13177 Hypersonic February 26 Share February 26 On 2/26/2026 at 4:42 PM, steveting99 said: With BYD laying down the gauntlet, Toyota must be feeling the heat ... In the month of January 2026, BYD sold 1,201 units an increase of 635 more units than the previous year (2025:566 units sold). BYD's aggressive pricing strategy is driving up sales and the loss of VES / EEAI credits at the start of 2026 hasn't hurt BYD's sales at all. Due to the lower OMV of BYD vehicles, the PARF bomb is also going to help BYD sales. Looking at the petrol-electric ride comparison, future Toyota Harrier owners are going to loose about $49.3k compared to the future BYD Sealion 6 DMU-i owner who's going to loose a lot less at $25.5k over one CoE cycle. That $23.8k difference is going to pay for a lot of petrol over the 10 year period, not including the road tax difference that's in the favor BYD ($0.6k per year). Looks like BYD is going to have another banner year in 2026. Would not be surprised in BYD retaining the No.1 spot and setting a new sales record. How's Toyota sales been doing over the same period? Toyota sales (Jan 2026 - including PI): 671 units Toyota sales (Jan 2025 - including PI): 305 units So Toyota had an increase of 366 more units than the previous year - which is okay, but not as good as BYD. There's little hope that Toyota can catch up to BYD now. Who will want to buy Totota cars now? Don't think there is any attractive car model they have. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic February 26 Share February 26 On 2/26/2026 at 7:38 PM, Mkl22 said: Yup. Standard Chinese tactics. Lower price and whack 1st. flood market till it’s everywhere. Sales target most important. After sales service be damned….. 🤣 Wonder how is the after sales service for BYD? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSkyHawk 1st Gear February 26 Share February 26 (edited) On 2/26/2026 at 8:47 PM, 13177 said: Wonder how is the after sales service for BYD? I've been to their cervicing center to do servicing of my car (non-BYD), based on my past experience, quite good. That place was used to be many European brand cervicing center, now the counter all change to BYD, and the car park were full of BYD and Denza. Edited February 26 by TurboSkyHawk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveting99 3rd Gear February 26 Share February 26 On 2/26/2026 at 8:45 PM, 13177 said: Who will want to buy Totota cars now? Don't think there is any attractive car model they have. Agree with you that Toyota doesn't have anything attractive model on offer. However 7,466 Singaporeans did find Toyota attractive enough to part with their hard earned money and buy a new Toyota last year (2025). Another 671 Singaporeans also found something attractive in Toyota last month (Jan-2026). So there's lots of Singaporeans who love their Toyotas and willing to open their wallets to keep Toyota at No.2 position on the podium. Good know that most Singaporeans are open minded and willing to give another brand such as BYD a try. They not stupid - once they discover the value for money on offer in terms of features, tech and quality. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic February 26 Share February 26 On 2/26/2026 at 9:22 PM, TurboSkyHawk said: I've been to their cervicing center to do servicing of my car (non-BYD), based on my past experience, quite good. That place was used to be many European brand cervicing center, now the counter all change to BYD, and the car park were full of BYD and Denza. Any place if there is BYD showroom/service centre, confirmed full of BYD to the brim. Lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged February 26 Share February 26 (edited) I was not very serious about the sealion. The SE did not give any discount, the trade in price for my old car was $2k higher than others though. He say BYD price is fixed... My wife is super against BYD so we did not really bargain much. Probably going with Tesla Model Y cat A. Edited February 26 by Wind30 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic February 26 Share February 26 On 2/26/2026 at 11:34 PM, Wind30 said: I was not very serious about the sealion. The SE did not give any discount, the trade in price for my old car was $2k higher than others though. He say BYD price is fixed... My wife is super against BYD so we did not really bargain much. Probably going with Tesla Model Y cat A. Why your wife super against BYD? Lol. Anyway, BYD SE would not bother much if you want to buy or not, since there are tons of people wanting to buy their cars. They lose a few customers doesn’t matter at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged February 26 Share February 26 On 2/27/2026 at 6:34 AM, 13177 said: Why your wife super against BYD? Lol. Anyway, BYD SE would not bother much if you want to buy or not, since there are tons of people wanting to buy their cars. They lose a few customers doesn’t matter at all. She feels the car is not safe or reliable. Mainly the brand i think. I actually like the sealion 7 because I thought the current discount is pretty big 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 27 Share February 27 On 2/26/2026 at 7:25 PM, Freeder said: This used VW GTX unit not bad .. power n price... Rd tax = Raw power ... ok lei... https://www.sgcarmart.com/used-cars/info/volkswagen-id5-gtx-electric-1473551?dl=4419 my friend's in-law has VW ID4. He say like got quite a lot of software issue need go back WS... 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L23 6th Gear February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 9:20 AM, Lala81 said: my friend's in-law has VW ID4. He say like got quite a lot of software issue need go back WS... Nothing new. 10 years ago, it was gear. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 7:42 AM, Wind30 said: She feels the car is not safe or reliable. Mainly the brand i think. I actually like the sealion 7 because I thought the current discount is pretty big Is there any sigf difference between cat A and B MYJ other than power output? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 9:25 AM, L23 said: Nothing new. 10 years ago, it was gear. dunno. tohto is happy with his enyaq though. which is essentially more or less the same thing with different shell lol. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tianmo Hypersonic February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 9:28 AM, Lala81 said: dunno. tohto is happy with his enyaq though. which is essentially more or less the same thing with different shell lol. you think he not happy dare to complain here meh? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 9:52 AM, Tianmo said: you think he not happy dare to complain here meh? i no happy...my range is 587km...but specs say 590km...i gonna complain big big 😅 i kanna cheat 3km 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 9:52 AM, Tianmo said: you think he not happy dare to complain here meh? Software issues are quite common problem for every manufacturer other than Tesla. Like some people have lot of recurrent issues with VW ID cars in USA, some say its the best car they ever owned. I think either software bit limited like in BYD, or those with only 2 car models like tesla and almost zero physical controls and doing this long time like TSLA, then still ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 7:42 AM, Wind30 said: She feels the car is not safe or reliable. Mainly the brand i think. I actually like the sealion 7 because I thought the current discount is pretty big It is she don’t like China made cars? Or she really only don’t like BYD? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartlander Turbocharged February 27 Share February 27 (edited) On 2/26/2026 at 8:45 PM, 13177 said: Who will want to buy Totota cars now? Don't think there is any attractive car model they have. Their bZ4X is nicely spec (7.4sec century sprint), very spacious, and well priced, and have alot of buttons and knobs on the dashboard. Even 22kW ac charging some more. Would have gotten this over Tesla and other China EVs if I am in the market for one that is around $200k. Should have no problem winning back some diehard Toyota fans. Edited February 27 by Heartlander 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged February 27 Share February 27 On 2/27/2026 at 10:43 AM, 13177 said: It is she don’t like China made cars? Or she really only don’t like BYD? Anything from china dun like…. ↡ Advertisement 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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