BYD Sealion 7

[Yorkshire_Biker]

I found the Seal topic, but not one particular to the Sealion 7. This are being heavily introduced here in Indonesia at a price that makes them impossible to ignore - primarily as someone who gets paid in GBP against a weak local currency.

We don't have the Excellence in Indonesia, the Comfort and Design are badged differently - Premium and Performance respectively.
At today's exchange rate a Comfort / Premium is 29k GBP and a Design / Performance is 33k vs 47k & 53k.
We also do not have PCP or other similar tools for purchasing, it's either low deposit and insane interest rates or what I'm going for:
50% deposit (in the form of my 2 year old Yaris Cross HEV) and then 23 payments of 750 GBP/month for a total cost of 36k. This also includes 2 years insurance.
Insurance is a little odd here, you pay to cover the car (any driver), and any incident no matter how big or small has a deductible of about 15 quid, no questions asked, no increase in premiums.

The wife is in the process of ordering a Performance to be at home by the time I get back home in a week or two - assuming the all the nicks and marks on the Yaris Cross are finished in time.

Looking forward to the new car.

Edited by Yorkshire_Biker on Monday 4th August 07:04

[TheDrownedApe]

It's on my radar as seems cheap on SS lease Haven't seen one in person yet to judge all those aspects such as size, build quality etc.

Also conscious the seal is getting an update including new battery pack and need to check if sealion is the same as old or new seal build.

Good luck with yours

[ZesPak]

Pretty sure I saw one parked up in a light blue the other day. Looked good, especially for an SUV.

[Yazza54]

I've got a seal Excellence on the way but it was a toss up between that and the SL7. The SL7 has a lovely interior, didn't drive one but the seal drove really nicely. Not sure I'd ever want to own any of these cars but make a lot of sense to me on Salary Sacrifice.

[Yorkshire_Biker]

I have been home for 2 weeks, went for a test drive in the AWD version, sold the Yaris Cross and new Sealion is being delivered tomorrow.
Impressive acceleration as you would expect with 530hp. Very comfortable inside.

Will update with more news after some time with it.

[Yazza54]

Yorkshire_Biker said:

I have been home for 2 weeks, went for a test drive in the AWD version, sold the Yaris Cross and new Sealion is being delivered tomorrow.
Impressive acceleration as you would expect with 530hp. Very comfortable inside.

Will update with more news after some time with it.

I guess you are buying an in stock vehicle then? I've been seeing a lot of new or very nearly new (sub 5k miles) cars quite heavily discounted. Makes me wonder why, they can't all be demo cars. Everyone I've spoken to with a seal or sl7 loves the car, I guess some people get them on salary sacrifice then leave their job for whatever reason and lose the car maybe that's part of it. I've been waiting 5 weeks now for my seal on salary sacrifice lease. They keep telling me the order is on track but when I press for some actual details they don't seem to have anything other than "it's in transit"... Sooo does that mean in the UK or in transit on a boat somewhere near china??

Guess I'll just have to suck it up but if it's the latter I suspect the original date won't be met. Hopefully it was on one of the ships that came to the UK this month as the rest are now a long way away. Anyway I'm rambling now... Very jealous of your impending new car day!! Post pics when it arrives

[nufcfan]

Tempted by a Sealion 7 Excellence via a SS scheme. Didn’t drive one but took a quick look in the showroom and was impressed.

Reviews are largely positive apart from the safety messages. Anyone got really works experience on these? Easy enough to turn off before driving?

[Yazza54]

nufcfan said:

Tempted by a Sealion 7 Excellence via a SS scheme. Didn’t drive one but took a quick look in the showroom and was impressed.

Reviews are largely positive apart from the safety messages. Anyone got really works experience on these? Easy enough to turn off before driving?

A lot of the whinging about that stuff is out of date, there's been a few updates recently that have supposedly made them less intrusive but I know you can turn them off, unfortunately it's a turn off every time you drive thing.