BYD Shark 6 Premium (2024-2026)
Also referred to as: BYD Shark 6 Premium 2025 and BYD Shark 6 Premium 2027.2 reviews
2 Months in and happy as! Over 6000km Comfort, Capability, Refinement and Cost of ownership are all good. We are rural and live on a road with corrugation that most cars don't last well on. We use the shark for almost 100% of our running around. Negatives - high beam, but not a deal breaker and granny charging. Installation of a 7kw charger should be factored in to your purchase of your buying one. The vehicle is stock meaning no add ons. I will endeavour to update every service interval.
Follow-up · We have found the rough road handling good. It is 'sure footed' in our situation. Just got to try out sand mode on one of our gully crossings. It had fully sanded up with recent flooding. No problem. Infotainment is not a big deal for me. It does what it needs to do. It's intuitive enough.. However my 17 yr old loves it. The battery almost gets us to town and back on EV about 84km before the petrol motor kicks in. We do most of our driving HEV.
Follow-up · 20,000km service done. No issues, no rattles. Done a bit of towing. It's nice to tow with. Trim is holding up well. Have to learn the update changes. We must have missed some ota updates. I have to download a new manual over starlink. Might have to print one off in case we loose power one day! Hit a roo drivers side tray. No damage. Playing loud music helps move the wildlife on!
Follow-up · Just done a trip to the interior, wish I had a long range tank. Otherwise the Shark did make the drive pleasant. Overtaking road trains on the infrequent and short wider sections of road was easy. That instant acceleration made a huge difference. The old Cruiser Wagon still rides that nasty black soil in the Channel Country a lot better than the Shark. We did use the power outlets for a few things. Very handy.
Purchased in at BYD Australia for $58,000.
- Bought: New
- Cab Type: Dual
The vehicle is very high quality however do not get the BYD fitted manual tonneau cover. It is extremely difficult to open rendering it almost inaccessible. I have tried to get BYD to fix it but they say it would need a complete replacement by the electric version to solve the problem. A good Ute compromised.
Purchased in for $60,000.
- Bought: New
- Cab Type: Dual