Yangwang News

BYD’s ultra-luxury YangWang division has teased an upcoming flagship sedan, in an unprecedented move for the brand. The teaser image reveals an ultra-luxury sedan, complete with hints of rear-hinged ‘suicide’ doors, a two-tone paint scheme and much more traditional design cues. A translation of the post has Yangwang promising the sedan will “outline the grandeur of the East” and will be an “ultra-luxury executive flagship sedan.” The new model will sit above YangWang’s existing line-up of non-SUVs, including the U7 four-door GT and U9 hypercar. It will debut in the United Arab Emirates in November of this year, according to Chinese media. The same outlets also say the sedan will be five and a half meters long and cost in excess of two million RMB (A$430,000). It is understood BYD is plotting a market entrance for YangWang in Australia, and has previously brought Chinese-market examples of the U9 and U8 SUV Down Under as a preview of what to expect in the future. In fact, the U8 recently appeared in government approval documentation for our market, equipped with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine and four electric motors, producing a combined 880kW. Torque is yet to be revealed, but in China it produces more than 1280Nm. For now, BYD’s local spokespeople are quiet on the timing for the launch of the YangWang brand locally. The brand sits above the already-established luxury Denza marque, although it is unclear at this stage what branding the models will wear. The flagship sedan has a distinctly lower likelihood of an Australian launch given how small the demand for sedans is locally, it should showcase impressive drivetrain and interior tech for the brand. It is, of course, expected to be able to fully utilise BYD’s ‘flash charging’ technology, and could even debut solid state battery tech for the brand. At the rear its styling is reminiscent of category stalwarts like the Bentley Flying Spur, while the overall silhouette and blocky face feels as though it could have been influenced by Jaguar’s upcoming and highly controversial Type 01 GT. Meanwhile, the teaser and official camouflage images clearly show the brand’s signature headlight profile, also seen on the U8 SUV. Expect to learn more about YangWang’s new flagship at its November reveal.

BYD has surged up the sales charts, but its Australian Chief Operating Officer Stephen Collins is now turning his attention to an area other brands are lagging behind in. The brand has announced an extensive after-sales revamp, confirming more than 580,000 of parts are stored in Australia, allowing it to fill 95 per cent of dealer orders locally.  BYD doesn’t just want parts to be more accessible and delivered faster. It’s also targeting a less than seven-day wait to book a service. “I think it’s a big part of the whole ecosystem that BYD is investing in. Some other brands, I won’t name them, but you probably know them, are lagging behind in this area,” Collins told CarsGuide.  “We know that some brands are way beyond that , and we think that’s just not acceptable.” The brand has opened up a parts facility in Melbourne that houses parts across 15,000 square metres and is staffed by a team of 40 people.  It’s by far BYD’s biggest parts warehouse to date, and is designed to help with speedy delivery times to dealers.   The Chinese giant said it can deliver parts to local dealers within 24 hours or at most one week for remote and rural areas.  Most interstate deliveries should take two or three days, according to BYD.  Collins said these moves are designed to build trust with existing customers and future buyers.  “I think it’s just a basic requirement and expectation for customers when you get your car serviced or something goes wrong, we have the parts available, we have the service bays available,” Collins told CarsGuide.  A report from the Australian Automotive Dealer Association (AADA) in July 2026 revealed long car repair wait times.  Dealers admitted customers, especially EV owners, can face delays of between six and eight weeks for an issue just to be diagnosed due to workshop backlogs.  The report went on to read that some manufacturing faults can even take months or years to be correctly diagnosed.  Dealers have been refusing to accept tow-ins or diagnostic work for cars not originally sold in that specific showroom.  Some dealers pointed the finger at car manufacturers for slow resolution times to faults for customers.  Collins said BYD’s decision to announce these initiatives wasn’t driven by the findings in the AADA report, nor any other political factors.   “We made the decision well before that ,” Collins said.  “We took over from an independent distributor in July last year . Before that time, we’d already made these investment decisions. “It was very much a part of our longer term strategy not driven by any pressure or any political pressure.”