Bojan Vrbnjak
Will it be a Chinese car brand BYD soon flooded the German market? Forehead European? If we believe some “experts”, you could almost think it was. However, it is number of registrations in Germany still manageable. But the company is increasingly positions globally (for example with a factory in Hungary), but now in Mexico also showed Pick-up for the South American market.
BYD has ambitious plans for the Brazilian market as well. At the presentation Shark pick-up truck in Mexico it is Motor1.com Brazil talked to Alexander Baldy, special advisors of the company BYD Brazil, which aims to become one of the top three best-selling brands in the country by 2028. For this purpose, the director alerts the competition, to introduce a range of vehicles this year including SUVs, limousines and even Sharkom. This pick-up should go on sale in Brazil in the second half of 2024, between August and September. At the global launch plug-in hybrid Shark in Mexico, they were surprised at prices slightly less than 49.300 EUR for the basic version and approx 53.200 EUR for the highest version. Given that the prices of the models sold in Mexico and Brazil, close to each other, there is a good chance that this pick-up will really shake up the segment.
General Manager also confirmed that the factory BYD in Brazil started production on the basis of SKD (the car will arrive partially assembled), by June 2025 should reach full production. The model most likely to enter production is SongPlus, as the market is very receptive to these two models. It could also be produced in Brazil pick-up Shark. However, no decision has been made yet. According to the company BYD it all depends on how the pick-up will be received in the Brazilian market. O SUVs: Baldy believes that the transition to adaptive fuel technology in development, but did not announce when it will actually hit the market.
Although it is a competitor Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger in Chevrolet S10, the BYD Shark is slightly larger as it is long 5.457 mm, wide 1.971 mm, tall 1.925 mm and has a wheelbase 3.260 mm. This means it is 132mm longer, 71mm wider, 110mm taller and has a 175mm longer wheelbase than the Hilux. Luggage space has carrying capacity 835 kg ali 1.450 liters. It is built on a frame-on-body platform and promises similar performance to its competitors. The series uses the same architecture SUV's Fangchengbao. BYD has yet to reveal all the mechanical details, but we do know that it has a plug-in hybrid system that combines 1,5 liter turbo engine with two electric motors, one on each axle, which achieves a power of more than 430 BAM.
Na Mexican website it is stated that the pick-up accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 5,7 seconds and that it has after the test cycle NEDC total reach 840 kilometers. It can travel with just one battery charge 100 kilometers. According to the company BYD pick-up to achieve this value, it uses 80 percent of its electric motor, and the fuel consumption is 7,5 liters per 100 km. The pick-up is well equipped and has 10,25-inch digital instrument panel, rotating 12,8-in a multimedia center (such as Dolphin or Song Plus), 360 degree camera, 180-degree view under the vehicle, wireless smartphone charger, 12-inch head-up display, six airbags, adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning and more.
Would he be Chinese shark something for Europe? We'll see about that. Even a Hilux hybrid-loving Toyota has it under the hood 2,8 liter diesel engine. Ultimately: Ford presented the model in autumn 2023 Cleaning with plug-in hybrid. Will he have one too VW Amarok, which is produced together with the Ranger, is not yet known.
