FIRST REPORT
BYD Sealion 7
Excellence AWD
Electric power and a need to carry lots of gear over long distances don’t always go hand in hand; can this long-legged SUV pull it off? Let’s find out
JONTY RENK
jonty.renk@haymarket.com
Jonty’s Sealion 7 has the big-battery option for an official range of 312 miles
WITHIN THE PAST year, the most talked-about video on the What Car? YouTube channel has been our review of the BYD Sealion 7. It has amassed not only more than 1.3 million views but also more than 1200 comments. We filmed it in Frankfurt in November 2024, and I remember saying to reviews editor Will Nightingale at the time that this was a car that could tempt me to go electric.