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Industry · Auto Express · June 4, 2026 · 60 sec read
BYD is a Chinese car brand, but it wants to be European

BYD adapts its cars to meet European driver expectations

— The Oogway View

The gap between what European buyers want and what BYD currently delivers is significant enough that the company is making substantive changes to its products — not just its marketing. That's a meaningful admission: you can't simply export a car that works in one market and expect it to land in another. It signals that BYD is treating Europe as a serious long-term target rather than an opportunistic one, which raises the stakes for established European brands competing on home ground. How well BYD executes that adaptation is the real story to watch.

— The Story

It turns out that European and Chinese drivers expect many different things from their cars, so BYD is taking drastic action