are cheaper in X, Y, Z country so I won't pay the prices in Australia"
This brain decay only apply to Chinese cars lmao
Guessing BYD has a demand problem!!!?
Why why does this car only come with brown or white trim and no black? Very poor design decision
Not a real important thing to add, but I just want to mention, the sound system in this thing sounds amazing. Blows my Seal Dynaudio or whatever off the road.
Had a test drive this afternoon and they told me the promo is running for another month ie ending end of October.
Has anyone else heard the same?
I like the concept of this car, The first PHEV that actually seems decent without an insane price.
All the EV benefits with 70kms of range going into town / pick up the kids etc but not being trapped looking for a charger if you want to use it for anything else.
It should be pretty good bang for buck on the EV novated lease thing it should qualify for.
I still think its worth holding off a bit longer as prices are only going one way at the moment.