2025 BYD Sealion 6 price and specs: Cut-price base model joins lineup

The BYD Sealion 6 has become Australia’s most affordable plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), eclipsing the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV, as part of a wide range of changes and price cuts for its 2025 model range.

UPDATE, 21/01/2025 –BYD has introduced a new entry-level Essential version of the Sealion 6 with fewer features and a lower price. We’ve updated this article and brought it forward.

After slashing the price of the base Dynamic in January by $3000 to $45,990 before on-road costs, making it $1800 cheaper than the most affordable Eclipse Cross, BYD has introduced a new Essential version.

BYD lists only the Essential and unchanged Premium as members of the model year 2025 (MY25) lineup.

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The range-topping Sealion 6 Premium is unchanged, apart from the loss of Azure Blue paint, and remains priced at $52,990 before on-road costs.

Although the BYD Sealion 6 only went on sale in Australia in mid-2024, it became Australia’s top-selling PHEV last year. A total of 6198 examples were delivered, narrowly outselling the Outlander PHEV (6126 sales).

The Sealion 6 also cracked the top 20 best-selling vehicles list for the first time in December 2024. A total of 1122 examples were delivered in the month, placing it 18th overall – ahead of established models like the Mazda BT-50 (1101 sales) and Hyundai i30 (1066 sales).

Pricing

Drivetrains and Efficiency

Both plug-in hybrid powertrains are unchanged for 2025.

Dimensions

The interior and exterior dimensions are unchanged for 2025.

Servicing and Warranty

EVDirect covers the BYD range with a six-year, 150,000km vehicle warranty and an eight-year, 160,000km battery warranty.

Safety

The BYD Sealion 6 has a five-star ANCAP safety rating based on testing conducted by Euro NCAP in 2023.

Standard safety features include:

• 7 airbags
  • Dual front
  • Dual side
  • Dual curtain
  • Front-centre
• Adaptive cruise control
• Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Child Presence Detection
• Door Open Warning
• Front collision warning
• Front cross-traffic assist
• High beam assist
• Intelligent speed limit information, control
• Lane departure warning
• Lane keep assist
• Rear collision warning
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Traffic sign recognition

The Premium also features a surround-view camera.

Standard Equipment

The Sealion 6 Essential comes standard with the following equipment:

• 19-inch alloy wheels
• 235/50 R19 Giti tyres
• Tyre repair kit
• Panoramic sunroof
• Matte roof rails
• One-touch power tailgate
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Electrically adjustable, heated mirrors
• Keyless entry and start
• NFC card key
• Privacy glass – rear
• LED headlights
• LED daytime running lights
• LED tail-lights
• Sequential rear indicators
• Synthetic leather-wrapped steering wheel
• 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster
• 12.8-inch rotating infotainment touchscreen
• AM/FM/DAB radio
• Wireless Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
• Bluetooth phone, audio streaming
• Music streaming apps
• Satellite navigation
• Voice assistant
• BYD app store
• Over-the-air updates
• 6-speaker sound system
• 1 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A – front
• 1 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A – rear
• 12V accessory socket
• Sunglasses holder
• Synthetic leather-wrapped seats
• 6-way power driver’s seat
• 4-way power passenger seat
• Heated, ventilated front seats
• Manually adjustable rear seat backrests
• Front dual cup holders
• Rear centre armrest incl. 2 x cupholders
• Metal door sill protectors
• Front sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors
• LED front reading light
• LED rear side reading lights
• Dual-zone climate control
• Rear central air vents

Sealion 6 Premium adds:

• Additional terrain modes
  • Mud + Sand
• All-wheel drive
• Soundproof glass – front
• 15.6-inch infotainment touchscreen
• 10-speaker Infinity sound system
• 2 x wireless phone charges – 15W
• Auto-dimming interior mirror
• 8-way power driver’s seat
• Heated and ventilated front seats
• Head-up display
• ‘Dynamic’ ambient lighting with rhythm function
• PM2.5 filtration system

Colours

The Azure Blue exterior paint colour has been discontinued for 2025.

Exterior

• Harbour Grey
• Arctic White
• Delan Black
• Stone Grey

Interior

• Black + Brown
• Blue + Grey ($NCO, Premium only)

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