Denza is a name that’ll need explaining when it arrives in the UK. It’s BYD’s premium brand, positioned above the increasingly familiar BYD models and aimed squarely at the sort of buyers who might otherwise be looking at a Porsche Taycan, Porsche Panamera or Lotus Emeya.
Its opening act is the Z9 GT, a very large electric estate car with three motors, more than 1,100bhp, a claimed 0-62mph time of 2.7 seconds and technology that sounds as if it has been lifted from a science-fiction film. There is independent steering at each rear wheel, air suspension, a big battery, front and rear boots, screens everywhere and BYD’s new Flash Charging technology that, in China where I experienced it, can add a remarkable amount of energy in a matter of minutes. Flash Charging is coming to the UK this year, apparently.
