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I read in a BYD forum in Australia this morning, that their 12V battery is not great, and fails in winter. That's an Australian winter, so around 4 degrees on a cold night in most places.

Passive aggressive much. Sorry my googling skills are no match for yours.

You get the blind spot indicator and 360 camera in the basic version in the UK?? 360 camera is definitely in the Essence (same as Trophy) here.

Just curious to see if it would be possible to get a few of the extra fruit without having to go up to the $9k version.

Or... depending on the range you need, you could import a 2018 40kwh Leaf from Japan for $25k (before on-road costs in NSW). Get about 220km range.

So, the basic spec in Australia has a little bit more than the UK, but what could people do to make it more like a Trophy (e.g. rear light bar, better audio, electric seat, rear split spoiler etc). It would be easy to get seat covers, any colour/two-tone (via dipping... way cheaper than paint)...

You can't do SS then? Get the govt to pay 40% or so of it for you (via tax return minimisation mainly). Cheaper than cash.

You buying via salary sacrifice Bazza?

Very interesting, thanks. Glad it does have auto A/C.... on their spec sheet here it only adds it to the Essence (Trophy basically). Agree on Google Maps... although the Tesla maps is pretty good too, so haven't used GM in there. Orange is only available on the Trophy in the UK iirc.... and...

I threw together a vid on the battle between BYD Dolphin and MG4 now we have the dolphin price.... Like hell it wasn't going to be around $43k until MG4 came out a few days ago at $39k.

Oh, the reason I said "Shots Fired!" In the video is because BYD are releasing the Dolphin pricing in Australia tomorrow, and BYD jumped in with this Excite announcement a few days before and it's now the cheapest EV in Australia.... What will BYD do??? Better be a lot better than the expensive...

Thanks for the replies so far. Looking forward to more. I did a quickie video tonight about this: Who cares about passengers and their sound quality? Meh, not me. They should buy their own car :) Great that the AC can be easily controlled in the Excite. They included a rear wiper for...

I recommend buying a snapdragon based Xiaomi from AliExpress. I've had a number, and they are brilliant (Redmi Pro, Poco F4)... just get the international version in the flavour (spec) you like.

Well now you'll be happy that the Excite 51 is available. I called MG in Perth and they are expecting the cars in September (not August as written elsewhere).

So, it's being released in Australia in September, and they've just added to the lineup. Originally, only the 'Essence' (pretty much a Trophy) was going to be available, for $48k AUD. Then, they just said they'll also be bringing in the Excite 51 (51kwh battery) for $39k. And all variants will...

I threw together a new video last night. Some great news and not so great news...

Bloody hell, an avalanche of Funky Cats :)

The Trophy has a lighter interior? Did they add a ceiling light or change the colour of the ceiling?

So, I did a video on getting a pre-order of an MG4 in Australia: One of the commenters said the MG4 base has an LFP battery, and the others have NMC. I didn't believe it at first (none of the YouTube reviews said this iirc), but checked on it and it's true apparently...

Haha why do you think I don't show my face on my video's :) Even on the BYD Atto Owner Interview I did my magic in Premiere Pro to ensure no-one got frightened by me :)