BYD Shark 6 vs Cupra Formentor

What's the difference?

The BYD Shark 6 Performance is an impressive top-shelf plug-in hybrid electric ute.

It offers plenty in terms of quality, comfort and all-round driveability, and it’s well built with a real premium look and feel about it.

Nothing has changed there.

The bonus is that, with tweaks and software updates, this Shark 6 can do more off-road than you might expect of it, and certainly slightly more than its standard stablemate. But it still performs best when it’s used well within its parameters – that is, light-to moderate off-roading.

Consider the point well and truly belaboured.

It’s clear that Cupra has listened to feedback as this updated Formentor addresses many key criticisms of the pre-update car. Overall it makes it easier to live with and to recommend than before.

Although the VZe's updated PHEV powertrain offers double the amount of electric range, the V forms as a sweet spot of the line-up as it offers all the power and equipment you'd ever need. It's hard to look past the top-spec VZx though as power is a drug.

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