BYD Seal 6 Lease Deals
Compare live BYD Seal 6 lease deals below from an independent, whole of market broker. The Seal 6 is a DM-i plug-in hybrid estate, the only estate car BYD sells in Britain, with around 62 miles of electric range on the larger battery. The fully electric saloon is the BYD Seal, and the plug-in hybrid SUV is the BYD Seal U.
Why Lease the BYD Seal 6?
The BYD Seal 6 is an estate car, and that is the most interesting thing about it. Almost every manufacturer has moved buyers who once wanted an estate into SUVs instead, so the number of new estates on sale has collapsed. BYD went the other way.
If you have driven estates and preferred them, you will already know the argument. An estate carries as much as an SUV of the same length, but with a lower roof and a lower centre of gravity, so it handles better, uses less fuel and fits in car parks and garages that defeat taller cars.
Combining that body with a plug-in hybrid powertrain is unusual, and it produces something genuinely hard to find elsewhere: a load carrying estate that will do most daily journeys on electricity and still cross the country without stopping.
The Seal 6 Is a Plug-in Hybrid Estate
BYD's naming needs a word of explanation, because three cars share the Seal name and no two of them are the same kind of vehicle.
The Seal is a fully electric saloon. The Seal U is a plug-in hybrid SUV. The Seal 6, this page, is a plug-in hybrid estate.
It uses BYD's DM-i system, standing for Dual Mode intelligent, which pairs a 1.5 litre petrol engine with an electric motor and a Blade battery through an e-CVT transmission. Official CO2 is 60g/km and it reaches 62mph in 8.9 seconds.
BYD Seal 6 Trim Levels
Boost
The entry version, on the smaller of the two batteries. As with the rest of the BYD range the standard specification is generous, so this is not a sparse car.
Comfort
Takes the 19kWh battery, which gives an electric range of roughly 62 to 65 miles. That is a long way for a plug-in hybrid and enough to make most weekly driving electric.
Comfort, for the 19kWh battery. On a plug-in hybrid the battery is what determines whether you are running on electricity or petrol day to day, and roughly 62 miles is the point at which most commutes fit inside the electric range with something in reserve for a cold morning.
Leasing the BYD Seal 6
Leasing is a sensible route into an unusual car. Estates are a shrinking segment, which makes future used values harder to predict than for an equivalent SUV, and on a contract hire agreement that uncertainty belongs to the funder rather than to you.
The honest drawback is the CO2 figure. At 60g/km the Seal 6 is considerably higher than the Seal U at 16g/km or the Sealion 5 at 22g/km, which matters if you are choosing a company car, because benefit in kind is calculated from CO2 and electric range. As a private lease it is far less significant, but company car drivers should compare the three directly.
The usual plug-in hybrid caveat applies too: this only makes financial sense if you charge it regularly. Company car tax rates are set each tax year and do change, so confirm the current bands with your accountant before ordering on business contract hire.
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BYD Seal 6 Leasing FAQs
Yes, and it is the only estate BYD sells in Britain. That makes it unusual, because most manufacturers have moved buyers who once chose estates into SUVs instead and withdrawn their estate models. If you want the load space of an SUV with a lower roof, a lower centre of gravity and better efficiency, the Seal 6 is one of a shrinking number of options.
It is a plug-in hybrid, using BYD's DM-i system, which combines a 1.5 litre petrol engine with an electric motor and a Blade battery through an e-CVT transmission. It is not a fully electric car. Three BYD models carry the Seal name and none of them are the same type of vehicle: the Seal is an electric saloon, the Seal U a plug-in hybrid SUV and the Seal 6 a plug-in hybrid estate.
The Comfort version uses a 19kWh battery for a claimed electric range of roughly 62 to 65 miles, which is long for a plug-in hybrid. The Boost version has a smaller battery and correspondingly less range. As with any electrified car these are official figures, so cold weather, motorway speeds and a full load will all reduce what you actually see.
They share a name and little else. The Seal is a fully electric saloon with up to 354 miles of range. The Seal U is a plug-in hybrid SUV with up to around 78 miles of electric range. The Seal 6 is a plug-in hybrid estate with roughly 62 miles on the larger battery. Body style and powertrain both differ, so check which one a listing refers to before comparing monthly costs.
Because for the same length you get comparable load space in a package that is lower, lighter and more efficient. A lower roof means a lower centre of gravity, so an estate handles more securely, and it will fit under height barriers and into garages that defeat a tall SUV. The trade off is a higher load lip to lift things over and a less commanding driving position, which is exactly why so many buyers moved to SUVs.
Less compelling than its siblings on tax. Its official CO2 is 60g/km, against 16g/km for the Seal U and 22g/km for the Sealion 5, and benefit in kind is calculated from CO2 and electric range. If you are choosing a company car it is worth comparing all three directly. For a personal lease the difference matters far less. Company car tax rates are set each tax year and do change, so confirm the current position with your accountant.
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