BYD unveils new luxury sports car as carmakers vie for attention at China’s largest auto show
Simone McCarthy, CNN
Wed, 23 April 2025 at 1:38 PM SGT6-min read
Denza, the premium line from Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD, unveils the Z during a media day at the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday. - Marc Stewart/CNN
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has already
beaten out long-standing frontrunner Tesla in sales of electrified vehicles. And now it’s coming for luxury sports cars.
BYD’s premium Denza line on Wednesday unveiled the Z, a flashy new deep-blue model that points to the company’s ambitions to rival higher-end Western brands such as Porsche and Mercedes-Benz.
The launch came at the opening of Auto Shanghai, China’s largest automobile show – which has drawn dozens of domestic and foreign carmakers, as well as crowds of journalists, to a sprawling exhibition center in the country’s financial hub.