$4,000 Cashback on in-Stock BYD Sealion 6 Essential & Premium Models @ BYD

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$4,000 Cashback on in-Stock BYD Sealion 6 Essential & Premium Models @ BYD
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XabiFernando on 03/06/2025 - 17:16 bydautomotive.com.au (6246 clicks)
Last edited 03/06/2025 - 17:21 by 1 other user

This has been an open secret on Whirlpool and FB groups but it now looks like BYD have finally put the deal up on their website.

$4k cashback, delivery by 31 July, cannot be combined with the finance/novated lease offers.

Anecdotally, reports of cashback also being received on other PHEVs (ie Shark 6) - possibly a cash sweetener from BYD to offset the drop in sales post-FBT exemption end.

This offer is available exclusively to retail customers who take delivery of an in-stock Sealion 6 Essential, Sealion 6 Premium, and who do not finance the purchase of the vehicle in whole or part with any Allied Finance product. BYD Automotive cannot guarantee the delivery of any vehicle within the Promotion Period. The following customers are also not eligible to participate in the $4,000 Cashback Campaign:

  • Fleet customers
  • Demonstrator vehicles
  • Novated Lease customers who have received a 4% discount
  • Any transactions involving additional promotional offers or discounts.
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Comments

  • Moderatoralvian on 03/06/2025 - 17:22

    Please do not speculate in your deal title.

  • ATangk on 03/06/2025 - 17:24
    +6

    Shark 6 and Sealion 6's get the 4k cashback, a few people would have been getting them in emails. Delivery dates from 1st May to 31st July.

    I heard this is only for private buyers, due to the bonuses they have for ABN buyers.

  • Serpeant on 03/06/2025 - 17:30
    -6

    Interesting.

    Sealion vs Model Y.

    Just as Model Y's sales have skyrocketed with Juniper deliveries.

    https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-bounces-back-with-highes…

    • Heybargain on 03/06/2025 - 17:34
      +26

      You can’t compare a sealion 6 against a model Y.

    • Captain Hindsight on 03/06/2025 - 17:36
      +9

      I get the sense that the model Y is better, especially the new one, but the BYD doesn’t have the hate directed at it

      • ATangk on 03/06/2025 - 17:49
        +12

        The Juniper still has turn signals, but no drive selector is such a stupid design choice I would never consider it.

      • karteej on 03/06/2025 - 17:50
        +7

        Is it worth paying the 10 grand better ? Not to mention the depreciation it will endure, being the swasticar.

          • scud70 on 03/06/2025 - 18:17
            +9

            @CptnObvious: Because Elon while on a cocktail of ketamine and various other drugs did this …hail

          • dogboy on 03/06/2025 - 18:17
            +4

            @CptnObvious: No. It is because he did multiple Heil Hitlers at public events, actively supported and got involved in right wing politics around the world and has proven himself to be a Nazi sympathiser. His parents were also Nazis but being South African never really factored into it.

            • cmyk on 03/06/2025 - 18:23
              +2

              @dogboy: Don't feed the trolls. They are not interested in facts, logical arguments or reasoned debate

            • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 19:20
              +3

              @dogboy: Well, that Nazi stuff isn't true. And people are allowed to be right, central or left wing. It's definitely not something to hold against someone. Neither left or right wing wholly equals good or bad.

              • ASR-Briggs on 03/06/2025 - 19:30
                +2

                @TheJoker: Elon endorsed the leader of an extreme right German political party and performed multiple heil hitlers on stage. I mean, if it walks like a nazi, quacks like a nazi, it’s probably a nazi. What more evidence do you need? A signed confession from him?

                • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 20:54
                  -6

                  @ASR-Briggs: None of that is evidence, just rhetoric. He wasn't heiling Hitler and AfD isn't even Nazi. Trying to take control back after the government screwed Germany by literally opening their borders does not equal Nazi.

                  Musk may be right they're the country's best hope, he may be wrong too. I wish people would have more curiosity and context instead of blindly spreading rubbish.

                  • ASR-Briggs on 03/06/2025 - 21:15
                    +1

                    @TheJoker: It’s all evidence lmao. Dismissing it as “rhetoric” shows that you have a clear bias. We all saw a nazi salute with our own eyes. To claim anything else is utter delusion. And why even try to get involved in German politics….as a South African…. living in the USA.

                    The only question is if there’s enough evidence to clear the bar of “nazi”. For me, I think there is. For you, obviously not. That’s why I asked what act would be required of him for you to have enough proof.

                    • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 21:16
                      -4

                      @ASR-Briggs: The fact that it's up to debate based on opinions or preferences proves it's not evidence… 🙄🤦

                      • ASR-Briggs on 03/06/2025 - 21:18
                        +1

                        @TheJoker: Uhhhh people form opinions off evidence and their interpretation of that evidence. Am I now explaining the basic human experience to you?

                        • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 21:25
                          -3

                          @ASR-Briggs: No, you're actually making a fool of yourself referring to your opinions and heresy as evidence

                          • ASR-Briggs on 03/06/2025 - 21:47
                            -4

                            @TheJoker: Lmao call me a fool when you think that HEARSAY is actually “HERESY”. HAHAHA. You have an apt username. The comedy writes itself out of you right wing nut jobs.

                          • ASR-Briggs on 03/06/2025 - 21:50
                            -3

                            @TheJoker: Wait wait wait….. because I’m anti-Elon, that would make me….A HERETIC! HAHAHAHA

                            • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 22:44
                              +3

                              @ASR-Briggs: Ok, you latch onto an autocorrect. Nice diversion away from the point though. You still haven't listed any form of evidence, just opinion. All you've sprouted is anti-Elon confirmation bias.

                              • ASR-Briggs on 03/06/2025 - 22:48

                                @TheJoker: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”

                                Obeying it to the letter I see.

                                • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 23:04
                                  +2

                                  @ASR-Briggs: I can assure, I have a healthy curiosity and seek context before judgement of people and politics. To suggest otherwise because I don't think think Elon is a Nazi is comical. I'm open to changing my stance in light of actual evidence, not based people's opinions or if they're offended.

                    • 1st-Amendment on 03/06/2025 - 23:40
                      +3

                      @ASR-Briggs:

                      We all saw a nazi salute with our own eyes.

                      Yep just like we saw lots of other people do it, but you weren't angry then. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/everyone-is-a-n…

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok8HRO8R0A0

                      Perhaps, just perhaps you re being fed a rage algorithm and buying into a little too easily? Have you ever thought about that?

                      And why even try to get involved in German politics

                      You just did right here lol. Why do you think you get to tell other people what they can and can't do? Sounds like something an Austrian Painter would do… See how easy that is?

                      • smartazz104 on 04/06/2025 - 08:27

                        @1st-Amendment:

                        Yep just like we saw lots of other people do it, but you weren't angry then. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/everyone-is-a-n…

                        You have the actual videos of those (like Musk's), or just convenient pictures only?

                        • 1st-Amendment on 04/06/2025 - 10:43
                          -4

                          @smartazz104:

                          You have the actual videos of those

                          Maybe try reading the post you are replying before making a fool of yourself…

                      • BobCobb on 04/06/2025 - 09:19
                        -2

                        @1st-Amendment: Nicely put.

                    • BobCobb on 04/06/2025 - 09:18
                      -1

                      @ASR-Briggs: Awful take. Truly.

                      • Rick Sanchez on 05/06/2025 - 01:09
                        +1

                        @BobCobb: Why? He's rejecting the truth that he's hearing straight from their mouths, warped by their favourite far right propagandist. And when presented with video evidence of Elon giving a Nazi salute, he still refutes it despite seeing it with his own eyes.

                        The biggest difference is that in 1984 the main character had to be tortured into submission.

                        @TheJoker submitted all by himself

                  • Rick Sanchez on 05/06/2025 - 00:52
                    +1

                    @TheJoker: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1i6par1/elon_musk_vs_…

                    Bro.

                    And have you even looked up what afd's pushing for? Or how many of their members have been confirmed Nazis? (Not like someone needs to have secret Nazi groups where they post swastikas to be one, but these people actually did).

                    'just trying to help Germany after the government screwed it up" is such a deceptive description of the AFD.

                    • TheJoker on 05/06/2025 - 05:25
                      -1

                      @Rick Sanchez: You lot can't even quote accurately. It's like trying to debate with flerfs.

                      • Rick Sanchez on 05/06/2025 - 09:40
                        +1

                        @TheJoker: Weren't you just whinging about people sidestepping questions?
                        You know very well that's irrelevant to what I was saying.

                        But whatever lets you keep your fragile beliefs.

                • Juggernaut1984 on 03/06/2025 - 21:11
                  -1

                  @ASR-Briggs: So 30pc of Germany is Nazi and growing… Are you scared?

                • 1st-Amendment on 03/06/2025 - 23:32
                  +3

                  @ASR-Briggs:

                  Elon endorsed the leader of an extreme right German political party

                  Is that what you heard on the internet and instantly believed? You really need to learn to not be so gullible to outage media…

                  and performed multiple heil hitlers on stage

                  But when Democrats do it it's ok lol…
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok8HRO8R0A0

                  • youfnc on 04/06/2025 - 11:12
                    +2

                    @1st-Amendment:

                    Is that what you heard on the internet and instantly believed? You really need to learn to not be so gullible to outage media

                    The absolutely irony of saying this then posting that youtube video. Never change, troll.

                    Anyway, here's your boy endorsing the AfD

                    Reuters
                    Die Welt
                    Wiki

                    maybe all these outlets are part of some global journalist cabal whose only mission is to make you uncomfortable.

                    Apologies if I’ve offended your favorite billionaire whom you so valiantly defend online.

                    • ASR-Briggs on 04/06/2025 - 11:31
                      +1

                      @youfnc: Look at his username. It’s not worth the effort my friend. Elon could be pissing on him and he’d convince himself it’s just raining.

                      • youfnc on 04/06/2025 - 11:46

                        @ASR-Briggs: Haha I agree. At this point I’m convinced he’s just a poorly paid troll. I mostly reply for sport now. Just waiting on the usual creepy reply or deflection.

                        • ASR-Briggs on 04/06/2025 - 13:53
                          +1

                          @youfnc: The other dude is so illiterate he thought heresy meant hearsay. That gave me a chuckle for a while.

                        • Rick Sanchez on 05/06/2025 - 10:57
                          +1

                          @youfnc: I hope he's getting paid. I mean, imagine doing this for free?

                    • 1st-Amendment on 04/06/2025 - 14:51
                      -3

                      @youfnc:

                      The absolutely irony of saying this then posting that youtube video

                      Hear, See. Learn the difference so you don't sound so foolish in future.

                      Anyway, here's your boy endorsing the AfD

                      Cool. Conservative person supports conservative causes. Why is this shocking to you?

                      maybe all these outlets are part of some global journalist cabal

                      It's called Groupthink. Everyone who disagrees with us is Racist/Fascist/Nazi/Hitler etc. Wake me up when you have an argument that is not so scripted…

                      whose only mission is to make you uncomfortable.

                      Their mission is convince weak minds to be afraid of bogeymen so you keep giving them your attention which they exchange for advertising dollars. This is not a secret, it is their business model.
                      But continue to swallow the manufactured narrative, your rage is making them all rich. Imagine how much of a sucker you have to be to fall for such a easy scam over and over again…

                      Apologies if I’ve offended

                      You think a little too highly of your childish ramblings. Repeating bogus media headlines is not offensive, it's embarrassing…

                      • youfnc on 04/06/2025 - 15:05
                        +2

                        @1st-Amendment: That’s a lot of angry typing just to avoid addressing anything I actually said.

                        Zero actual rebuttal or counterpoints. just a word salad dressed in smug condescension.

                        I appreciate you proving my point so efficiently.

                        • Rick Sanchez on 05/06/2025 - 01:03
                          +2

                          @youfnc: He was defending Trump's tariffs as genius economic policy in another thread. There's no saving the guy.

                          • 1st-Amendment on 05/06/2025 - 10:56
                            -3

                            @Rick Sanchez:

                            He was defending Trump's tariffs as genius economic policy in another thread.

                            Comprehension fail. There is a common pattern here…

                          • youfnc on 05/06/2025 - 11:18
                            +2

                            @Rick Sanchez: @Rick Sanchez That one upset him.

                        • 1st-Amendment on 05/06/2025 - 10:53
                          -1

                          @youfnc:

                          That’s a lot of angry typing

                          I'm not angry. Yet another comprehension fail…

                          Zero actual rebuttal or counterpoints.

                          I addressed all your points. You really should learn how to read sometime… Or keep making excuses and running away for the topic as you normally do…

                          • youfnc on 05/06/2025 - 11:17
                            +1

                            @1st-Amendment: You didn’t rebut anything. You went after the other user with the tired “you’re gullible, do you believe everything you read?” free-thinker routine. I linked Musk’s direct endorsement and several sources.

                            You came back with dismissive deflections, moved the goalposts, and fell back on the classic “you just don’t get it” dodge. It’s your go-to performance.

                            But yeah, keep telling yourself you “addressed everything” between the smug replies. You’re just playing the same hand on repeat.

                            • Rick Sanchez on 05/06/2025 - 12:05
                              +1

                              @youfnc: I swear there's a tangible fear at each of those stages. Where they reach a contradiction that they can't rationalise or provide a plausible explanation for, and is about to crumble their entire fragile worldview.
                              1st amendment always starts off with what seems to be a reasonable counterpoint (at least on the surface). If you try and explore it further, or point out the context they're leaving out, then you get the leaps in logic, deflection, and finally blames you for not understanding, refusing to answer your points.
                              Then he goes onto the next thread and starts it again.

                              • youfnc on 05/06/2025 - 12:19
                                +1

                                @Rick Sanchez: I agree. It’s never about genuine conversation or debate. It’s all about baiting for emotional reactions. And like you said, once that fails, they reset and move on to the next target with the same strategy.
                                I'm sure there's something deeper going on that manifests as this need to control the narrative online. Engaging is just my guilty pleasure when I know I shouldn't feed the trolls.

                            • 1st-Amendment on 05/06/2025 - 12:29
                              -1

                              @youfnc:

                              You didn’t rebut anything

                              As I said, learn how to read. If you are not reading what I'm writing then I will continue to call you out for it.

                              You went after the other user with the tired “you’re gullible, do you believe everything you read?”

                              Because believing everything you read is what makes someone gullible. Do you understand that simple concept?
                              Your response to saying Elon man bad was to find other people who also think Elon man bad, and you thought this is a winning argument?
                              This is gullibility 101.

                              moved the goalposts

                              No goalposts have been moved. My very first posts asked the question if Cory Booker's salute gets the same treatment, or is it simply a case of double standards?
                              Because this is ultimately all the media does, is feed weak minds rage bait and gullible suckers like you fall for it. This is the same goalpost every time.

                              and fell back on the classic “you just don’t get it” dodge

                              Because you clearly are failing to get it. Spade is a spade. But I'll help you out again since reading is clearly not your thing.

                              From my first post (the goalpost) I asked if this gets an equal rage factor:

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok8HRO8R0A0

                              Can you answer the original goalpost without deflecting?

                              • youfnc on 05/06/2025 - 12:56
                                +1

                                @1st-Amendment:

                                Because believing everything you read is what makes someone gullible. Do you understand that simple concept?
                                Your response to saying Elon man bad was to find other people who also think Elon man bad, and you thought this is a winning argument?
                                This is gullibility 101.

                                You’re not even engaging with what was said, you're redirecting. Still pretending that asking “what about this other thing?” somehow addresses the one specific point I made about Musk endorsing the AfD.

                                You brushed it off as just “conservatives supporting conservatives” then pivoting straight back to “media bad.”

                                You’ve run out of new moves

                                • 1st-Amendment on 06/06/2025 - 08:28
                                  -1

                                  @youfnc:

                                  You’re not even engaging with what was said, you're redirecting

                                  Well this is YOU shifting goalposts… Deflecting.. not answering my question.

                                  Here's my first post (the goalpost) on this thread: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16583063/redir

                                  It specifically talks about consistency between how you treat one persons 'salute' you don't like compared with another you might like. Not a single person in here has addressed this point because it exposes their blatant hypocrisy. This is the deflection.

                                  somehow addresses the one specific point I made about Musk endorsing the AfD.

                                  This just shows that you're reading skills need work. I already addressed this, but will do so again. A conservative endorsing other conservatives is not news. You simply played into the narrative by swallowing the media labelling everyone they don't like as fascist/nazi/far-right. 'OMGZ the AfD also don't want open borders, they must be NAHTZEES!'
                                  This it the cartoon logic you buying into.

                                  If you want to press this point, here is the actual AfD manifesto https://www.afd.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AfD_Bundestags… , not the media version you brought into. Which one of these policies do you think are nAhTzEe?!

                                  Is it the guarantee of separation of powers you are afraid of? The limiting of influence of political parties? The direct elections of the president by the people? The reduction of liability on foreign banks?

                                  I'd bet my house you've never read any of this, you just got told by the media that Elon man bad, anything he does is bad, so AfD are bad, and you swallowed it like a good little gullible consumer. We know this because you posted 3 links on the AfD to support your case, none of which were source material, just media.

                                  If not then feel free to discuss the policies of the AfD you disagree with, I'll happily have that discussion.

                                  then pivoting straight back to “media bad.”

                                  It's not pivoting back, it was the whole point being made from the start which you've filed to grasp. The media beat up Elon's 'salute' for fear and hype and you swallowed it hook line and sinker. But when a leading Democrat did the EXACT SAME THING there is silence. This is the goalpost. This is the glaring hypocrisy you are failing to address. Go read my posts again, this has always been the goalpost, you just failed to read them properly.

                                  You’ve run out of new moves

                                  I don't need new moves when your wonky logic reuses the same old worn out logical fallacies in every post. Straw man, ad hominem, false equivalence etc, once you learn what these are these 'old moves' can counter 99% of your fallacious arguments.

                                  • youfnc on 06/06/2025 - 10:31

                                    @1st-Amendment: Another aggressive reply with lot of angry writing smeared with smugness and condescension..and once again, mostly aimed at things I didn’t actually say.

                                    • 1st-Amendment on 06/06/2025 - 21:22
                                      -2

                                      @youfnc:

                                      Another aggressive reply with lot of angry writing smeared with smugness and condescension.

                                      Deflect! Defect!

                                      mostly aimed at things I didn’t actually say.

                                      I directly addressed all if your points in great detail and now you run and hide. This is now comedy…

          • rooster7777 on 03/06/2025 - 18:26
            +2

            @CptnObvious: welcome back to current events captain obvious! been on a round the world yacht cruise?

            • CptnObvious on 03/06/2025 - 19:06
              -4

              @rooster7777: What's that fascinating flag you have. Is it the new world order?

              • rooster7777 on 03/06/2025 - 19:14
                +2

                @CptnObvious: Na… it's the only combination I reckon will stop the genocide in the levant.
                I created it after some prat was poncing around here with the blue flag, dribbling hard zionist vitriol…

      • JimmyF on 03/06/2025 - 19:11

        You bring the hate to the table……

      • WhiteEvo6 on 03/06/2025 - 20:33
        +6

        Who cares about misguided hate, owned a Model Y for months and never had a single comment from the public, thankfully this isn’t the brainwashed US and people are free to buy a car

        • Big L on 03/06/2025 - 23:15

          Glad to hear it hasn't spread here en masse. The hate for Musk is as misguided as the love for him.

          Who are the car manufacturing CEOs we love?

          • garage sale on 03/06/2025 - 23:35

            @Big L: well soon when you send a text outside of mobile tower range it will go over starlink, so is your hate for musk so bad that you won’t use starlink for sms if outside of mobile tower range …. you will use his starlink rather than go without.

            • Big L on 03/06/2025 - 23:51
              +6

              @garage sale: Or PayPal, X, Grok and god knows what other shit he's got an interest in.

              I think he's a hypocritical genius shithead with a glass jaw, but that doesn't make him different from 90% of other CEOs and billionaires.

              If you don't like him, don't buy a Tesla or whatever. But leave everyone else alone. Certainly don't extoll the virtues of a friend of Jinping.

          • coxjon on 04/06/2025 - 12:50
            +1

            @Big L: Honda Soichiro comes to mind as a real motoring enthusiast.

            • Big L on 04/06/2025 - 17:18

              @coxjon: Tons of old ones to be named with some great stories too, but I meant now.

              The old car CEOs were wealthy, the new car CEOs are tech/pharma type rich.

              The few old school uber rich were Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca, Enzo - the exceptional ones

          • Rick Sanchez on 05/06/2025 - 11:06
            +2

            @Big L: The hate is pretty justified, that he gets it over other scummy CEOs is not surprising given the way he put himself out there. I

            Whether it's better that the others know to at least try hide their awful views I'm not sure.

            I think it's good to see a reaction from the public as a reminder that these billionaires aren't as untouchable as they think

            Obviously the hate shouldn't extend to anyone owning or buying one of the vehicles for your exact points.

            • Big L on 05/06/2025 - 18:33
              +2

              @Rick Sanchez: Agreed, but they're mostly shitheads - hating one doesn't mean endorsing another and your hard earned can easily be going to nefarious means.

    • karteej on 03/06/2025 - 17:45
      -1

      It is just the model Y Juniper pre orders being fulfilled. These were customers who made a down payment months ago to reserve one. BYD is doing all the right things at present, Sealion is affordable and ticks all the boxes and isn’t really that behind the model Y. Anyone in the market, compare the BYD with the Geely offerings and give the swasticar a wide berth.

      • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 17:59
        +9

        I have the Sealion 6 and whilst it's a great car to drive, the assistance features suck with some being properly dangerous. I'm actually going to report it to the gov recall site.

        The Sealion 7 is the comparison car for the Model Y, and whilst you can build a car for BYD, it's definitely no Tesla. I chose BYD for financial reasons with FBT exemption on novated lease. The Sealion 6 is still miles ahead of any PHEV competitor, way cheaper too.

        • cx5 on 03/06/2025 - 18:18
          +5

          I was looking at sealion6 premium over the weekend and with 4K cashback it does make sense btw can I please ask what is real average on road? Also why the assistance feature is not good is it simply annoying to have so many alerts?

          • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 19:12
            +4

            @cx5: Real average is about 6.5L per 100km on the highway without any charging. I haven't measured regular city driving but I expect it to be less as the car has far more opportunities to regenerate.

            No, not annoying, dangerous. All related to driving assistance. If you're coming up to stopped traffic without actually following a car, it would plough straight into the back of the stopped cars if I didn't manually brake.

            The lane assist will occasionally try and steer me off the road if I wasn't controlling the wheel.

            Occasionally it wrongly detects cars parked on the side of the road as stopped cars in front of me and activates emergency brakes.

            So I don't really use the driving assistance stuff until they sort their shit out.

            • organamisms on 03/06/2025 - 20:22

              @TheJoker: How hard is it to disable these features when you start up the car, do you have to click through a few menus and turn multiple toggles off? I presume like others it resets every time you turn it off?

              • TheJoker on 03/06/2025 - 20:57

                @organamisms: No it's off until activated by the cruise control. There's a term for it that's escaped me. FYI you can also have cruise control on without the assistance features, so it's not hard to workaround.

          • Aureus on 03/06/2025 - 19:15
            +1

            @cx5: I have never driven a sealion, but I have a Seal. I assume it is similar/same.

            Great car, but if lane keeping is very important to you, I would stay away. Sometimes it refuses to turn on, other times it just turns itself off, it also gets confused and tries to steer you in to the other lane. I still keep it on a lot and just correct it.

            Adaptive cruise control works great, but sometimes it does get confused when going around bends and slows down for the car in the other lane. Minor issue IMO. It did have some issues with emergency braking at round-abouts, but I think maybe they patched that, as I haven't had it for a fair while.

        • sludo on 04/06/2025 - 11:03

          @TheJoker In what way is the S7 inferior to the MY ?

          • TheJoker on 04/06/2025 - 12:30

            @sludo: Pretty much every aspect of driving, technology and assistance. I like the interior and controls of the BYD more though. FYI we just purchased a Sealion 7. Were going with the model Y but the order fee, delivery fee, and higher paint charge made the gap that much bigger and decided against it. The Sealion 7 is a great car (or we wouldn't have purchased it), but it's no Tesla. They are best in class and all others are playing catch up.

    • JimmyF on 03/06/2025 - 19:11

      Sealion vs Model Y.

      Sealion 7 vs Model Y.

      Tesla is a better car, BYD is more a old school car if you like that.

      • [Deactivated] on 03/06/2025 - 19:43
        +13

        "Tesla is a better car"

        • 8.4k more expensive
        • lower WLTP range
        • no dash, no heads up display
        • no sunroof blind, something crucial in the Australian summer
        • no Android Auto / Apple CarPlay, pathetic
        • no buttons for bloody anything
        • no gear selector! you're forced to use the touch screen to change gears… lunacy
        • very firm suspension in a family SUV…?
        • high chance of getting your car keyed
        • supports Elon

        Yes, such a superior car… nope. The only thing it has over the Sealion is the bigger boot.

        It could be 5k cheaper than a SL7 and I'd still wouldn't buy it.

          • [Deactivated] on 03/06/2025 - 19:55
            +9

            @JimmyF: be me, proceeds to list objective equipment / features missing from Juniper update

            "ain that's your opinion"

            great counter argument, I'm fully convinced now. Between the CCP and the Nazi, I get the better car.

            • JimmyF on 03/06/2025 - 21:29
              -5

              @[Deactivated]:

              great counter argument

              Its an opinion. I don't need to validate your poor choices.

              • sludo on 04/06/2025 - 11:39

                @JimmyF: its literally facts they stated

          • smartazz104 on 04/06/2025 - 08:29

            @JimmyF: Why didn't you just "CHINA BAD" instead of some bullshit about the BYD being an "old school car".

            • JimmyF on 04/06/2025 - 20:50

              @smartazz104:

              Why didn't you just "CHINA BAD" instead of some bullshit about the BYD being an "old school car".

              China isn't bad, they build some great products.

              BYD EVs are built old school, the same way legacy has been building cars for decades. It's why people love them so much.

        • tissue on 03/06/2025 - 20:23
          +5

          Not an Elon fan but majority of reviews rate the Juniper over the SL7. As a car to drive the juniper is much better, if it’s the older model Y it’s much closer.

          Some of your points though e.g. range are a bit fake too - it’s got an 82kwh battery versus 62kwh so should get better range than it does, but it’s 2500kg so inefficient. Juniper is faster, lighter, more efficient, faster to charge, more interior space, etc.

          • [Deactivated] on 03/06/2025 - 20:29
            +8

            @tissue: reviews compare the 63k Juniper vs the 63k SL7 Performance, which is a stupid comparisson

            you need to compare apples to apples, in this case, RWD vs RWD. The 55k base SL7 vs the 63k base Juniper.

            The base / RWD SL7 is much closer in efficiency to the Juniper, but it doesn't matter, BYD fixed that with a much larger battery, so real WLTP range is superior. The Tesla is more fun to drive at the cost of a very firm suspension - in contrast to reviewers, families prefer soft/comfortable cars, which is the case for mine too.

            Weight: Junipter with 62kwh has 2 tons, versus 2.2 tons of the 82.5kwh SL7 Premium. Charging was tested by Carexpert and while the peak in the Juniper is over 200kwh, the average (that actually matters) was almost identical to the SL7.

            Junipter is roomier in the boot/cargo area (front/rear seats are equivalent), and is half a second faster in the 0-100. Software is more polished as well.

            Overall, as a family SUV, it's an inferior car (for not having everything I listed in the previous comment), while being more expensive. I'm in the market for this exact price range / segment and have researched to exhaustion, and have obviously checked both cars in person.

            • JimmyF on 03/06/2025 - 21:30
              -1

              @[Deactivated]:

              Weight: Junipter with 62kwh has 2 tons, versus 2.2 tons of the 82.5kwh SL7 Premium

              You're comparing the RWD to the Premium? Hmmm Do it again using the LR.

          • JimmyF on 03/06/2025 - 21:29
            -4

            @tissue:

            reviews rate the Juniper over the SL7. As a car to drive the juniper is much better, if it’s the older model Y it’s much closer.

            Don't go saying that here, you'll be marked a Nazi supporter!

            • TheJoker on 05/06/2025 - 05:41

              @JimmyF: I wouldn't even go around saying the earth is round in any EV threads! 😂

              • JimmyF on 05/06/2025 - 19:12

                @TheJoker: hahaha its true, not many round earth believers in these threads…..

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