OneShift Car Of The Year 2025 winner – BYD SEALION 7 Performance
The BYD SEALION 7 Performance wins Car of the Year with confidence, balance, and polished performance
The BYD SEALION 7 arrived at a time when the electric SUV field is more crowded than the CTE on a Friday evening, yet it somehow manages to stand out without shouting for attention. It does this by delivering the one thing many EVs struggle to get right: Balance. And that is precisely why it drove away the coveted title as OneShift’s Overall Car of the Year 2025.
In this Performance guise, the SEALION 7 serves up 523 bhp and 690 Nm from its dual-motor layout, figures that sound excessive until you realise how cleanly the car deploys them. Standstill to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds is impressive on paper, but on the road it is the seamless, almost polite way the power arrives that makes the difference. This is not an EV that tries to rearrange your spine every time you brush the throttle; instead, it feels composed and confident. Quick when it needs to be, calm everywhere else. In a city like Singapore, where most bursts of acceleration last all of three seconds before a red light appears, that restraint is a virtue.
Inside, it feels deliberately mature. The cabin is spacious, the materials purposeful, and the rotating 15.6-inch touchscreen sits in the centre of a clean, thoughtfully arranged dashboard. There is an underlying sense of premium intent, but not the kind that tries too hard. The sound insulation is commendable, helped by double-glazed glass, and the Dynaudio audio system gives the cabin a quiet sophistication that makes long drives feel shorter than they are.
Where the SEALION 7 Performance truly earns its accolades is in its everyday usability. The ride is well-sorted, offering the right amount of firmness to feel controlled without punishing occupants over uneven surfaces. Steering is light in town and reassuring on expressways, making the car easy to place in tight multi-storey car parks, yet stable when you need speed.
In Singapore’s landscape of high car prices and higher expectations, the SEALION 7 Performance delivers a convincing blend of performance, refinement, and value.
It does not rely on gimmicks or theatrics; it simply works, and works really well, offering an experience that exceeds rivals costing far more.
Photos by Azfar Hashim
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