BYD Shark - Aussie Review

[Dirk]

Aussie review here: https://www.4x4australia.com.au/revi...ff-road-review

[BruceHun]

The takeaway from this is that is a road biased bakkie, not good for dirt roads, not a 4x4.

[mullerza]

The takeaway from this is that is a road biased bakkie, not good for dirt roads, not a 4x4.

So perfect for 99% of urban bakkie drivers in South Africa……

[Jeepiscool]

It seems about 250mm narrower than the Ford. Does it offer the same load bin size?

[Ooba]

So perfect for 99% of urban bakkie drivers in South Africa……

Yip, I am one of that 99%

[Ooba]

It seems about 250mm narrower than the Ford. Does it offer the same load bin size?

25cm narrower? Nope, it's larger in all dimensions

[Rockspyder]

The takeaway from this is that is a road biased bakkie, not good for dirt roads, not a 4x4.

Not quite. Watch this video from Australia, Byron Duffy’s (Savage Tech) Shark does its bit from 8:00 minutes. It looked very capable, compared to all the other rigs.
https://youtu.be/MqxPyAL4gis?si=pZ-lICTVJGi1k2ou
For a bakkie that is really an AWD, rather than a full-trick 4x4, it does quite well, in this clip it smoothly goes over terrain where others struggle. As Einstein said, don’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree. Meaning, it can do other things. It is a fish, after all!😁

[BruceHun]

With serious off-road tyres, low pressures, in daylight and guided with an experienced driver on one part of the track only. The others had bad light, incorrect path on some that caused issues and some with standard at tyres.

I think you should take it off-road with guys here on the forum on known trails and show us how it performs. I’m sure it can do a lot but would you take it through bots, nam etc? With confidence? And towing ?

[Tom13]

With serious off-road tyres, low pressures, in daylight and guided with an experienced driver on one part of the track only. The others had bad light, incorrect path on some that caused issues and some with standard at tyres.

I think you should take it off-road with guys here on the forum on known trails and show us how it performs. I’m sure it can do a lot but would you take it through bots, nam etc? With confidence? And towing ?

If you run out of battery power you are towing with a 1.5 turbo petrol. Towing is not going to be its forte. Lekker town bakkie.

[Kamakazi]

No doubt the BYD shark is groundbreaking heading in a new direction.

I like following with interest as the Chinese are moving fast with ausie R&D.

I will wait to see the Shark 7, the tank 400 already looking good with that 2L petrol hybrid