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NEW BYD Atto 2 review – best electric SUV from china? | What Car?

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55 responses to “NEW BYD Atto 2 review – best electric SUV from china? | What Car?”

  1. @aye3678 Avatar
    @aye3678

    The feature of dragging three fingers to change something like the temperature and fan speed is really good thinking from BYD. Surprised its not a popular idea

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    1. @N1rOx Avatar
      @N1rOx

      It essentially turns the entire screen into adjustment controls for air con. Safer than touch screen only, obviously, but also safer than traditional buttons as you’re less likely (almost impossible) to miss the giant button that is the screen. Not to mention the voice controls.

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    2. @abdulwaduod11 Avatar
      @abdulwaduod11

      this on chines phones, like huawei honor

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    3. @whlawson5812 Avatar
      @whlawson5812

      Voice control would be better.

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    4. @androo4519 Avatar
      @androo4519

      @@abdulwaduod11 Been on the iPad forever. In retrospect an obvious idea for car touchscreens.

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    5. @ISuperTed Avatar
      @ISuperTed

      Had the three finger tap for years on my Peugeot e208 to take you to the Home Screen. Not sure I’d want to use it to drag functions though.

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  2. @DaveG7920 Avatar
    @DaveG7920

    Can’t believe how expensive they are in the UK.
    In NZ you can get an extended range Atto 3 for 48K NZD which is less than 22 000 quid

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    1. @darrenbodfish4591 Avatar
      @darrenbodfish4591

      Yes, hopefully, the government will keep putting up the tariffs on Chinese cars 😅

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    2. @cabottaxi Avatar
      @cabottaxi

      That’s because we have Rachel from accounts at the helm taxing everything.

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    3. @hermesliteratus882 Avatar
      @hermesliteratus882

      I do feel sorry for consumers in the UK.

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    4. @ronaldhammersmith7410 Avatar
      @ronaldhammersmith7410

      same for Tesla

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    5. @lw2978 Avatar
      @lw2978

      @@ronaldhammersmith7410 Well, it’s a choice between funding a people-oppressing Communist state or a far-right facist who is best buddies with the most dangerous man in the world. I’ll take a car from any other company thanks.

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  3. @DaveG7920 Avatar
    @DaveG7920

    Once Trump tells the UK they need to put 100% tariffs on Chinese cars and they do as they’re told, they won’t sell any

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    1. @darrenbodfish4591 Avatar
      @darrenbodfish4591

      Fingers crossed 🤞 😂

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    2. @chp9450 Avatar
      @chp9450

      We are the 51 state of them😂

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    3. @FCisThePunisher Avatar
      @FCisThePunisher

      Yeah wont happen

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    4. @androo4519 Avatar
      @androo4519

      For growth purposes we’ll soon have a BYD factory here making them.

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    5. @ISuperTed Avatar
      @ISuperTed

      Which won’t happen, idiotic comment. Trumpet won’t put 100% tariffs on them either.

      Reply
  4. @leedaq7767 Avatar
    @leedaq7767

    imagine if BYD offers affordable home EV charging package, they will really going to smash the amrekt

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    1. @TerryHickey-xt4mf Avatar
      @TerryHickey-xt4mf

      They supply home battery storage here in NZ a bit like Tesla but much cheaper and modular as well.

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    2. @cheungchingtong Avatar
      @cheungchingtong

      Their stocks just went skyrocketing in the last two days in Hong Kong China/Mainland China by announcing that they will put their own auto-pilot system into EVs they sell for lower than 15k USD, that’s a nuke in the industry already even in China, which is the most competitive market in the world.

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  5. @jonathanfgh1 Avatar
    @jonathanfgh1

    For the past year BYD have been tuning their suspension for Aussie rough roads. The first cars were a bit like driving a waterbed. Maybe they will tune the Atto suspension for UK and Europe ???

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    1. @darrenbodfish4591 Avatar
      @darrenbodfish4591

      Hopefully, we will keep putting up the tariffs on Chinese cars 😂

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    2. @dogsbodyish8403 Avatar
      @dogsbodyish8403

      You obviously haven’t yet heard about the UK’s pothole problem…

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  6. @esm7708 Avatar
    @esm7708

    Why sell a family car with so little range?

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    1. @linfengwang1332 Avatar
      @linfengwang1332

      for family second car, like dolphin,at least in China crowded city…

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    2. @fastfil Avatar
      @fastfil

      They sell others with longer range. Some people don’t need much range. It makes the car less expensive!

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    3. @esm7708 Avatar
      @esm7708

      @@fastfil it doesn’t make a huge difference and makes the car far more versatile.

      The 50kwh battery in Stellantis cars is probably the reason why they can’t sell them.

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    4. @eldridgep2 Avatar
      @eldridgep2

      ​@@esm7708Driving an e-C4 I agree with you. Especially in winter when the Stellantis range drops off a cliff.

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    5. @nazb1982 Avatar
      @nazb1982

      @@fastfilyeah but in the UK range matters since the public charging network is so expensive and nowhere near as good as other countries

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  7. @darrenbodfish4591 Avatar
    @darrenbodfish4591

    It is a perfect car to blend in with the sea of soulless suv’s. You won’t get noticed in the grocery car park & no one will be envious. Sorted 👌

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    1. @Paulruk Avatar
      @Paulruk

      Supermarket car parks are pretty soulless places so it’s perfect. Hardly go there to look for hypercars.

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    2. @darrenbodfish4591 Avatar
      @darrenbodfish4591

      @Paulruk  true 😂

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    3. @TerryHickey-xt4mf Avatar
      @TerryHickey-xt4mf

      and you would not need to take your Rangie there as well!

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    4. @TheBoringInvestorMan Avatar
      @TheBoringInvestorMan

      Tell me you buy a car for a badge because of your ego without telling me..

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    5. @darrenbodfish4591 Avatar
      @darrenbodfish4591

      @TheBoringInvestorMan  😂 no, I buy a car that looks nice and is also fast & they tend to be cars that have a quality badge. If you think that’s ” ego,” so be it 😉 .

      Reply
  8. @spsmith45 Avatar
    @spsmith45

    Thanks, Doug. A decent car, but should not trouble the Kia EV3 or Skoda Elroq. A bit short on range for many drivers.

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  9. @wings9925 Avatar
    @wings9925

    A good informative review as always. Thanks! Watching purely for interest in the UK car market, and its intriguing to see the progress BYD has made in the last 10 years

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  10. @mikadavies660 Avatar
    @mikadavies660

    One of the big features of BYD in China is the excellent battery warranty of hundreds of thousands of miles.. But you only mention the overall warranty in this video.

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  11. @TerryHickey-xt4mf Avatar
    @TerryHickey-xt4mf

    Because in NZ we are a ute or ‘pick up’ mad country just like Australia, the BYD phev ute has hit the ground running this year. It has a lot of benefits for the people that are not ‘too off road’ mad, like most of us actually, It can tow 2.5 tons which even though I own a Wildtrak, I have never towed more than that, my boat is about 2 tons. The Shark also has the benefit of about 80km of pure ev driving which is very appealing to a lot of punters down under, especially when you have 3 x 240v outlets in the tray.

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  12. @natsopa6034 Avatar
    @natsopa6034

    excellent review review

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  13. @LL-rm8xt Avatar
    @LL-rm8xt

    3 finger things is actually an improvement to conventional buttons for once… Even with physical controls, you still have to know where it is, now its so much simpler as all you need to know is where the BIG screen is

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  14. @CThienV Avatar
    @CThienV

    “BYD” is the pinyin initials of the company’s Chinese name Biyadi. The company was originally known as Yadi Electronics (亚迪电子), named after the Yadi Road in Dapeng New District, where the company was once based. According to Wang Chuanfu, when the company was registered, the character “Bi” (比) was added to the name to prevent duplication, and to provide the company with an alphabetical advantage in trade shows. As the name “BYD” had no particular meaning, BYD started adopting a backronymic slogan “Build Your Dreams” when it participated at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in the US.

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    1. @JohnNeethling Avatar
      @JohnNeethling

      This is going to dominate the new car market . Times are a changing.

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    2. @anemeth9281 Avatar
      @anemeth9281

      ​@@JohnNeethling
      Agreed. We like it or not

      Reply
  15. @chrismonck226 Avatar
    @chrismonck226

    So just to recap the range is cira 200 miles.

    charging from 10%-80% in around 40mins. That’s assuming you use 70% of the battery. Lets say its the middle of winter so the range is down 20% due to the temp.
    200miles –> 20% loss due to winter –> 160miles –> using 70% on a trip –> that’s 112 miles!

    So, if you did drive this car long distances you’d be expected to stop for 40mins every 112 miles :(.

    If you drove at 70mph that means for every 1.5 hours of driving your stopping for 40 mins.

    This car is only really usable for city driving.

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    1. @AVFF652 Avatar
      @AVFF652

      using 70 percent is weird first of all and dont forget that it comes with a heat pump as standard?

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    2. @LittleBoobsLover Avatar
      @LittleBoobsLover

      imagine that Uk folks are happy with worse or almost the same Mini countryman xd

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    3. @sIightIybored Avatar
      @sIightIybored

      @AVFF652 They’re doing that because it’s the difference between the 10%-80% the peak charging time is given for.

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  16. @markbate5583 Avatar
    @markbate5583

    Wonder when the UK Seal will get the OTA upgrade?

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  17. @simongibbs3936 Avatar
    @simongibbs3936

    I hear many reviewers talking about how tricky it is to change temperature and fan settings on a touch screen when driving. I don’t get it, with automatic climate control why would you need to change it?

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    1. @cheungchingtong Avatar
      @cheungchingtong

      Aren’t they the reflection of the good old legacy brands in Europe….😂

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  18. @anemeth9281 Avatar
    @anemeth9281

    BYD will start producing cars in Szeged, Hingary from end of this year, so HOPEFULLY their cars will get cheaper

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  19. @cnewto12 Avatar
    @cnewto12

    Why do these testers never show how simple voice activation is instead of being hung up on buttons to change fan speeds. To be honest once on auto how many times do you actually need to change these settings anyway?

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  20. @troylqy Avatar
    @troylqy

    In the middle of this month, I will start the test for this car in UK for a month, really looking forward to it.

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