New BYD S7 SUV will get a 2.0 Turbo
Published on February 1, 2013 by Joey Wang
This is the first rendering of the BYD S7 SUV, a new vehicle that will be positioned above the current BYD S6. The S7 will be more luxurious, slightly longer, and it will get a new 2.0 turbocharged engine with 207hp and 350nm, mated to a 6-speed DCT. The rendering looks most like a stretched S6 with a Si Rui nose attached to it. Not at all that bad, but still a Lexus (or a Scion). The BYD S7 is expected to debut on the Guangzhou Auto Show in November. Via: 163.
Friday, 1 February om 15:04
Surely even Byd must realize at some stage what this sort of thing does to perceptions of Chinese integrity in business.
Friday, 1 February om 16:57
@ Paul.
BYD is doing this for years, they realize, but they just don’t give a sh*t. Anyway, new front is a little-less Lexus.
Friday, 1 February om 23:49
I think that this is a photoshop and not the real deal.
Saturday, 2 February om 04:05
Photoshopped from this wallpaper : http://www.netcarshow.com/lexus/2010-rx_450h/800×600/wallpaper_17.htm
Saturday, 2 February om 04:18
All they manage to do is to copy a car already out for several years. Very bad for the image of the Chinese car industry as a whole.
Saturday, 2 February om 07:02
I would have thought that a 10 percent stake in a company would have given more of a say in the decision to release a product like this.
Mr. Buffet, perhaps another 10 percent would do it.
And, will Wang Chuanfu be able to hold his head up while attending those international auto shows of the future?
Maybe this release was just a mistake…
Saturday, 2 February om 22:25
There is a big difference between two cars which look similar, and a direct copy.
If the dimensions are different and the platform is different this is in no way a “copy”, it merely looks like the Lexus. Perhaps a little too much for some tastes, including mine – I would like to see BYD develop its own design language and be more creative and original – but talk of a “copy” is pathetic.