Inside, material quality is largely OK for this class of car, although the plastic clothing the upper surface of the dash and the top of the doors is notably cheap in feel. In our car, there were also some deep, unsightly scratches already visible on the driver’s door.
Otherwise, though, no other materials are particularly nasty and, despite running everything through the 12.8-inch touchscreen at the exclusion of almost all physical buttons, the tech and systems seem to work well.
There are some annoying ADAS functions you’ll want to switch off, however, and some of the menu layouts in the screen aren’t the most helpful in facilitating that process. But both graphical sharpness and responsiveness are fine.
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Space in the back is a little cramped, mind. Although there’s a completely flat floor, the narrowness of the Dolphin G’s body, coupled with only mediocre amounts of leg and headroom, ensure that this is not the most capacious supermini on sale.
It does, though, have a good boot – often a failing of Chinese family cars. The cargo area in the BYD measures 425 litres with all seats in use, and 1,225 litres with the 60:40 split-folding rear bench dropped down. There’s even dedicated underfloor storage space for the charging cables.
To drive, the BYD Dolphin G is proficient but unspectacular, and its dynamic display is marred by a couple of significant drawbacks which might be enough to put some potential punters off.
