► BYD has revealed a compact SUV in Brussels
► Sits below Atto 3
► One powertrain at launch
BYD is ramping up its presence in the UK with this; the just revealed Atto 2. Revealed today at the Brussel motor show, it’s a compact electric SUV designed to tap into the hotly contested crossover market. As the name suggests, it slots in just below the larger Atto 3.
‘We’re excited to start 2025 with another important model for our plans in Europe,’ said BYD’s vice president Stella Li. ‘The B-segment SUV class is incredibly popular here, and with the ATTO 2, we have an agile and versatile offering that will appeal to that large potential customer base.
It takes all of BYD’s strengths in batteries, electric motors and Cell-to-Body construction and combines them in a compact package that brings new intelligent technologies to the urban SUV class.’
It looks… fine
The Atto 2 sticks with BYD’s incredibly conservative, so you get full LED headlight and slim DRLs at the front and a full-width light bar at the rear. BYD’s designers have tried to inject some fun and character in the car – most notably with a figure of eight in the rear lights, for good luck – but overall this a very innocuous-looking car.
The fact it comes in Climbing Grey paint as standard, and then extends to the optional hues of Hiking Green, Skiing White and Cosmos Black, should tell you something.
Still, this is a car aimed focusing on alue and practicality. At 4310mm long (2620mm wheelbase), 1830mm wide and 1675mm tall, the Atto 2 sits right in the middle of the B-segment SUV market, and is both 145mm shorter and 45mm thinner than its larger Atto 3 sibling.
The interior of the car looks as spacious as you’d could hope from an EV in the B-segment, and it’s crammed with storage areas, cup holders and arm rests. Things are kept spacious and airy by a panoramic glass roof, and BYD’s battery tech means the rear passengers benefit from a flat floor.
What about the tech?
The Atto 2 will shop with two iterations of BYD’s battery tech; at launch it’ll use a powertrain with a 45.1kWh battery, a 194 mile range and a 130kW (174bhp) motor on the front axle. A long-range version will arrive soon after, though the specs – along with the pricing of both – have yet to be confirmed. Sales will start next month.