What a Europe Dolphin Cabin Still Shows

A Dolphin review that can be used by a dealer or an importer starts on the dated market page, not on a ranking of small hatchbacks. The teaching files for this article are BYD Europe’s current DOLPHIN product page and BYD UK’s current DOLPHIN page, both retrieved on 14 September 2026. The Europe HTML states 7 seconds from 0–100 km/h, 150 kW maximum power, and up to 427 km WLTP combined. The UK HTML states 7 seconds from 0–62 mph, 201 hp in the hero block, 150 kW in the specification table, and up to 265 miles WLTP combined. Those are two pages, two unit systems, and two labelled range lines. They are not a global stock list, not an export quotation, and not a kilowatt-hour row. This article will not type a pack capacity that those HTML pages did not print as text.

This is a cabin-and-road reading, not a shootout with another nameplate. AutoCN will help you keep interior claims, drive claims, and charge claims in separate cells. It will not invent a China CLTC figure for a Europe hatch, and it will not copy a Motability price sentence onto a Gulf or ASEAN brief.

What the two official pages actually put in the cabin

Both pages describe the same interior architecture in the same manufacturer language: a suspended centre console, metal trim across a curved dashboard, a large central display with voice and connected-car functions, and tactile slider switchgear for key controls. Seats are described as integrated sports seats in vegan leather with multi-way adjustment. A full-size panoramic glass roof is listed as spanning the cabin. Storage language includes door pockets, a covered centre cubby, and a tray under the driver information screen. The rear floor is described as flat because the car sits on e-Platform 3.0 with short overhangs and a long wheelbase. Those sentences are BYD’s. They tell you what the brochure committed to on the retrieval date. They do not tell you the software language on the VIN in front of you.

The UK page adds a 12.8-inch rotating screen and a 360-degree camera in its summary line. The Europe HTML retrieved for this article speaks of a “large dominant display” and does not print the inch figure in the same hero block. If your brief needs a rotating screen, copy the UK sentence only when the car is a UK-page car and the VIN booklet repeats it. Do not drop a UK inch figure onto a left-hand-drive Europe retail car because both pages say Dolphin.

Boot, seats, and the four-suitcase sentence

Both pages print the same luggage pair: 345 litres with the rear seats up, 1,310 litres with the 60:40 bench folded. BYD also writes that the boot can take four standard 20-inch cases. Treat the litre pair as the contract row. Treat the suitcase sentence as marketing colour. Photograph the load floor, the parcel shelf, and the folded seat backs on the car you are buying. A torn bench or a missing shelf is not a 1,310-litre file.

Rear comfort is a platform claim, not a measurement you can photocopy. The pages say the flat floor helps the middle passenger. They do not print rear knee room. If three adults will sit in the second row every week, sit them in the car. Do not convert “spacious appearance” into a centimetre.

A cabin-and-drive table for the Dolphin file

What the road-test cells can hold without becoming fiction

Performance on these pages is a single-motor hatch story. Europe prints 150 kW and 7 seconds to 100 km/h. The UK table repeats 150 kW, 7 seconds to 62 mph, and a 99 mph maximum speed. If a seller describes a dual-motor Dolphin, pause. The Europe and UK HTML retrieved here do not print a second motor. A China-market dolphin-family car with a different output is a different sheet. Confirm the motor count on the plate.

Range is labelled WLTP combined on both pages, with different unit systems. Do not convert 427 km into miles inside the contract and call the result the UK figure. Do not convert 265 miles into kilometres and call the result the Europe figure. Copy the line from the page that matches the selling market, then write the footnote both companies already print in spirit: weather, speed, load, and auxiliaries change the result. The UK table also warns that consumption and range figures are subject to final GB type approval. That sentence is a UK-page fact. It is not a Europe-page fact and not a reason to invent a third range.

Charging language is aligned: a 100 kW DC charger, 30 percent to 80 percent in 29 minutes. The pages do not print an AC kilowatt figure in the same hero blocks retrieved here. If your brief needs an 11 kW three-phase sentence, open the local PDF. An older 2023 Europe news page mentioned 11 kW AC. This review will not promote that figure as the current HTML fact. Photograph the inlet. Europe-bound cars are commonly discussed with CCS2. China-market cars commonly use GB/T. This article will not declare the inlet on a car it has not seen.

Interior checks that belong on the car, not on the mood board

Sit in the driver’s seat and use the sliders with gloves on. If the brief is for a right-hand-drive UK car, confirm the rotating screen and the camera views while the wheels are on full lock. Play Android Auto and Apple CarPlay on the buyer’s phones. A 4G modem that cannot attach to a local SIM is not the connected cabin in the brochure. NFC card and iPhone key language is on both pages. Test the card that will travel with the car. A card that was never paired is not a feature.

OTA and cloud services are listed. They are not a promise that a parallel-export car can still log into the original market account after the first owner’s phone is wiped. Write the account status in the file. Write the instrument language. Write whether the voice assistant answers in the buyer’s language. A vegan-leather seat that is torn is a cabin fact. A panoramic roof that rattles is a cabin fact. Neither is cured by a five-star Euro NCAP sentence.

Who the Europe hatch file can support, and who it cannot

The file can support a city and suburban brief that needs a small hatch, a flat rear floor, a 345-litre daily boot, and a labelled WLTP combined line the buyer is willing to treat as a laboratory number. It can support a buyer who wants Blade LFP chemistry named on the sheet and a V2L outlet whose 3.3 kW rating is enough for a picnic load, not a workshop. It cannot support a three-row family brief, a dual-motor snow brief, or an importer who only copied the word Dolphin onto a destination that has no written charging-standard path.

China-market Dolphin cars, and export nameplates that share the ocean family but not this Europe HTML, are separate filings. Seagull, Dolphin Mini, and Dolphin Surf packs already live in other AutoCN files. Do not merge those city-car capacities into this Europe hatch review because the badge looks similar in a photograph.

Cost and inventory cells that stay empty

The UK page tells the reader to look at the latest prices and mentions Motability. This article will not copy a pound, a euro, or a Motability monthly figure. Third-party list prices are not used here. If you are buying UK or Europe retail, ask the retailer for the dated on-the-road number that names this VIN. If you are buying a China-yard car, leave the sterling and euro cells empty and open a landed-cost column that starts empty. AutoCN’s price guides are frameworks. They are not a Dolphin invoice. A listing on the BYD brand page is not inventory.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Dolphin a good small EV in 2026?

That question is incomplete. For a buyer whose trips fit the local WLTP combined line, whose inlet matches the chargers they can use, and whose software region still works, the Europe or UK file can support a yes. For a buyer who needs seven seats, a dual-motor sheet, or an invented export price, the same file supports a no. Write the brief first, then sit in the hatch.

Why does Europe print 427 km and the UK print 265 miles?

They are labelled WLTP combined lines on two official pages retrieved the same day. This article will not convert one into the other and call them equal. Copy the line that belongs to the selling market. If the PDF behind the page prints a different kilometre or mile row, the PDF and the VIN win, and the deal pauses until they agree.

Does V2L at 3.3 kW replace a generator?

No. Both pages list 3.3 kW external discharge. Adapter rating, continuous output, and legal use sit on the leaflet and in destination rules. Photograph the outlet and the warning label. Do not size a worksite from a picnic sentence.

Can I treat Euro NCAP five stars as a destination approval?

No. The pages reprint a Euro NCAP five-star sentence. That is a European test-programme result on the cars Euro NCAP rated. It is not a Gulf, ASEAN, or African homologation, and it is not a software-region certificate. Keep crash stars and import approval in different cells.

Will AutoCN confirm a Dolphin is in stock?

No. AutoCN is a sourcing and information platform. Use reviews to keep the cabin file honest and contact to keep the next step in order. Ask the seller for a VIN, a booklet, and a dated offer. Do not ask for a guarantee that a destination will accept the car.

Close the cabin file before you argue about the badge

The Europe Dolphin is still a single-motor electric hatch with Blade LFP language, a 7-second official sprint, a 150 kW power line, a 345/1,310-litre boot pair, a 3.3 kW V2L sentence, and a WLTP combined figure that changes unit when you cross from the Europe page to the UK page. It is a strong city-and-suburb file when those cells match the VIN. It is a weak rumour when someone only forwards a photograph of Ocean aesthetics. Keep the go or the no on one page. AutoCN will help you keep that page. It will not sit in the hatch for you.