Verdict
After taking the Singapore market by storm in 2024, BYD has persisted in ruling our roads across 2025, marking milestone after milestone, month after month.
And while the evergreen Atto 3 continues to find new homes with buyers looking for competent and competitively-priced electric crossover, it was another member of the family that it ceded the honour of our Top Viewed Model to for 2025: The BYD M6.
Understanding the M6's appeal doesn't require the intelligence of a quantum physicist.
Compact MPVs enjoy interminable favour amongst Singaporean families who aren't willing, or don't necessarily want to shell out money for something full-sized. Simultaneously, consumer sentiment towards electric vehicles has only grown warmer over the past year. The M6 deftly ticks both boxes as the only model on the market still to occupy the compact electric MPV space.
It effectively undercuts, or goes toe-to-toe against more established hybrid names from Japan in price. But unlike them, it's able to serve up the joys of full electrification (smoother drives, lower running costs), while also trading in BYD's unrivalled ability to offer premium features you wouldn't have expected in a mass-market family car five years ago. There's no doubt that those ventilated front seats have brought relief to many M6 drivers and their shotgun passengers on sweltering days this year.
As the tide increasingly shifts electric in Singapore, you'll note that that attention - and success – tend to follow the brands that demonstrate the keenest awareness of what buyers in the market are on the hunt for. The M6, as a thoroughly competent electric seven-seater, certainly speaks to a huge demographic here: One that comprises families seeking out three rows of seats, but who are also curious about full electrification, and who prioritise value and versatility.
It's no wonder, then, that it's become Sgcarmart's Top Viewed Model of 2025. In the absence of direct rivals still, don't be surprised to see it continue attracting clicks and eyeballs.