Buying24 Jul 2026
BYD Sealion 7 UK Buyer's Guide 2026: Specs, Real-World Range, Reliability and Honest Verdict
The BYD Sealion 7 is a large five-seat electric SUV — BYD's answer to the Tesla Model Y — priced from £47,025 for the rear-wheel-drive Co…
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The Leapmotor B05 is new enough that its long-term reliability record is still being written — China launch was November 2025 and UK deli…
At roughly £31,000–£33,000, the Smart #1 Pro+ and Omoda E5 Knight occupy nearly identical price points — but they represent fundamentally…
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The Smart #5 is too new on UK roads for long-term reliability data, but the picture so far is broadly positive. No DVSA safety recalls ar…
The BYD Seal U DM-i became the UK's best-selling PHEV within ten months of launch — and with over 10,000 UK examples on the road by 2025,…
The Leapmotor C10 has been on UK roads since Spring 2025 — not long enough for independent survey data to exist, but long enough for a pa…
The MG IM6 is a genuinely impressive piece of hardware — 800V architecture, 396 kW charging, 388 miles WLTP — but the underlying Chinese …
The Smart #1 has two confirmed campaigns to be aware of: a rear seatbelt buckle recall (TBR24003-2, addressed by OTA and dealer adjustmen…
The XPeng G6 is too new to the UK for a full reliability picture — it arrived in Spring 2025 and no DVSA recalls have been recorded. Chin…
Two Chinese mid-size electric SUVs under £40,000 — but they couldn't be more different. The Leapmotor C10 is backed by Stellantis, cheap …
The Polestar 2 has a mixed but improving reliability record. Early models (2020-2021) suffered two formal recalls and high owner-reported…
A detailed comparison of two of the most affordable Chinese electric SUVs in the UK market. The Jaecoo E5 leads on price and running cost…
A detailed comparison of two leading Chinese electric SUVs: the award-winning Smart #5 (£39,800) and BYD's flagship Sealion 7 (£46,990). …
The XPeng G6 is the fastest-charging EV you can buy in the UK, hitting 451 kW peak DC and 10–80% in around 12 minutes. Starting from £39,…
The complete guide to Smart's award-winning family SUV: What Car? Family Electric SUV of the Year 2026, with up to 366 miles WLTP range, …
The T03 is now the most affordable new car on sale in the UK at £12,995 (with the LEAP-GRANT). It is genuinely good for city driving, let…
Two Chinese plug-in hybrid SUVs at the same £36,000–£37,000 price point. The Seal U DM-i has a stronger warranty, Apple CarPlay, and high…
At £12,995 and ~£12,990 respectively, the Leapmotor T03 and Dacia Spring Extreme are the two most affordable new cars in Britain — and bo…
The Smart #5 is the boldest repositioning in the brand's history — from pocket city car to premium family SUV. It wins What Car? Family E…
The MG S5 EV is the most complete electric car SAIC has yet brought to the UK. Five-star Euro NCAP, 298-mile WLTP range, 139 kW rapid cha…
The Smart #1 brings premium design, Mercedes-Benz DNA and a genuinely impressive Euro NCAP result — but its 3-year vehicle warranty is th…
The B05 offers the best spec-per-pound in the C-segment electric hatchback market at its launch price — but intrusive, hard-to-disable dr…
The BYD Atto 3 EVO is a substantially reworked family electric SUV that arrives in the UK with more range, faster charging and a bigger b…
The BYD Dolphin has a strong 5-star Euro NCAP rating, an industry-leading 8-year / 250,000 km battery warranty, and a 4.5/5 owner score i…
The Smart #1 and Smart #5 share a brand and a joint-venture parent (Geely–Mercedes), but they answer entirely different questions. The #1…
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The two most popular Chinese EVs under £32,000 share a price bracket but diverge sharply on charging speed, range, warranty length, boot …
The MG ZS EV was discontinued as a new car in the UK in July 2025, but remains Britain's most abundant used Chinese EV. A 2021-or-later L…
The Leapmotor B10 arrives in the UK as a single fully loaded trim at £29,995, undercutting almost every rival in its class. It is bigger …
The MG ZS EV sat at the bottom of the 2025 Driver Power brand table, with 28% of owners reporting a fault in the previous year and What C…
The BYD Sealion 7 has a 5-star Euro NCAP 2025 rating, an 8-year / 155,000-mile battery warranty with 70% minimum capacity guarantee, and …
The MG ZS EV is discontinued as a new car but remains a compelling used buy. The post-2021 Long Range model offers genuine 230+ mile real…
Two Chinese SUVs, similar price, very different approaches. The Leapmotor B10 is a pure EV focused on comfort and value; the Jaecoo 7 off…
A detailed comparison between the Jaecoo 7 PHEV SUV and MG4 EV pure electric hatchback, both priced around £30,000 in the UK market. The …
The MG4 EV faces significant reliability challenges according to UK survey data and Chinese owner reports. While offering excellent value…
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The MG ZS EV was discontinued as a new car in July 2025 and replaced by the MG S5 EV. But used examples at £7,000–£14,000 now offer compe…
At 4% BiK for 2026/27, every Chinese EV on sale in the UK qualifies for salary sacrifice — and the tax arithmetic makes some of them amon…
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