Best budget family car? | BYD Sealion 5 DM-I (212 HP) | POV Drive + Walkaround

This is the new BYD SEALION 5 DM-i, a dynamic and efficient plug-in hybrid SUV featuring BYD’s advanced Super Hybrid DM technology and the ultra-safe LFP Blade Battery. Combining impressive fuel efficiency with a combined driving range of over 1,000 km, let’s take a detailed look at its specs and features! Thanks to BYD PGD Tychy for providing this car for the review. 📍 TEST DRIVE / INFO: To book a test drive or inquire about this car, visit BYD PGD Tychy (Beskidzka 51, 43-100 Tychy) or contact +48123000097 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📑 SPECIFICATIONS OF THE TESTED CAR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Model: BYD SEALION 5 DM-i System Output: 212 hp (156 kW) Engine: 1.5-liter 4-cylinder petrol engine (98 hp / 72 kW | 122 Nm torque @ 4500 rpm) Electric Motor: 197 hp / 145 kW | 300 Nm Drivetrain: Front-Wheel Drive (FWD) Transmission: Automatic 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph): 8.1 s Top Speed: 170 km/h (106 mph) Battery Capacity: 18.3 kWh (BYD Blade LFP Battery) Charging: 3.3 kW AC (Type 2, 15–100% in ~6 hours) Electric Range: Up to 86 km (WLTP combined) / 120 km (WLTP city) Total Driving Range: Up to 1,016 km (WLTP combined) Fuel Economy: 2.1 l/100 km (weighted combined) | 5.5 l/100 km (combined charge-sustaining) Dimensions: Length 4,738 mm | Width 1,860 mm (2,063 mm with mirrors) | Height 1,710 mm | Wheelbase 2,712 mm Trunk Capacity: 463 liters / 1,410 liters (rear seats folded) Curb Weight: 1,785 kg (Gross vehicle weight: 2,195 kg) 🛠 EQUIPMENT & FEATURES - DESIGN TRIM ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔹 EXTERIOR Design: Floating roof effect, dynamic welcome lighting, rear spoiler, and metallic paint options. Wheels & Tires: 18" two-tone alloy wheels with 225/60 R18 tires (Hankook). Lighting: Automatic LED headlights with "Follow Me Home" function, LED DRLs, exterior mirror courtesy lights, and full-LED rear taillights. Glass & Convenience: Acoustic and UV-protected windshield, rain-sensing wipers, electrically adjustable/heated/foldable side mirrors, aluminum roof rails, and electric power tailgate. 🔹 INTERIOR & COMFORT Upholstery: Premium vegan leather seats and vegan leather-wrapped multifunctional steering wheel. Seats: Electrically adjustable driver seat (6-way) and front passenger seat (4-way), both heated with integrated headrests. 40:60 split-folding rear seats with manual headrest adjustment. Climate Control: Dual-zone automatic climate control with rear air vents and PM2.5 air filter. Convenience: Keyless entry and start, NFC digital key + 2 smart keys, manual dimming rearview mirror, 12V power outlet, front/rear LED reading lights, and 4 one-touch power windows with anti-pinch protection. 🔹 TECHNOLOGY & INFOTAINMENT Displays: 8.8" TFT LCD digital instrument cluster + 12.8" rotating touchscreen central display. Audio & Media: 6-speaker audio system, DAB+/FM radio, and "Hi, BYD" intelligent voice control. Connectivity: Wireless Apple CarPlay™ & Android Auto™, built-in 4G+ connectivity, navigation system (with 3-year free subscription), BYD Cloud Services app, dual front USB-C ports (18W & 60W), dual rear USB-C ports (18W & 60W), and a 15W wireless phone charger. Power Output: Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) capability with included 230V Type F adapter (supplies power to external devices). 🔹 SAFETY & DRIVER ASSISTANCE Driving Modes: Eco, Normal, Sport, Snow. Safety & ADAS: Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC), Lane Keep Assist (LKA), Emergency Lane Keeping Assist (ELKA), Blind Spot Detection (BSD), Front & Rear Collision Warning (FCW/RCW), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Rear Cross Traffic Alert with Auto Brake (RCTA+RCTB), Door Open Warning (DOW), Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR), and Driver Monitoring System (DMS). Parking & Vision: 360° Surround Camera System, front and rear parking sensors. Passive Safety: Front, side, curtain, and front-center airbags, Child Presence Detection (CPD), eCall emergency call system, TPMS, ISOFIX & i-Size mounts. 💰 PRICE: Base Price (Poland): from 149,990 PLN (Europe / Germany): Comfort Trim (12.9 kWh): €30,990 Design Trim (18.3 kWh): €33,990 (UK): Comfort Trim (12.9 kWh): £29,995 Design Trim (18.3 kWh): £32,995 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🕒 VIDEO CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Introduction #BYD #BYDSealion5 #BYDSealion5DMi #Sealion5 #PlugInHybrid #PHEV #CarReview #TestDrive #BYD2026 #POV #POVDrive