As evidenced by the number of Jaecoo 7s on UK roads right now, buyers in the country clearly aren’t put off by the ‘Temu Range Rover’ tag. And now it looks like BYD wants a slice of Land Rover’s homemade, artisanal steak and kidney pie, because it has just announced pricing and full details for its new BYD Ti 7 SUV.
There’s no getting away from the fact that it looks a lot like a Defender, with its maker boasting in the press release that “an unapologetically boxy profile delivers the imposing, chunky design that finds favor among SUV buyers, yet delivers a contemporary look.”
It’s certainly not priced like the Land Rover, that’s for sure, with the single Excellence AWD specification providing seven seats as standard and kicking off at £47,995 (around P3.92 million before taxes). That gets you a panoramic roof, LEDs all round, and 20-inch wheels, plus a 15.6-inch touchscreen, heated and ventilated leather seats, dual wireless smartphone chargers, and even an in-car fridge.
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In the UK, a seven-seat Defender 110 starts at £68,465 (around P5.6 million before taxes), and that’s before any option boxes have been ticked. Yikes.
Oh, and BYD’s offering comes complete with a plug-in hybrid powertrain that pairs a 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a chunky 35.6kWh battery and two electric motors for 402hp, 0-100kph in 4.8sec and 119km of all-electric range. If you want a plug-in hybrid Defender, you’re limited to the six-seat layout with just two rows and a tiny jump seat up front.
The Ti 7 also promises an 18-speaker sound system and 1,830 liters of trunk space with both back rows folded away. Deliveries will apparently kick off in January 2027, after which—if the Jaecoo craze is anything to go by—you’ll start seeing 18 of them on the drive to school each morning.
NOTE: This story first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
