There are additionally just a few quirks that have thrilled my kids, comparable to door pockets whose sides are made not of plastic however a trio of tuned guitar strings (they actually to play three distinct notes). There’s an enormous rotating 15.6in touchscreen, too.

The trim is fairly quirky. Sit behind the wheel and simply rely the finishes: ‘vegan leather-based’ in not one however three completely different colors and a splash that blends a brushed steel impact with rolling curves in blue, black and white, with a small binnacle forward of the driving force and that huge central display screen dominating proceedings. 

As somebody who’s one thing of a stranger to the health club, I had to learn that this atmosphere was the inspiration for the inside styling. But even I obtained the trace with BYD’s color names, that are a reasonably lame try to cement these lively associations, with Surfing Blue, Skiing White, Climbing Grey and my automobile’s Parkour Red. It does not make me wish to begin leaping from railing to railing (not with my knees), but it surely no less than is a really engaging shade.

Try to not be blindsided by the gimmickry, although, as a result of the Atto 3 is a correctly sensible automobile. The cabin is way extra beneficiant for area than these of a lot of its rivals, and it feels remarkably well-screwed collectively. There’s an honest split-level boot again there too, albeit with a horribly flimsy cowl that jogs my memory of an early ’80s Vauxhall. 

The sense of high quality and solidity is additional enhanced on the highway. The BYD is a extremely sweet-riding machine, helped by its large doughnut tyres. The powertrain presents easy reasonably than astounding tempo, and whereas the chassis will not win any prizes for leisure, it’s as competent as the remainder of the package deal. 

I’ve had one slight downside, albeit when the automobile was getting used the monitoring images (snapper within the boot, harnessed up, capturing out the again as the topic automobile follows). That meant having the electrical tailgate open for a sustained interval whereas I drove round at comparatively low speeds, but it surely was sufficient to actually confuse the poor Atto 3, and afterwards, the boot refused to open absolutely or shut correctly – which was doubly annoying as a result of it disabled different methods, such because the cruise management, on the similar time.