BYD Atto 3 Evo review

The base Design rear-drive spec is £38,990. One up is Excellence all-drive, which’ll cost you £42,730. That’s your lot. Nice and simple, huh?

If not exactly cheap. Indeed, the likes of the Hyundai Kona Electric, Peugeot e-2008 and VW ID.4 can all be had for a couple of grand cheaper (at least), while a Toyota bZ4X and Skoda Enyaq will set you back around the same.

That’s some considerable competition right there. And if the Atto 3 hasn't got price on its side, what has it got?

What’s the kit list like?

Even Design spec is pretty strong. It gets 18in alloys, a 8.8-inch digital instrument panel, a 15.6-inch touchscreen infotainment display, ambient lighting, four USB-C ports, wireless smartphone charging with cooling, front and rear parking sensors, a 360° surround-view camera, Vehicle-to-Load, and a heat pump. Very tidy. 

Excellence trim looks mostly identical from the outside, but does add a panoramic sunroof with electric sunshade. Similar story inside, where you really only get a head-up display and heated rear seats. Mostly that bigger expense is for the added motor for all-wheel drive (but reduced range).

Standard paint colour is blue, your other options being black, two shades of grey, a different shade of blue, and red. Those’ll cost you £750 extra. Inside choose from black and beige, the latter at no additional charge.

Help me choose…

You want Design. It’s cheaper, it’ll go further, it’s more than powerful enough and it packs all the essential kit you could possibly want as standard. Job done.

Oh, and the warranty is now six years/93,750 miles for everything, and eight years/155,350 for the battery. Generous, but some manufacturers offer seven years these days...