How many BYD Sealion 6s are left in New Zealand?
Uncommon 1 in 3,463 on the road Built 2024-2026 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A mid-size plug-in hybrid SUV from BYD of China, known at home as the Song Plus DM-i. It can cover everyday trips on battery power and uses its petrol engine mainly as a generator on longer runs, the hybrid approach on which BYD has built much of its growth.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 2025: 713 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 219 |
| 2025 | 713 |
| 2026 | 418 |
By badge
The versions the register records, most numerous first.
| Which one | Built | Left | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYNAMIC EXTENDED | 454 | Scarce | |
| Premium | 346 | Scarce | |
| DYNAMIC PHEV | 248 | Scarce | |
| Essential | 162 | Rare |
What Uncommon means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 1,350 still registered, the BYD Sealion 6 is Uncommon: the grade for cars with 1,200 to 7,999 left.
By how many are left it ranks 3rd of the 14 BYD models and 384th of all 2,903 cars in Spotto's catalogue.
The six grades: Common, 8,000 or more · Uncommon, 1,200 to 7,999 · Scarce, 175 to 1,199 · Rare, 25 to 174 · Super rare, 5 to 24 · Unicorn, fewer than 5.
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