MUST TRY HARDER
BYD ATTO3
IN A WAY THIS IS A PLEA TO BYD TO, WELL, try less hard. Let’s start with the outside, where the Atto looks most like a 15-yearold Mitsubishi. It’s utterly forgettable and unimaginative. But the designers let their imaginations off the leash inside. I can only think they had watched Back to the Future first, because that’s the only way I can account for the bizarre mash-up of Fifties and Eighties that sees crassly oversized jukebox-inspired air vents next to guitar string door pockets. They’re in the back as well, and your kids are going to love strumming along to whatever’s on the radio – or rather twanging the surprisingly resonant elastic cords. You’ll want to praise their musicality... until you reach the end of the road – and, soon after, your tether.