A 660 HP 4x4 From China's Largest EV Automaker

[@theolich4384]

The most complete package out of any of the newer BYDs. Already a good seller in China, and surely will be a killer down under!

[@idontfollowyou]

That's if we are lucky enough to get it given our market is so small.... I do like it and the value proposition if it can come in around the 60-70k mark it will take a lot of market share away from the KN, JP & Euro

[@mortensenvick5711]

Can't wait to see it in Australia!

[@sealoftheliving4998]

Byd is a coffin wheel😂😂😂

[@mortensenvick5711]

@@collller I'm worried for Human Horizon, I really like that brand, especially their recently announced 1300hp hiphi A

[@theolich4384]

@@collller Trust me bro?

[@americannumber2]

How the hell Chinese car advanced so much in such short time!

[@yuey0602]

not only cars, also military technology and many other technology. in China we are joking they must have found something from the far side of the moon😁

[@frankiedehockie]

We were high on negative Chinese stereotypes and not paying attention.

[@DBGE001]

Exactly this, too high for too long on our own exceptionalism. @@frankiedehockie

[@FredGuia-s1p]

China's auto sales have remained the world's largest single market since 2009， which is 15 years ago. Do you know it? In 2023, its sales volume was almost the sum of the US, Japan, and Europe. The Chinese market is open to American, Japanese, and European auto giants with almost no restrictions. The market competition intensity is the highest in the world. The product competitiveness of Chinese brands that can survive and grow rapidly is self-evident. You don't know it just because the mainstream media in Europe and the US only report negative news about China.

[@farmers740]

Because almost all automobile enterprises in China and the world have joint venture production lines, many engineering and technical personnel have been trained. Many local enterprises in China have many R&D centers in Europe, while many enterprises in China have integrated these resources and made use of China's huge market to achieve success.

[@manimalworks7424]

Just yesterday, Reuters reported that some of these hard to get Chinese cars had become status symbols in many countries, especially in Middle East and Central Asia. Surprise?

[@Emilthehun]

Wheelsboy is really on fire lately!

[@LindemanRichard]

because they go to the byd dreams day i think

[@1plaintext]

rubber (on wheel) hits the road = heat

[@Emilthehun]

@@1plaintext I see what you did there 😂

[@ETr4d3]

15:15 I actually like this "feature" in cars, I hate over-precised steering wheels. Its so relaxing, on long trips, on the motorway to hold the wheel and not constantly having to adjust tiny bit to left or right

[@ShaiyanHossain]

this was the norm in old school boaty SUVs and land yacht sedans kinda unnecessary today when you have lane keep assist..

[@CC-gt3ro]

My Bronco Sport badlands is very good for that. It is very stable. On the highway the lane centering assist is also very useful. I was able to do 2 trip of 1700 km to Nova scotia from Quebec without too much fatigue. The seat are excellent as well and the audio surround system is very good.

[@TJDash]

Wooh! It's coming to Australia 😊

[@dennistinga24]

Sometimes less is more... This could be a less stressful version of the u8

[@Aapig]

The top-of-the-line Bao5 sells for 350,000 in China, and the U8 sells for 1.09 million

[@s.muzenda920]

We dont have the Bronco Sport in this part of the world (had to google it) but I think this car looks so much better.

[@Briggsian]

Like a Bronco Sport and Land Rover Discovery had a stylish baby.

[@CC-gt3ro]

I disagree. My Bronco Sport Badlands Orange cyber with the black roof is nicer i think. There are a lot of person in town or at the camping that like the style and color. The orange and the black roof make the difference. I only need to install my front deflector and a Jurassic Park sticker.. My bronco is probably more solid and reliable. It is 100% reliable after nearly 3 years of ownership (in july)

[@CC-gt3ro]

I love my baby Bronco Sport Badlands Orange with black roof. If the other try to copy it. It proves the bronco is nice. But there is good thing on this chinese car that Ford can copy back. I like the front and rear protection styling. It is longer with more rear leg room. The seat have massage and cooling system, the screen is bigger. The wheel off road should also be standard in the BS. Ford should make a hybrid with Sodium battery (NO lithium) snd put it under the seat (NOT under the floor for off road please) and the)battery should be only for start and more torque. The BS Badlands i have has already plenty of power but a very small battery (fire resistant) could increase the mpg. Make a hydraulic suspension as well and increase the towing to 4500 lbs 500 lbs hitch weight to allow tow very small off road trailer.

[@CxXxBot]

But GWM's Tank 300 looks a lot better than this Bao car

[@keith6371]

@@CC-gt3roford and reliability should not be in the same sentence

[@Thinkofwhat]

Wow!! French Devialet speaker system. Ain’t bad at all……very good actually:)

[@craigbmm4675]

should let us hear it

[@franksun4017]

9:06 Oh that’s a decent door closing thunk!

[@cheungchingtong]

Wow boy, you got some either China-haters or Tesla fanboys down here in the comment section.

[@一个说话大声的中国人]

The Chinese stole it from Americans. Now, the Chinese have it, and Americans don't. Or, the Chinese stole it from the WEST. Now, the Chinese have it, and the WEST doesn't. Ok, truthfully, for fact, historically speaking, the current is the second time China has exported luxury goods. For the first time, China exported porcelain or china, silk, and tea that only Western kings and queens could afford, and the Western commoners could only afford to buy what they could afford and thought that was all that Made in China.

[@onetwothreefour-s1n]

Amazing stuff wheelsboy, keep it up

[@hunterlee4406]

you wouldn't believe the price of this monster in domestic Chinese market... it's under 240k rmb，equivalent to about 34k us dollars. insanely affordable

[@NeutralGenericUser]

Awesome review! I love this car, and the price is insane. I wish I could buy it in Canada. I gotta say, I disagree regarding the styling. I actually think this looks amazing, and nothing like the Bronco Sport. IMO, it has more similarity to a Land Rover Defender

[@volvo24091]

More like the new Lexus GX/ Toyota Prado

[@Radiant-Revelry]

在北美，想都别想，是不可能让你买的中国车的

[@Aapig]

The American suzerainty will not agree

[@deepseer]

Calling it "not a EREV" is not accurate. It has a series-parallel powertrain: series mode (EREV) at low speeds and parallel mode (traditional European PHEVs) at high speed. That's the reason why it has very high fuel efficiency when running on fuel.

[@zodiacfml]

The exterior is going to sell in any region of the world. China knows how to make hybrid powertrains, large batteries, small turbo engines. Toyota, pioneered hybrids, but nothing exciting ever

[@Speedz1980]

Toyota had decades to design and manufacture a hybrid 4x4...

[@agusedyanto3324]

​@@Speedz1980 BYD's hybrid technology is equivalent to Toyota's hybrid

[@kristoffer3000]

@@Speedz1980 Toyota is the company that makes the least amount of sense to me, they were so early with hybrids then just didn't really do anything special with it, they could have transitioned to having some electric cars but they just didn't despite the electric part of the Prius drivetrain for example actually being really good and now they're focusing on ammonia which is probably dead in the water already seeing as it's so toxic.

[@JetsetDruid]

I suspect the only big market for hybrids will be the US, and maybe some developing markets like India, everywhere else is embracing full EVs

[@angkec]

@@kristoffer3000sounds a lot like Kodak

[@Brick-Life]

This looks like a very fun car to drive around

[@gianttodd1]

Too bad we can’t get these in the states

[@ankhmaathotep7913]

You will not be able to pay for it.

[@gianttodd1]

@@ankhmaathotep7913 and why is that ?

[@ZZGZBF]

Toyota is good enough and cheaper in the US.

[@moonwinghuang3913]

@@ZZGZBFToyota is nothing about technology 😅

[@micholitzia5726]

@@gianttodd11000% tarrifs probably 😂

[@MrGMawson2438]

Cracking looking truck

[@puneetchauhan9563]

The worldwide automobile brands need to up there game quickly or else the Chinese brands will take the world by storm. I mean look at them, they are at the epitome of perfection.

[@picandvideo]

Simply amazing! China has so many choices 😃

[@Syafik1990]

The build quality is perfect, I hope this car penetrates the Malaysian market. 

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

I like that Chinese are smart enough to have mechanical switches, stalks, unlike a certain company, that to save money, slaps it all on-screen, which is really stupid way to do it. It starts with a T and ends in esla.

[@ldmtag]

It gives me the same vibes as those famous Mercedes-Benz MLs from Jurassic Park 2: like a badaß balerina working on a farm, the thing seems to be too elegant for the job, yet it does it beautifully😮

[@krestovozdvizhenskiy]

keep in mind that situation with Hyundai batteries in US when you are forced to pay almots the entire value of a car if some minor damage to battery shell is detected. that 8 mm protection will be heavy , but handy

[@amethysturanus6351]

How about ordering a Chinese vehicle with Right side steering? Wonderful Coverage ❤

[@JAB8]

My suspicion is this platform is in testing in AU as a camouflaged dual cab ute I seen at Christmas time and I got a chance to look up the skirt and there was lots of double wish boning as you described

[@rrphotography3600]

Quite interesting. Glad to hear they are still opting to put a low range gear select. To give a better crawl control. Hoping that the dual cab coming from byd will include some of those features for that price as I could see it being a very compelling case. Hoping the testing of the prototype in aus will be sufficient to ensure its bush proof.

[@n33oh]

@wheelsboy - you guys had a video of a Chinese ev that could parallel park by moving sideways, but i can't find it anymore?

[@Leed831100]

That's Yangwang U8. But it was using special tyries to move sideways.

[@hazougaming]

Fangchengbao looks interesting as a sub-brand, I do worry like with some other companies, that there might be too much diversification to the point of taking sales from each other? Also ew, the anti-china crowd have found these videos. "It'll fall apart because it's Chinese", "it sounds like my lunch hurr hurr". Some people just can't fathom that China can actually progress from making cheaper stuff, to genuinely competitive decent vehicles.

[@passby8070]

it's called self deceit... when someone can not face the truth, they lie to themselves to feel better...

[@sayanbhowmik4535]

Now a days i think china has improved its overall quality of its cars.

[@AustralianFuture]

In australia, we get the ute shark, but what would be the name of the SuV version ?

[@outsidethebox262]

Personally, I think 48s speed is actually deadly on these types of vehicle....

[@JeanPierreLihoreau]

WIll they be making Right Hand Drive? (Do any Chinese makers make RHD?) Bula from Fiji!

[@jorad4887]

I like the dongfeng hero, the best SUV

[@alyciawang2892]

Thank you 😊😊😊😊

[@Rico-rj9bs]

I need this in NZ!

[@DDDD-fn5dp]

The BYD Ute using the same platform as this 4x4 will be unveiled soon

[@Michael4Reall00]

It would be nice if you review the leapmotor c11

[@ricatiman]

Great stuff Wheelsboy! When I saw the thumbnail on KZbin, I immediately thought of the new Toyota Land Cruiser, just going on sale here in North America now. It looks like an almost perfect clone...

[@MrJihadkoplo]

chimese suv is killing it...just the name funny

[@lizi1936]

Hi wheelsboy, the time stamp in the descriptions is off, please fix!

[@privatetravelpa6525]

Great review ~ as ever. It looks as though you’re in high suspension mode? Ah! You just said you don’t have adjustable hydraulics….

[@andrewmutavi590]

I guess thus was bound to happen,big exessive EVs,seems thats where all automakers drift to,n it works coz those with tonnes of disposable income don't take much to be convinced to make an expensive purchase nway miss the sub $10,000 EVs I fell in love with ur channel for

[@MrGMawson2438]

Cheers mate

[@ickimadrasi8965]

They should make some of these SUV with bullet proof plating and windows

[@hantusmostert]

I call it the B5

[@zegzbrutal]

Why it's not called Panther/Leopard 5 as 豹 5 literally means that..... Having a name like a Tank is pretty cool

[@bismarkamankwah6284]

I’m thinking of getting the jetour traveler, do that next pls

[@LindemanRichard]

jetour traveler sells really good in China

[@bismarkamankwah6284]

@@LindemanRichard yes I’m aware, wanna ship to Ghana

[@bubuneowoo6161]

MG sells in Ghana

[@bismarkamankwah6284]

@@bubuneowoo6161 JETOUR TRAVELER

[@beta__6109]

The last time Wheelsboy claimed a Chinese car (the Tank 300) looked like a Bronco it turns it out it was released months before the Bronco was. Now the FCB is supposed to look like another Bronco... only it doesn't actually look like that Bronco. I really just wonder how far a car review channel can get on claiming every car it reviews is just a cheap copy of other cars.

[@hi9580]

Tank 300 and bronco headlights have almost exactly the same design. Any car with box body, big wheel arches is going to look similar to each other, that's the point, to look like previously successful offroader. A lot of people looking for more modern, comfortable, cheaper offroader with similar design to vintage models.

[@ElsonSas]

I wanna buy this from philippines

[@myexpedition8577]

Does it come in right hand drive?

[@charliespring]

Yes if your country is right hand drive

[@tuanmfaris4232]

Could you review the GWM Shanhai Cannon? I heard it has a V6.

[@isipwater]

Great review. Thank you.

[@magicer911]

Please just buy the top spec, the E4 platform is insane. And the difference between the top spec and the medium spec is only 50K RMB (7K USD).

[@Wheelsboy]

The Bao 5 isn’t available with the e4 powertrain on any of its trim levels. Maybe you’re thinking of DiSus-P, the hydraulic suspension.

[@myles9631]

​@@Wheelsboy any news on the BYD ute that's coming to Australia? Can we expect it to be identical to the Bao 5?

[@XThomasakiX]

Insta buy if it comes to belgium!

[@yqzhou1129]

it's just 40k usd$ （289800 CNY） in china

[@andyloke126]

Please export to Thailand.

[@zaidtareen3982]

Looks like a Bronco sports competitor with more power than a g63 amg

[@Emilthehun]

I dont see it. But yea 4 wheels , headlights, tail lights,

[@agusedyanto3324]

Against bronco, just GWM tank 300! 😂

[@jasonwang7901]

There was a 0-100 km/h test comparison between this car and G63 AMG in Chinese media. The two cars were almost the same level.

[@6565hopepy]

660Hp what the hell!

[@Future-Classic-Comics]

It looks like a Hummer H3 made love to a Toyota land cruiser. And out popped this bad boy.

[@shilongtang549]

🤣I am not very happy. In 2013, China's Great Wall Motors was still selling 50,000 to 60,000 H6 per month at a price of about $18,000. At that time, there was basically no interior and mechanical quality to choose from for a $10,000 car. By 2024, only 11 years have passed, and EV have evolved 2-3 generations. Now in China, you can buy a 1.5L dual-clutch four-cylinder brandnew Chevrolet car for $8,000. You guys always ask Chinese, why we are progressing so fast, and we are also annoyed, because the configuration is getting better and better while the price is getting lower and lower. Backstab

[@FarrokhZarnegar]

What would be the price of the top model with the DSP in USD? And how to import it to Dubai, and the shipping cost?

[@xchuanShen]

RMB 352,800=USD 49043😅

[@RSCB]

fang cheng bao bao is crazy

[@frederickzhou7464]

actually it's Fang Cheng Bao / Bao 5. Fang cheng bao is brand and bao 5 is specific type

[@RSCB]

@@frederickzhou7464 oh thanks

[@WaheedKhan-mm3pw]

looks like a land cruiser prado or lexus gx 550

Is has an EV version?

[@heinuchung8680]

These would all sell well here e

[@aquaboy1650]

Way better design than a Yang Wang 😂

[@ablosport312]

Good car

[@macrenner]

The center air vent is in a weird place

[@WANDERER0070]

I read that as BAD 5 😊 prety cool name actualy

[@craigbmm4675]

you didnt talk about towing . i assume its not that capable with a 1.5 L .. interesting vehicle tho

[@vuhoangdung]

the front looks kinda like Ford Everest

[@aquaboy1650]

And Bronco Sport

[@kamsunleong6648]

Every car looks kinda of like every other car. Because they are all cars.

[@matthewlloyd956]

can you bring it to Australia?

[@hwuharry9719]

It's a left drive vehicle

[@IsaacGbornor_gv]

Beautiful off road 👍👍👍👍

[@Ben-qe8cx]

车轮哥！反华人士很喜欢你的频道😂

[@WinstonZuo]

太搞笑了😂😂😂

[@kozhenidres314]

what is the love story between Chinese car makers and 1.5L engine ?

[@cwdjdsd-36321cs]

Cars with Engine capacity higher than 1.5 litres have to pay a tax related to emissions. You can find 3.0 V6 engines on Chinese cars like great wall tank 500,700 or their pick-up trucks. Also there are many Chinese cars with 2.0 litre options. This has 660HP so the engine capacity doesn't matter, BYD is an EV brand so having high capacity engines would make These PHEVs inefficient. People who buy this will mostly rely on pure EV mode for city driving because this has 100km of pure EV range.

[@floxshuilee1760]

不带云撵P过单边果然会晃动啊 还是直接买顶配吧

[@rationalist4523]

Is this beast available in india

[@xeonasaneon9606]

I think it should be called "Formula Panther" lmao

[@omargt7333]

price ??

[@jimmyli8129]

top spec 350k RMB about 50k USD

[@mohiuddinahmad1792]

Nice video ❤❤

[@ehhla3]

Note that the iron used for the exit angle is not straight, in normal conditions it will not be so

Can I import it to Israel?

[@izzo2271]

I wish BYD would embrace more global branding for it's sub brands because they make great cars at great value but they become unattractive because of the very foreign naming

[@shagsshag149]

Everything is nice when it’s new

[@uix6ubm]

方成宝宝5岁生日快乐👶🏻🍰🎉

[@uconnjames]

WTH? Ford Bronco looks much better than this car! And is way more reliable than this electronic toy.

[@symmetry08]

I didn't look further except first few minutes. Front is new Landcruiser or Ford truck, and from sides Landrover. Rear is Mitsubishi ! What's up with own original ideas ?

[@ashwani4942]

looks exact copy of ford bronco! what a new design!

[@kamsunleong6648]

But a much better looking design for sure.

[@kamsunleong6648]

Bronco in turn copied GWM Tank 300 off loader.

[@黑粉才是真爱粉]

Yes, after all, Ford's battery supplier is BYD.

[@cwdjdsd-36321cs]

This doesn't look like a bronco 😂 the tank 300 looks like a bronco though

[@einpaul1]

Looks like the new Toyota land cruiser

[@jayjay9932]

I've seen Chinese videos showing these vehicles with britle undersides.

[@user-popomeeskii]

车轮哥可以给海外粉丝讲讲方程豹18升油的故事，一定很有趣😂

[@ThePanacon]

It sounds like something I could order off the menu from the Chinese take away at the next corner. 😅

[@kosmonautik639]

Beautiful car, because it looks like a Chinese copy of a Land cruiser and a Defender...the price is a joke, by the time you'll have it in your garage it will double in price

[@likerussel]

Looks like Jetour T2 ...

[@GXTOLX]

Looks like a gx550 prado knockoff. Poor wheel articulation noted. Big fat avoid

[@lvovodessa]

The GX550 isn’t a Lexus anymore with all the plastics. And now there are also concerns about the motor. People better buy the BMW X5 for the same price. Or this car.

[@PlayShorts3]

If Chinese manufacturers want international markets, they need to start giving their vehicles better names.

[@idontfollowyou]

Why? none of the Chinese car brands are named after ego driven people's last names. I don't see why Chinese car brands should give different names, if one doesn't like it please continue to buy other brands. The international market you maybe referring to is the western world and that world only makes up less than 10-15% of the world, food for thought there. I think gaining speed gone are the days where the rest of the world needs to conform to the west.

[@AndraFebrian]

​@@idontfollowyou Lixiang? Wey? Xpeng?

[@deepseer]

Wheelsboy mentioned in the video that the original internal (or even provisional) names may differ from final names in international markets. For example: a medium-sized PHEV sedan, was designated to be Destroyer 07 in Chinese, was translated into Chaser 07 when it appeared in Shanghai Auto 2023, but became Seal DM-i when it was finally released in late 2023.

[@ultrasonicradiation]

U think that names like Mitsubishi Hyundai or Volkswagen are better names? They all started as obscure brands and gradually became household names. I don't think China should change their names to conform to Western values. They should retain their Chinese heritage, and the West should get used to pronuncing them.

[@idontfollowyou]

@@AndraFebrian Sorry mate if you aren't Chinese or a fluent Chinese speaker you won't ever understand the double meaning behind those names.

[@jesse小榕]

那五个物理按键最好改成金属质感的会更有质感

[@WinstonZuo]

改金属镀层就行😂

[@jesse小榕]

@@WinstonZuo 要我就做成平面按键用拉丝工艺就好或是用金属隔条

[@WinstonZuo]

@@jesse小榕 好想法，本来就奔着做质感的，细节还是没考虑到

[@vecernicek2]

Fun fact: Chinese expression "Fangchengbao Bao" roughly translates to "Land Forder DeBronco"

[@wilsonmutsago]

Everest