If there's any car company that knows a thing or two about making a bang-for-buck electric machine - brimming with practicality and widespread appeal - it's BYD. Expectedly, its first seven-seater model boasts all of those hallmarks.

Since it arrived in Singapore late last year, the BYD M6 has absolutely taken our roads by storm.

For starters, it nails compact MPV essentials down to a T. It's not actually all that big and unwieldy, measuring just over 4.7 metres long and 1.8 metres wide. And despite its easy-to-manage dimensions, it's still capable of taking average-sized Singaporeans in its third row for shorter journeys quite comfortably.

As an electric car, the M6 excels too. BYDs are known for their excellent efficiency, and here, the 71.4kWh Blade Battery powering the M6 is capable of giving it a real-world range of more than 450km. That's enough for four to five days of commuting, which, in turn, ensures that you don't have to worry constantly about plugging it back in. This commendable range makes it easy to forgive the fact that its max DC charging rate of 115kW isn't the fastest on the market today.

The interior is a similar success story. While the half-digital half-analogue instrument cluster isn't as modern as the ones you get on the BYD Seal or Sealion 7, the M6 more than compensates elsewhere with its satisfying feature spread.

Included as standard are a high-definition 12.8-inch rotating infotainment touchscreen, as well as the holy grail of modern cars: Ventilated front seats. Just as importantly, fit and finish within the cabin is of a more-than-satisfactory level - impressive again, given the M6's budget-level positioning.

All that makes for quite the compelling package already, but the M6 does it all one better: It's even neatly-styled.

Sporting BYD's signature Dragon Face design language, the M6 doesn't deal in entry-level cheap-outs such as halogen lights either; both its head lights and full-length rear light bar are LED items. The latter even comes with dynamic turn indicators.

The sum of all these parts, then, is a seriously appealing seven-seater that rides high on value and practicality. No wonder it's gotten so popular among buyers.