BYD has been on a bit of a roll recently, but the Dolphin G DM-i feels like one of its most important cars yet. It’s difficult to think that the Chinese brand has only been selling cars in the UK for three years, but it’s already gained a big foothold (over three per cent of the market and sales up over 100 per cent year-on-year at the time of writing) and an army of happy customers.
The Dolphin G is the first BYD developed specifically for Europe and will be made in Europe eventually, too. It lands right in the heart of the supermini class and, crucially, it brings proper plug-in hybrid power to a part of the market where that hasn’t existed before.
