BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao brand, built on boxy off-roaders, put its first passenger cars on sale in China on 16 September. The Formula S liftback and Formula S GT shooting brake open from 189,900 yuan. That is a China list price, not an AED, GBP, or USD sticker, and no Gulf or British on-sale date was attached to the launch.
GetEVCar now lists both as China-only battery-electric cars — no UAE, US, or UK on-sale flag. BYD’s own Seal and Han remain the group’s export sedans — Seal is listed as available in the UAE and the UK. Formula S is a different nameplate from those export sedans. Specs below are China CLTC and yuan MSRP, not a restatement of the Seal pages.
CnEVPost, CarNewsChina, Sina Finance, and AnTuTu all print the same official ladder: Formula S from 189,900 to 229,900 yuan, Formula S GT from 219,900 to 239,900 yuan. CnEVPost adds that 20 August pre-orders had been framed at 230,000–280,000 yuan, so the published start sits 40,100 yuan under that band. We are not converting those yuan figures into a Gulf or British retail price.
Trade coverage frames the cars against Xiaomi’s SU7 and Tesla’s Model 3 in China’s mid-size electric sedan fight. GetEVCar already lists the Xiaomi SU7 Max (UAE announced) and the Tesla Model 3 (UAE, US, and UK available). Those are the live comparison pages for the two nameplates the launch reports keep citing.
Range claims are CLTC, not WLTP or EPA. CnEVPost and AnTuTu agree on the packs: the entry rear-drive Formula S uses 76.744 kWh and 730 km; the long-range rear-drive car uses 92.093 kWh and 900 km; the all-wheel-drive Formula S is quoted at 750 km. Every Formula S GT variant uses the 92.093 kWh pack — 850 km rear-drive, 730 km all-wheel-drive. CarNewsChina’s launch table matches those CLTC figures to the same yuan prices. CLTC will overstate what a Gulf or British cycle would print; we are not restating them as real-world range.
Charging is the other number both English-language launch reports share. CnEVPost and CarNewsChina both say flash charging is standard, 10–70% in five minutes and 10–97% in nine. CnEVPost attributes that to BYD’s second-generation Blade battery. We have not independently timed a car, and no UAE or UK charger map is attached to this launch.
Motors line up across CnEVPost, CarNewsChina, and AnTuTu: rear-drive at 245 kW or 300 kW, all-wheel-drive at a combined 490 kW. AnTuTu alone quotes 5.8 seconds to 100 km/h for rear-drive and 3.6 seconds for all-wheel-drive — that pair is single-source here, so treat it as unconfirmed until Fang Cheng Bao’s own spec sheet is public in English. Chassis choice is part of the price list: DiSus-C on the cheapest Formula S, then DiSus-A (air) or new DiSus-M (magnetorheological) at the same yuan for a given power and range, according to CnEVPost.
Size is less disputed than height. Both CnEVPost and CarNewsChina give Formula S 5,060 mm long and Formula S GT 5,025 mm, on a shared 2,960 mm wheelbase. CarNewsChina adds 1,967 mm width and a 0.22 drag coefficient for the liftback (0.25 for the GT); those aero figures are single-source. CnEVPost notes the longer Formula SL was shown earlier and is not part of this launch. Interior extras CarNewsChina lists — a 26-inch AR-HUD, Devialet audio, modular cabin mounts — are also from that one outlet.
None of this is a UAE, UK, or US on-sale date. BYD’s brand page already holds the group’s battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars that shoppers in our three markets can open, including the Seal and Han sedans. The Fang Cheng Bao directory now lists the two China-only Formula S cars; the nameplate remains the off-road and Tai-series brand in China. CnEVPost’s company-compiled sales (41,568 in August; 242,255 in the first eight months of 2026) describe that SUV business, not Formula S retail yet.
A same-day China flagship that did not lead this post: Li Auto priced the six-seat i9 battery-electric SUV at 369,800 yuan on 16 September, per the company’s GlobeNewswire note and Autohome. Li Auto’s live listing on GetEVCar is the Mega MPV, on the Li Auto brand page.
Sources: Fang Cheng Bao / BYD launch coverage via CnEVPost (16 Sep), CarNewsChina (16 Sep), Sina Finance (17 Sep), AnTuTu (16 Sep). Li i9: Li Auto GlobeNewswire (16 Sep), Autohome (16 Sep). Figures are China CLTC range and yuan MSRP.
