BYD is slashing prices across its Australian range before Christmas, headlined by $4,000 cashback on the Shark 6, its most popular model in Australia. The same cashback covers five other model lines, alongside low-rate finance, novated lease discounts and drive-away pricing starting at $19,990 for the Atto 1 Essential.

The national offers give eligible buyers a choice between cashback and finance at a 0.99 per cent annual comparison rate on selected variants, while novated lease customers can receive a six per cent discount on the base vehicle list price of selected models.

These are separate promotions, not cumulative discounts: buyers cannot combine the cashback with the finance offer, and the lease and drive-away deals also exclude other offers.

The $4,000 cashback, including GST, applies to the following variants:

• Seal 6: Essential and Touring Premium.
• Sealion 5: Essential and Premium.
• Sealion 6: Essential, Dynamic Extended and Premium Extended.
• Sealion 7: Premium and Performance.
• Sealion 8: Dynamic FWD, Dynamic AWD and Premium AWD.
• Shark 6: Premium, Performance and Dynamic Cab Chassis.

Cashback orders must be placed between 1 October and 21 December 2026, with delivery by 31 December 2026. Orders not delivered by that deadline will be reviewed case by case, with an extension possible rather than guaranteed.

Fleet customers, demonstrators and service-loan vehicles are excluded, as are purchases involving other promotional offers or discounts.

For approved buyers financing a purchase, the alternative 0.99 per cent annual comparison rate offer covers the same variants except the Sealion 7.

The finance offer uses a 36-month loan term with no balloon payment and no minimum deposit. Order placement and finance approval are required by 21 December 2026, with delivery and settlement by 31 December.

BYD Financial Services, operated by Allied Retail Finance Pty Ltd, provides the finance to approved applicants, excluding government, fleet and rental buyers.

The advertised comparison rate is calculated using a secured consumer fixed-rate loan of $30,000 over five years, rather than the offer's three-year term. Government charges are extra, and a dealer origination fee of up to $1,495 including GST may apply.

The cashback provides a fixed dollar benefit, while the finance offer changes borrowing costs. The finance fees and the loss of the $4,000 cashback are both relevant when comparing the two options.

Drive-away prices and novated lease discounts

Three separate drive-away offers cover the Atto 1 Essential, Dolphin Essential and Atto 2 DM-i Essential, with different order deadlines.

All three require delivery by 31 December 2026 and are subject to stock availability. Metallic paint costs extra, and demonstrators and purchases combined with other offers are excluded.

For customers using a novated lease through an approved fleet management organisation, the six per cent discount applies to Sealion 7 Premium and Performance, Dolphin Essential and Premium, Atto 1 Essential and Premium, Atto 2 Dynamic and Premium, and Atto 3 Essential.

That reduction applies only to the base vehicle list price, not registration, compulsory third-party insurance, stamp duty, dealer delivery or statutory charges.

Eligible lease orders must be placed between 1 October and 21 December 2026, with delivery allowed until 31 January 2027. The offer excludes fleet customers, demonstrators, service-loan vehicles and combinations with other offers.

Separately, BYD's Ti7 has received Australian vehicle type approval, though that approval is not a launch announcement.

For the year-end offers, the key distinction is between the order deadline and the delivery deadline. Most require the vehicle to be delivered before the end of December, while the novated lease promotion provides until the end of January.

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