BYD | Dedicated Discussion | Owners / FanClub Thread

[AkbarGr8]

BYD is still being adamant in saying that their dealerships will open in January / deliveries will be made. 15 days left, let's see.

[ozairabbas]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FE97j4tkw/

Rumoured, Karachi showroom location to be Metropole hotel karachi

[ifadey]

They are saying the showrooms will open in January but for deliveries they are using the word "shortly"

[kawafan]

Now we know the location of ISB and Karachi centers , Lets see if someone can share location of expected Lahore location.

[sohaibshaddy1]

I guess they went a little quick with the orders. Expected delievery was quoted in mid Jan, seems like far fetched for now.

[ifadey]

Update on deliveries

The flagship stores will open in the last week of January somewhere between 25th~31st.

Here's the latest update on January deliveries:
"The deliveries are now scheduled to begin by mid of February. We have started contacting customers, in the order of bookings, about the clearance of balance payment and to communicate the updated schedule of events."

[kawafan]

Yeh , like typical how Pakistani people are treated .
they will drag this to more months , like previously done by other auto manufacturer ,
They are still hiring their dealership staff (Karachi only) as posted on their Linkedin page.
i was among the first one who booked MG and got it 6 months late according to delivery date.

[AkbarGr8]

Well said sir. I thought BYD would be honest about delays but seems they had to finally succumb to the pressure of customers on social media and speak the truth.

I need to sell my existing car to make payment to BYD - now I'm very confused and anxious as to when I should do so. Will see how far delayed deliveries are for Jan / feb and make a decision.

My TDD is March.

[pwuser169264485933]

I had a bitter experience with Seres 3 where my money was stuck for 10 months. Better to do booking after deliveries start

[AkbarGr8]

Those were CKD units. These are CBU so the delays won't be as substantial as the seres / dfsk fiasco.

[ifadey]

[pwuser167550015690]

This is Mega groups' first venture in the automobile segment so I'm not surprised they're going through some growing pains. It will definitely take some time for them to find their footing and I expect things to only start to settle down once they're able to start local production.

Things might have turned out differently if BYD had invested directly in Pakistan but the market is probably too small for them to enter directly or make any significant investment, so we'd be at the whims of Mega Motor / HUBCO management for the foreseeable future.

[kawafan]

[pwuser167550015690]

This is a purely Text-to-Speech generated video using stock footage to make baseless claims. BYD hasn't announced any investments in Pakistan at all, let alone something as massive as USD 1 Billion. If it were true, you'd see the figure quoted on the front page of every newspaper and media outlet in Pakistan.

India did reject BYD's proposal to expand, but BYD didn't shift to Pakistan afterwards. It instead focused on distributing it's production between Thailand, Indonesia and other eastern countries.

So far, Mega Motors is just signing a licensing agreement to produce BYD vehicles in Pakistan. Mega Motors itself is partly owned by Mega Conglomerate and HUBCO. BYD is not part of the ownership group, which it would've been had it made an investment as large as USD 1 Billion itself.

Mega Motors' deal with BYD is very similar to the likes of Sazgar's with GWM or Lucky group's with KIA and Peugeot. They're simply manufacturing vehicles under license from these companies at their plants, but neither GWM, KIA or Peugeot actually own these plants and can in theory sign deals with other assemblers as well. In fact, KIA just did that by signing a deal with Dewan group for the Shehzore.

The only global manufacturers I'm aware of, who actually own (a significant portion or a majority) of their assembly in Pakistan are:

• Toyota - owns about 48% of Indus Motor Company
• Honda - owns 51% of Honda Atlas Cars
• Suzuki - completely owns Pak Suzuki
• SAIC - Majority owner of MG Motors Pakistan

Virtually everyone else is just assembling vehicles for their respective brands under fixed year term license. This includes Hyundai Nishat, Kia Lucky, Sazgar GWM, Ghandara Cherry etc. This is why most of these local assemblers can sell vehicles from multiple brands. Some examples:

• Lucky Group - KIA and Peugeot
• Sazgar - GWM and BIAC
• Ghandhara - Chery, JAC, Dongfeng, ISUZU

[mgalaxy3]

Such a stupid and false video.

[j_aquil]

[ifadey]

BYD Shenzhen, world’s largest 9,200-car carrier, undocked in China

BYD Shenzen is their 4th ship in the fleet for shipping vehicles around the globe to fulfill the growing demand. This is world's largest RoRo ship ever made which can carry 9200 veihcles. The cool part is it uses BYD blade batteries along with hybrid option of LNG and marine fuel. BYD have plans to add total 8 ships by the end of this year.

https://carnewschina.com/2025/01/17/byd-shenzhen-worlds-largest-9200-car-vessel-undocked-in-china/

[kawafan]

Update
So just received the official call from BYD .

According to them , the car will be manufactured in January 2025 . We will get free upgrades.

• Dark Interior
• 18 Inch Rims (New Style)
• Lithium Startup Battey with warranty
• NFC mobile app instead of card.

My delivery month was/is January but i will get the car in 4th week of February .
They will generate the balance payment voucher in 2-3 days and then i will have 7 working days to pay the dues otherwise the booking will be cancelled. I have to pay via PO but it will deposit in Meezan or HBL.
They will start their experience center in Lahore , Karachi and Islamabad by the end of this month.

[ifadey]

I told you we will be getting 2025 model which have all these upgrades. The vehicle will be 100% same as shown in the images in this post.

[kawafan]

for me the major , and most appealing thing is 18 Inch Rims , and i think maybe we will get continental tires than as in international markets .