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Denza Bao 5 review: Chinese Defender rival gets 537bhp and many screens Reviews 2026
Spot that boxy, rugged SUV looking like a Defender/Land Cruiser? It’s Denza Bao 5, BYD’s premium plug-in hybrid heading to the UK later this year. With a 31.8kWh battery (56-mile EV range) and 1.5L turbo engine (total 537-mile range), it packs 537bhp, hitting 0-62mph in 4.8s in base trim. But pre-Goodwood tests show it’s sluggish in normal mode (feels its 3-tonne heft), only powerful in Sport. Denza’s Z9 GTs arrives in Oct, plus an MPV and supercar by year-end. Would you give this lookalike a shot?
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