The 2026 BYD Sealion 8 is CRAZY-Insanely Good…
Oh, that feels so fast. Oh, this thing’s fast. Yes. All right. 0 to 100 in. BYD have been on sale for a while now in Australia, but they’re coming out with this. This is pretty exciting cuz it is the allnew BYD Sea Lion 8, and it is super cool. It’s a seven seat family SUV that has an enormous, monstrous amount of power. In fact, it has the DMP system. It is DMP5. What does P stand for? No, it’s not performance. And boy, is this thing powerful. So, today I’m going to take you for a full tour and review of this for the first time here in Australia. We’re going to check out the exterior, the interior practicality. What is that like? Wow, that sun has just come out. We are going to launch this thing, see just how fast it is, and of course, drive it. How good is it to drive here at Holden’s old proven ground? Going to drive this cheap Chinese luxury car, and I’m going to give you my final thoughts. Should you be rushing out to buy one of these when they land so so soon? Let’s get into it. 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I don’t know if I see it, but it’s meant to look like that. So, some of the things that I really like are these. You got these really nice daytime running lights here. Bright LEDs as well, and a very aerodynamic grill. BYD proudly spelt out, too. I wonder if we’re getting the full light bar when it does launch in Australia. These are pre-productions, but like I said, we are here in Australia. This is Lang Lang Holden’s old proven ground. So, uh, yeah, we’re going to find out how it drives soon. Coming to the side, you’re going to see these ginormous 21in wheels. These do have adaptive dampers called DUISC C. What does that mean? Well, I’m sure someone knows, but essentially it is an intelligent damping system. Adaptive dampers. When you change your drive modes, that changes, too. We’ll test that out soon. Check this out. You got a 360 camera here. And this does have a very good 360 camera. And this car is big as well. 5,040 mm in length. This is a big big boy. And the wheelbase is 2,950 mm. So, almost 3 m. Again, making it a big big boy. And then we have the bum. I don’t know how I feel about this. like this whole live bar at the back is quite interesting. But uh yeah, let me know what you think down in the comment section below. It is just a great looking vehicle. How will it come spec? Well, it’s quite an interesting story. So, this one here is the top of the range, the DMP premium, which means it comes with that performance powertrain, which is just insane. We’ll come back to it soon, but you can get this with the DMI system. And now DMI is frontwheel drive only. I don’t know what it’ll be called. Could be called essential, could be called dynamic. Who knows yet? But it’s coming soon. I think they need to let us know soon. By the way, if you want to learn as soon as we find out the pricing of this or any new car, just go to our website, carsource.com, where you get all the latest news and reviews out. So, you definitely don’t want to miss that. And then pricing as well. We don’t know what it’s going to cost, but a little birdie have told me that something like this one here, the top of the range, it’s going to cost about $65,000 Australian, which for a car that can do 0 to 100 in a claimed 4.8 seconds, about 150 km of real world electric only range, uh, that is quite impressive. Just like the interior. Let’s check that out. So, first things first, you press that, the door handles pop out. That’s pretty nice. Check out this interior. First impressions. Listen to this. That is solid. So, you get this really nice faux leather steering wheel with buttons to control absolutely everything. You have a digital instrument cluster up in front of you that for some reason is stuck in simple mode, but anyway, we’ll have to move on. this display here. Now, it is a giant infotainment display, 15 in. It’s very snappy as well. You get wireless Apple CarPlay, wireless Android Auto, and check out this reverse camera. The 3Dness of this display cannot be understated. It is incredibly snappy, very, very fast. You have one fast wireless charger, 50 Ws with air conditioning vents down there as well. You can see these buttons are so reflective here with the sun out, but yeah, these are real metal buttons with your drive mode selector and your volume control. You’ve also got a couple of cup holders here, a little storage area there, phone storage that’s not wireless. And then down here, you have more storage with a USBC port, USBC port, and a 12 socky walkie. That’s pretty good to see. Now, check out these seats. These are some very nice faux leather seats. At least I think they’re faux leather. They could be real. I actually don’t know. They haven’t given me a proper spec list, but I do know that they are massage in the front, but also the back. But don’t worry, we’ll come back to that. Heaps of storage in here as well. Your glove box is a pretty massive size. that’s still got its delivery stuff on it. But check out the quality in here. It is just insanely good. Especially when you consider that this thing is probably going to be somewhere along the lines of say $65,000 for the top of the range. It is just incredible, incredible value. Let’s check out the back seats. Okay, so back seats now of the Cine 8. What is it like? Well, I’m 5’11. Heaps of headroom. Leg room as well is very good. And too is also quite nice. And check out the amenities back here. So, you have another display back here. We have cooled seats and heated seats, too. We also have our air conditioning controls here. Single zone, but still, that’s okay. We have a USBA port, USBC port, and a little storage area there, too. Check out these mat pockets. Oh, this is all nice and soft. Very, very nice indeed. And by the way, this does have a French sound system. I forgot the name of it. Let me search it up. Anyway, I’m not sure. But it is 21 speakers, so that is pretty good. You have this fold out center armrest that’s nice and soft with pop out cup holders and the storage area under there as well. That’s felt line too. We can also do things like slide these back seats which is useful when we take a look at the third row. But also we can recline these seats quite a ways while also turning on our massage seats. Ooh, that’s a very good massage. Get in there. But of course there is a third row. Now getting into the third row. Let’s pull this. This whole section just folds forward like that. Stepping in. Oh no. Ah, not the easiest that I’ve done. I got to say there are better cars to get in the back of. But once you’re back here and assuming that this seat here can compromise just a little bit at 5’11, I’ve got heaps of headroom, but leg room would just be, as you could see, abysmal. I wouldn’t even fit back there, but I fit here. if this seat compromises a little bit. Got some cup holders back here, one of your 21 speakers, and again, the quality is just so so good. But yeah, definitely not uh the nicest place to be. It’s still a relatively small seven-seater, but uh there’s obviously going to be some compromises considering that the battery lives under the floor, but I would say for kids and with a bit of compromise, you’ve got enough room. It’s okay. So, what is boot space like? Well, for a three row SUV, it’s okay. You can see all of my gear is here. With the third row up, we have 270 L of boot space. Drop that. You get about 1,000 L of boot space. So, it’s okay, but it’s never going to be mind-blowing, especially considering that there is a battery that lives under the floor. Let’s talk about the powertrain. So, like I said, we’re going to be able to get this with a DMI, but also the DMP system. And this one here is the DMP. It’ll definitely be the volume seller. And it is insane. And it is all-wheel drive with a claims or 100 of 4.9 seconds, which don’t worry, we’ll test it out. The engine is a 2 L turbocharged petrol engine that puts out 110 kW of power and 220 new m of torque. However, it’s got dual electric motors, one at the front, one at the rear. Combined, this thing puts out 341 kW of power, 675 Newton m of torque. And because this is the latest DMP system, DMP 5.0, O. This thing has a claimed fuel economy of 1 L per 100 km. Apparently, it is the world’s most thermally efficient engine as well, which helps with fuel economy, of course. And if you go for the frontwheel drive, you get a pretty small 19 kWh LFP battery. But this all-wheel drive is 36.5 kWh. So much much bigger and will do 152 km of range. and BYD say even when this battery is fully depleted, it will do 5.3 L per 100 km, which is incredibly good efficiency. That’s like Corolla levels of efficiency. Crazy. Shall we launch it? All righty. So, now we are going to launch the new BYD Cine 8. I’m terrified cuz this thing has insane amount of power and torque, but we’re going to do it. Stay, stay, stay, stay. Ah, here we go. Foot down. Off we go. Gentle start, but then it really picks up. Oh, this thing is fast, but not as fast as they claim. 0 to 10 in 5.7 seconds. Got to say, I’m a little bit saddened by that. I was kind of hoping for more. You know what? I want to try that again. I think we could do better. Let’s try that again. Stay on engine. Here we go. Maybe I’ll just stand the the pedal. Oh, that feels so fast. Okay, that’s faster for sure. Yes. All right, that’s way better. 0 to 100 in 4.9 seconds. That’s what I was looking for, baby. That’s what I was looking for. Let’s drive this thing normally. All righty, guys. Driving the BYD Sea Lion 8 here at Lang Lang. Don’t worry, this is a closed track. Put our foot down. Jeez, I I got to say the power delivery is inconsistent cuz sometimes it’ll just melt your face. This thing is fast. Oh my god, this thing is so fast. Okay, so first of all, let’s get it to a normal speed. This is about highway speed. How does it ride? Well, like I said, it’s got adaptive dampers. This is in comfort mode at the moment, and you can kind of feel that uh yeah, it’s got a lot of body roll as we rotate around there. It’s got a lot of body roll, and it’s it’s a BYD tune, meaning it is comfort focused for sure. If we put the drive mode into sport, well, it doesn’t change a huge huge amount to be honest. This thing is definitely comfort tuned now. It just feels like it’s got a sportier edge that it doesn’t really need. So, we’ll put it back into comfort mode. It’s so cute seeing the little ADO1 in front of us. The steering feel is good. I I quite like it. Even here in normal mode, it it’s just got a nice balance to it. When you go into sport mode, it’s probably a bit overass assisted, but the way it’s currently driving is very nice. But, like I said, it is definitely definitely comfort tuned, if you know what I mean. But that electric motor pickup is is it’s so much power. Like it’s so much power. More power than anyone could ever need. And uh yeah, body roll is quite galore. Body roll is quite galore. But it feels like a comfortable Chinese SUV, which is not the final word in dynamics, but really good for like highway cruising or around town. Here we go. Over the sine waves. You could see it composes itself pretty well. It’s It’s really not too bad. And it’s quiet in here, too. So, even though this thing is an absolute rocket ship in a straight line, I think the the driving experience is actually quite decent for what you’re going to use this car for. But as soon as you need to start turning it, that’s when it feels like a bit of a boat. And with that, let’s get into our final thoughts. All righty, guys. Final thoughts now on the new BYD Cine. Should you be rushing out to buy one? Well, honestly, this thing is pretty incredible. It certainly feels luxury. It has such insane performance out of this system if you go of course for the top of the range with the DMP. But the reality is if you are looking for a luxury cheap family Chinese SUV, how can you go past one of these? Unless of course you need the off-road bits, but this is extremely good for what it is. And I think uh it’s going to sell quite a few. But let me know what you guys think down in the comment section below. You’re going to rush out to buy a new BYD cell line 8. Of course, if you did enjoy this video, please do give it a thumbs up. Comment down below what you think and subscribe to the channel as well. really helps the channel out. And if you want to buy one of these, you want the best price possible, just Google Car Source Buy. My dedicated team of car buyers will help you out. All right. Ciao for
BYD HAVE FINALLY COME OUT WITH A 7-SEAT SUV!! (And it’s REALLY good..)
This is the 2026 BYD Sealion 8, and it’s the latest cheap Chinese SUV to come out of BYD – or Build Your Dreams – factory.
Being a luxury 7 seat family suv, this competes with cars like the Hyundai Santa Fe, Chery Tiggo 8, Jaecoo J8, Mazda CX-90, Toyota Kluger and a bunch of other cheap hybrid large SUVs.
But is this the ultimate BYD? Well, considering it comes with DM-i / DM-P 5, it might just be the latest and greatest technology for you.
Let’s talk about all of that and more in today’s review!
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Coming up
00:00:12 Intro
00:01:36 Exterior Looks
00:03:33 Price
00:03:47 Interior (Front Seats)
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00:06:27 3rd Row
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