14 Lesser-Mentioned Quirks & Features Of The BYD M6

The rather practical all-electric BYD M6 7-seat MPV could be yours over here from RM 109,000. 

So a little while back, Automacha had the chance to revisit the rather practical BYD M6. And while a full review of this award-winning all-electric 7-seater MPV has been up for some time now already, here in any case are a few of its lesser-known quirks and features that haven’t quite made their way into the spotlight — until now:

1. The M6 comes with the customary BYD rotating screen, but it won’t rotate into portrait mode when Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is in use.

2. There’s a plaque under the rear side glass with the word “Space” proudly displayed… as if the egg-shaped silhouette of the minivan didn’t already shout that loud enough.

3. The air conditioning fan speed and temperature in the M6 can be controlled through the steering wheel scroll wheel via a submenu from the instrument cluster screen. This does therefore also mean that the M6 does have physical climate control dials, but just not where one might normally find them.

4. Incidentally, the M6 also has a stopwatch submenu in the instrument cluster screen that records 0-100 km/h when Sport mode is engaged. Who wants to record their acceleration times in a minivan though is another question altogether.

5. Adjusting the wiper or light stalk will show the current setting on the instrument cluster screen. A small but helpful visual aid.

6. Navigation voice directions in the M6 come only from the front right speaker. Just enough for the driver to know where to go, while the rest of the passengers can continue vibing to their music.

7. During phone calls via Bluetooth, the fan speed automatically drops to make it easier for the person on the other end to hear what the driver is yelling about.

8. There’s no dead pedal for the driver’s left foot in the M6. Not the end of the world, but a strange omission nonetheless.

9. The indicator tone on the M6 sounds more like a warning chime when something is wrong with the car than the traditional tick-tock, which may catch first-time drivers of the M6 momentarily off guard.

10. The M6 allows for time-based charging schedules, but no charge percentage-based limit. This is slightly frustrating for those trying to save a bit on public chargers, though BYD has said its Blade batteries are designed to be fully charged regularly anyway.

11. There is no overhead grab handle for the driver in the M6, but there are handles on either side for the third row.

12. The two regenerative braking modes in the M6 are labeled as ‘standard’ and ‘larger’, with the latter being technically correct as larger is, well, larger than standard.

13. Unlike many modern EVs, the M6 has a proper start-stop button. This is a good thing though, as it means you can tell it when you want it to switch off, instead of it arbitrarily killing the air conditioning for other passengers when there is no one in the driver’s seat.

14. The M6’s opaque sunshade for the panoramic roof automatically whirs shut when the car is turned off. A premium touch on an otherwise pragmatic people-mover.

The BYD M6 is currently available in two variants locally: Standard and Extended. Pricing starts at RM109,800 for the Standard trim, rising to RM123,800 for the Extended version.

Here meanwhile is all you need to know about how both specs differ in the powertrain department, condensed into a handy comparison table: