BYD Yangwang U9 claims 1,000+ horsepower

BYD used the 2026 Beijing Auto Show to put its Yangwang U9 supercar back in the spotlight alongside a new four-seat U8L luxury sport utility vehicle. (cnevpost.com) The U9 is not just a concept-car tease. BYD launched it in February 2024 at 1.68 million yuan and said deliveries would begin that summer. (byd.com) BYD’s own figures put the U9 at 1,300 horsepower, 1,680 newton-meters of torque, a 0-100 kilometers per hour time of 2.36 seconds and a top speed of 309.19 kilometers per hour. (byd.com) The party trick is the suspension. BYD says the DiSus-X hydraulic body-control system can move a single axle at up to 500 millimeters per second, generate more than 1 ton of instant lifting force and make the car “leap.” (byd.com) That matters because Yangwang is not BYD’s mass-market badge. It is the company’s ultra-premium label, the place where BYD shows off in-house systems such as its four-motor e4 platform and active suspension. (byd.com) (cnevpost.com) The Beijing display also tied the U9 to the bigger Yangwang lineup. The U8L four-seat version was scheduled to debut at the show starting April 24, with Yangwang’s sales chief signaling a price above the current six-seat U8L. (cnevpost.com) The existing U8L starts at 1.3 million yuan, measures 5,400 millimeters long and uses BYD’s e4 platform with DiSus-P Plus hydraulic body control. It is aimed more at chauffeur-driven buyers than the standard U8. (cnevpost.com) (electrive.com) BYD is making that premium push while its core business gets tougher. The company sold 300,222 new-energy vehicles in March 2026, up from February but down 20.45% from a year earlier, its seventh straight year-on-year monthly decline. (cnevpost.com) At the same time, BYD has the scale to fund expensive halo projects. Its 2024 annual report showed 777.1 billion yuan in revenue and 40.25 billion yuan in net profit, both records for the company. (bydglobal.com) (automotiveworld.com) So the U9’s 1,300-horsepower claim is less about one supercar than about where BYD wants to sit in the market: not only as China’s biggest electric-vehicle seller, but as a maker of seven-figure halo machines too. (byd.com) (cnevpost.com)