Up to $5,900 off BYD Dolphin Premium, Seal Range, Atto 3 Premium & Sealion 6 Dynamic + On-Road Costs @ BYD Automotive

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Up to $5,900 off BYD Dolphin Premium, Seal Range, Atto 3 Premium & Sealion 6 Dynamic + On-Road Costs @ BYD Automotive
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11112007 on 13/01/2025 - 18:51 bydautomotive.com.au (7223 clicks)
Last edited 13/01/2025 - 20:51 by 1 other user

Continuing on from this deal: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/888203

Let the price war continue!

BYD have now announced further price reductions across the full range of vehicles for 2025.

Model 2024 Price 2025 Price Difference
Atto 3 Essential Not available $39,990
Atto 3 Standard $44,990 Not available
Atto 3 Premium $47,499 $44,990 -$2509
Dolphin Essential Not available $29,990
Dolphin Dynamic $36,890 Not available
Dolphin Premium $42,890 $36,990 -$5900
Seal Dynamic $49,888 $46,990 -$2898
Seal Premium $55,798 $52,990 -$2808
Seal Performance $65,748 $61,990 -$3758
Sealion 6 Dynamic $48,990 $45,990 -$3000
Sealion 6 Premium $52,990 $52,990
Shark 6 Premium $57,900 $57,900

https://www.carsauce.com/car-news/byd-announces-new-discount…

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      • Eeples on 13/01/2025 - 21:07
        +5

        Isn't that a good thing?

        Is it really hurting Australia's local EV manufacturers?

      • CheapBrah on 13/01/2025 - 19:38
        +1

        It's wild that anyone thinks buying a Chinese brand gives them the moral high ground. Unlike a western company building EVs in China, these Chinese brands don't care about ethical supply chains and will likely not have a problem with, for example, using aluminium built by Uyghur slaves in Xianjing.

        Buy it because it's cheap if you want to, but there is no moral high ground.

      • azm on 13/01/2025 - 21:11
        -2

        I guess those who talk about moral high ground but forgot about ethics.

      • sm3004 on 14/01/2025 - 10:10
        +1

        You do know that Australian Teslas are also made in China, right?

      • Randolph Duke on 14/01/2025 - 11:59

        Aren’t Australian delivered Tesla’s also built in China?

    • Creamsoda on 13/01/2025 - 19:36
      +9

      It sold well because people who do the research knows BYD is a top EV maker and one of the best battery manufacturers in the world. Not to mention Eagers Automotive which is responsible with distribution in Australia has been around for a very long time. There is pedigree and experience behind the BYD Australia team.

        • Creamsoda on 13/01/2025 - 20:00
          +3

          Hi BYD bot

          which part of my statement is false?

            • Creamsoda on 13/01/2025 - 20:13
              +3

              @Brick Tamland: If i were a BYD bot i would of said "BYD is global #1 in new energy vehicles sales, partnering with largest and oldest car dealership business Eagers in Australia consumers can't go wrong"

      • Zizkov on 13/01/2025 - 19:40
        +10

        BYD supply batteries for Telsa, produce more cars than Telsa, and have been making cars since before Telsa. If that doesn't convince these people away from Chinese fear I don't know what will.

        Its not just cheap, its market leading.

          • Zizkov on 13/01/2025 - 19:48
            +5

            @EitherWayUp: I agree with that. Seems to be a weak point of criticism though in comparison to the strengths ive just highlighted..

          • twig on 13/01/2025 - 20:38
            +5

            @EitherWayUp:

            • Sent from my Fruit
        • timthetoolman on 13/01/2025 - 19:58

          Is Telsa a new Chinese EV brand?

        • E5TOQUE on 13/01/2025 - 20:20
          +5

          Forgot to add that Toyota is getting them to help make EV's for them too.

          Toyota have also asked to use BYD's PHEV tech in their cars too.

          Must be pretty decent if Toyota of all brands is happy to borrow the tech and stick their badge on them.

        • Corgsta on 14/01/2025 - 08:51

          You spelled Tesla wrong 3 times but I’m noticing others do as well. Is this a Chinese language joke?

      • OzViper on 13/01/2025 - 19:58
        +3

        Eagers are just involved to fleece you with servicing after you bought the cheap upfront car. Doesn't bring much legitimacy to the table..

        • Creamsoda on 13/01/2025 - 20:05
          -1

          What ever they do they've been involved with the Australian Automotive industry for a 100yrs and one of the largest in Australia. What legitimacy do you want?

          • CocaKoala on 13/01/2025 - 21:55
            +1

            @Creamsoda:

            What ever they do

            Yeah, nah. That part is actually important.

    • Brick Tamland on 13/01/2025 - 19:36
      +1

      Make it cheap and people will buy anything.

    • cumova on 13/01/2025 - 19:40
      +7

      Hyundai excel always comes to mind..

    • lafriel on 13/01/2025 - 19:42
      +5

      unproven chinese vehicles with little to no history on service and support

      Yes, BYD is only the most popular EV brand sold in China, and is one of the top EV battery manufacturers in the world. But sure, unproven Chinese vehicle.

      • 11112007 on 13/01/2025 - 19:47

        BYD sold 3.7 million units in the domestic chinese market last year! Insane!

    • FXx on 13/01/2025 - 19:44
      +2

      True. Though EVs are rather simple things compared with a typical ICE vehicle. There really is less to go wrong.

      • Corgsta on 14/01/2025 - 08:53

        Doubt it from how I see software being written these days. And these things run lots of software.

    • littlesoldier on 13/01/2025 - 19:45
      +5

      BYD starts making EV since 2005, even before Tesla (2008), and they are currently the biggest EV + PHEV car manufacturer in the world, so while they are quite new in Australia, they have a good history in making cars and servicing

      On the other hand, there are many other new Chinese EV brands coming to Australia this year, and supports can be an issue if some of these brands collapse in few years time

      • Corgsta on 14/01/2025 - 09:00

        Wrong. They were both roughly the same time. According to Wikipedia, BYD’s first EV, the e6, was launched (started selling) in 2009, and Tesla started selling its first EV, the Roadster in 2009. BYD were making ICE cars prior to getting into the EV/PHEV market.

        • Gdsamp on 14/01/2025 - 14:12

          BYD has been a battery manufacturer since 1995

    • Anonymous User 2780 on 13/01/2025 - 20:27
      +6

      And there was people buying holdens which was proven to be shit boxes.

    • serpserpserp on 13/01/2025 - 21:11

      That is how it works with any brand. They sell their cars cheaper so people buy them. It has been happening for 50 years. Times haven't changed at all.

    • Corgsta on 14/01/2025 - 08:40
      -1

      Fully agree. But this is an echo chamber. Go out and talk to a sample of the general public and the eagerness and delusion is just not there like it is here. I mean your comment was downvoted heaps, proving this.

      Let them buy these vehicles, I’ll stick with my Subaru and Holden for a while until the dust settles.

  • salin on 13/01/2025 - 19:29
    +1

    Where is BYD Yangwang U8 and U9

    • JakeyJooJoo on 13/01/2025 - 21:47
      +1

      The Yangwang U8 is expected to arrive by the end of 2025. No decision on the U9 yet that's been public at least

      • nightelves on 13/01/2025 - 22:36

        Isn’t the Yangwang like $250k there abouts?

        • salin on 14/01/2025 - 18:08

          I think its 210Kish in China

    • hypnOtixx on 13/01/2025 - 20:18
      +9

      We should send you to China :)

    • Anonymous User 2780 on 13/01/2025 - 20:29
      +12

      Without Chinese products, everything in Australia would be much more expensive. You’re obviously not very educated

      • Grok on 13/01/2025 - 22:19
        +1

        Without China buy our dirt we would be a much much poorer country.

        We not called the lucky country for nothing.

        • lafriel on 13/01/2025 - 23:35
          +1

          I agree, but also, I would like to see China (or any other country) NOT buy our resources so we're forced to at least have some innovation in this country.

          I would love for us to be a country more than just "I dig rock, I sell rock" because that's not sustainable for our growth - we let corporations dig up all of our resources for peanuts, and what are we left with when it's all gone?

          • Grok on 14/01/2025 - 08:26

            @lafriel: It’s called the resource curse.

            We are in the same boat as other resource countries, yes that includes Saudi Arabia.

            We are not really good at anything except literally digging up dirt and shipping it. And that wealth is being constantly squandered on social programs.

            How many times do you hear in the news media “Australia is a rich country” so why is this happening? Let’s spend money to fix it.

            • Frozensage on 14/01/2025 - 09:50

              @Grok: Not true. We also good “inflating” house prices and selling visas.

            • Save Medicare on 14/01/2025 - 11:24
              -1

              @Grok: The wealth is being kept by the mining companies

              • Grok on 14/01/2025 - 12:33
                -2

                @Save Medicare: Typical leftwing commo talk.

                I own mining companies they pay me.

                The mining industry provided the only income for Australia during the COVID lockdowns. They still pay the majority of the budget.

    • TightAl on 13/01/2025 - 21:07
      +2

      Do you think China doesn't send money to Australia?
      Australia has a surplus on it's trade with China.

      MSM did one helluva of a job on you

  • Edsanwong on 13/01/2025 - 19:31
    +4

    Hmm yesterday Atto 3 was $44K including home charger, but now $47K.

    • Benzy on 13/01/2025 - 20:06

      yes i think the Atto 3 was cheaper yesterday.

    • Inyokuchi on 14/01/2025 - 04:04

      Yesterday is still cheaper. Difference is 3 grand extra for the 10 extra kWh battery minus home charger. Still havent received mine yet

  • CheapBrah on 13/01/2025 - 19:31
    -1

    Do we think there is much chance of Chinese EVs disappear due to increasing pressure on the government to take action on security risks (whether real or perceived)? Doubt we'd see an outright ban but if the government makes things difficult enough for them through banning components or other regulations/restrictions they might pull out.

    Solid chance of a change in federal government this year as well which increases the chance of action being taken.

    • Kommodore on 13/01/2025 - 19:40
      +5

      0% would be political suicide even if risk is great.

      No different than being dependent on China for making almost everything else, even food now.

      • CheapBrah on 13/01/2025 - 19:43

        We were the first country to ban Chinese countries from our mobile network hardware, then others followed. This time we are behind other countries who've already taken action on the security risks (whether they're real or just perceived I genuinely don't know but it doesn't really matter). So I don't think it's 0%, maybe low but not 0%.

        • WhyAmICommenting on 13/01/2025 - 20:43
          +2

          I don’t really care if China know where I drive my car and when I charge it.

          • CheapBrah on 13/01/2025 - 21:07
            -3

            @WhyAmICommenting: It's more about being able to spy on everyone, or an escalating range of possibilities from turn off everyone's cars to blow up the batteries of all of them on command, there is a high likelihood of increasingly hostile relations between Australia and China and software updates exist.

            • serpserpserp on 13/01/2025 - 21:14
              +4

              @CheapBrah: Who is to say they can't do that on the mobile phones and laptops you already own from them?

              • CheapBrah on 13/01/2025 - 21:25
                -2

                @serpserpserp: My phone may be made in china but it isn't a Chinese brand, the software isn't controlled by them.

            • Save Medicare on 14/01/2025 - 11:26
              +1

              @CheapBrah: Only 1 country in the news recently for exploding consumer electronics and it wasn't China

        • TightAl on 13/01/2025 - 21:08
          +2

          Meanwhile the CIA / US Army is exempt from sanctions on Huawei, what a joke :)

      • pizzaofpeace on 13/01/2025 - 21:04
        -3

        Doubt it.

        The Chinese have tried all kinds of political pressure - the trade war, cyber attacks on unis, not so subtle military threats - and Australia still flipped them off.

        They’ve clearly eased off the hostility and are trying the sweet approach now because they’ve utterly failed.

        Their significance as a trade partner is falling given their economic troubles and falling consumption of iron ore and other minerals from Australia.

        At the end of the day, Australia is America’s loyal vassal due to shared values and security. With the right push from America, Australia would tariff all China made cars out of sale.

    • Brick Tamland on 13/01/2025 - 19:47
      +2

      I dont think it's impossible, as someone said we have banned telecommunications companies and govt workplaces have banned TikTok. But the risk could be mitigated by removing SIM cards and data links

    • Cheap Rich Guy on 13/01/2025 - 19:54

      Either way, they should get rid of that luxury car tax that kicks in around $75K.

      • Save Medicare on 14/01/2025 - 11:27

        I think LCT makes sense as a progressive tax on conspicuous consumption, but 1) it should include luxury "work utes" and 2) the threshhold should be raised to >$100k at least given real inflation at the coalface outpacing CPI

  • Zizkov on 13/01/2025 - 19:44
    +6

    I imagine the fear of Chinese EVs is similar to what people thought about Japanese, and then Korean, and now Chinese cars versus European and American auto makers.

    I invite people to do their research on BYD who sell more cars than Tesla, supply batteries for Tesla cars, and have been producing electric vehicles since before the Tesla roadster.

    I think people are still failing to grass with that legacy auto makers are failing to adapt to the EV landscape. I don't own a BYD, but personally I would rather go with a car maker who has been making electric cars for almost 20 years than something based off a petrol car.

    • E5TOQUE on 13/01/2025 - 20:23

      Toyota are asking BYD to assist in making their EV's for the Chinese market too.

      Look up the Toyota BZ3 and BZ3c.

      Toyota are also apparently talking to BYD to assist in PHEV's too.

      • serpserpserp on 13/01/2025 - 21:15

        A lot of legacy auto get the chinese brands to help build the EVs

      • Inyokuchi on 14/01/2025 - 04:08

        Mazda partnered with Changan Auto to co-design their EZ-6. The EZ-6 is literally a rebadged version of Deepal SL03

        • E5TOQUE on 14/01/2025 - 05:49

          There is some modifications done to it.

          • Interior materials are changed to suit Mazda
          • Front and rear design modified slightly to suit Mazda
          • Suspension, steering package has been completely redone by Mazda's European team.
  • beltdrive on 13/01/2025 - 19:50
    +1

    I really want a pink car tbh. Tempted

    • Protractor on 13/01/2025 - 19:59

      Cheap keyed one may be available.

    • oscargamer on 13/01/2025 - 20:11
      +2

      You need a Jag

  • TEER3X on 13/01/2025 - 19:54
    +3

    I've considered buying a non-ev car (eg hybrid), but because of the uncertainty of oil prices over the next decade, fk them.

    I'm going electric.

    • Protractor on 13/01/2025 - 19:59
      +2

      Hedging bets is crazy anyway. We all hear tales of woe with the quality of dealer services, so having a car with 2 modes of powering it doubles the headaches.And if either of the modes carks it outside of warranty, that's an expensive fix.I suspect that manufacturers land dealer over the departure from ice for the opportunities involved for profit. There's the dealer servicing etc, and alo a future trend of ppl flogging/trading regularly to avoid the climbing costs of maintenance,batteries etc.
      If and when I jump, hybrid isn't even in the race.

  • dts88 on 13/01/2025 - 19:56

    Sealion 6 Premium has no discount

    Are these all MY25?

    • regenade on 13/01/2025 - 20:10

      Good on Trump to enable to at least speak without getting censored :D
      Enjoy the next 4 years and hope you dont have kids !

    • Speckled Jim on 14/01/2025 - 18:42

      There's a LOT of post-COVID blow-ins trying to sell us old rope.
      Speaking of which…

  • greater mimic on 13/01/2025 - 20:01
    +2

    Does anyone here drive the Dolphin and can give a brief review on whether it's worth it for the price? $30k is appealing.

    • Buddy195 on 13/01/2025 - 20:10
      -7

      If you never need to merge onto the free way it’s ok as a cheap city car. Slow and lacklustre. Base MG4 is a better buy imo.

      • Shekster on 13/01/2025 - 21:24
        +4

        My nearly 30 year old corolla is more than capable of merging onto a freeway or drive on highways.

        The Dolphin (which I test drove) is faster, more powerful, and better in virtually every other aspect to my car so I don't know how you can possibly have reached that conclusion.

        • Buddy195 on 13/01/2025 - 21:25
          -5

          12.4 seconds to 100 official figures. I got it from what BYD state and watching reviews on the vehicle where people test drove the actual vehicle and not your slower Corolla!

          • beltdrive on 14/01/2025 - 08:45

            @Buddy195: Every modern car is capable of driving on the highway just fine, even the small ones. Cars in general are much more capable than they used to be

            • Buddy195 on 14/01/2025 - 14:31

              @beltdrive: I stated merging, as it’s very slow. I gave you offical figures and you’re still replying. It’s fine if you don’t understand that, I get where you’re coming from…

              • beltdrive on 14/01/2025 - 15:57

                @Buddy195: my car does 0-100 in 13.22 and I’ve never had issues merging tbh

                • Buddy195 on 14/01/2025 - 20:07

                  @beltdrive: Unfortunately my opinion differ from yours. I find people who don’t get up to speed very quickly cause issues to others and not themselves, so your opinion is fine for you…

        • SeanConnery on 13/01/2025 - 22:03

          Agreed. Honda Jazz 2015 owner here which has a 88kw/150nm torque engine. Base model Dolphin has higher torque 170nm. I can merge and drive on the freeway just fine with my Jazz. I'd imagine the Dolphin will be just fine as well.

        • greater mimic on 13/01/2025 - 22:09

          Thanks that's good to know. I'll be coming from a 10 year old Yaris which has a tiny engine and I can manage to merge on freeways fine

          How's the boot space and such in the Dolphin? I do plan to test drive sometime soon so will know more myself

          Also do you think premium is worth it for the extra $7k?

    • Inyokuchi on 14/01/2025 - 04:11

      Dolphin and Atto 3 has the same motor of 150kW, but since Dolphin is lighter. It is more faster and nimble.

      • Buddy195 on 14/01/2025 - 14:34

        It has a 70kw motor, why are people posting complete lies in here, then down voting anyone who posts a fact from BYD? It’s bizarre like some vested interest thing.

  • HunterBargainHunter on 13/01/2025 - 20:08

    How much for sealion7?

    • Buddy195 on 13/01/2025 - 20:11
      +2

      Under 60k but not out until med February so no official pricing.

    • Inyokuchi on 14/01/2025 - 04:13

      Will definitely be priced competitively to the Model Y

  • Cheryhello on 13/01/2025 - 20:15
    +1

    walked into byd showroom and asked for a deal on seal performance but they denied and said that was the best price, now two weeks later this happens lol 😂

    • E5TOQUE on 13/01/2025 - 20:25
      +9

      BYD have fixed pricing. Non-negotiable. It's not a traditional dealer setup.

      It's the same setup that all these brands follow.

      • Tesla
      • BYD
      • Polestar
      • Cupra
      • Zeekr
      • Mercedes
      • Honda
      • Genesis
      • Eeples on 14/01/2025 - 00:31

        Oh, so I can negotiate on an mg xpower?

        • E5TOQUE on 14/01/2025 - 05:50

          You sure can.
          Go to a dealer and discuss pricing.

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