The Denza Z is the first sports car from Denza, BYD’s premium brand, built to show what the group’s electric performance technology can do outside its usual SUVs and MPVs. It comes in three forms sharing one platform: a Coupe and an open-top Spider for the road, and a track-focused Racing version with a carbon-fiber aero package. All three use the same tri-motor all-wheel-drive layout producing 1604 hp and 1240 Nm, with a 30% torque overboost available for 20-second bursts.
Power comes from a 76 kWh LFP battery on an 800V architecture, part of BYD’s second-generation Blade pack. WLTP range runs from 409 km in the Coupe down to 399 km in the Spider and 380 km in the Racing, reflecting the extra weight and drag of each body style. Charging peaks at 1500 kW, enough for a 10 to 70% top-up in five minutes or 10 to 97% in nine, with a cold-weather figure of 20 to 97% in twelve minutes at -30C.
Performance scales with the body: the Coupe does 0-100 km/h in 2.25 seconds and the Spider in 2.3 seconds, both topping out around 300 km/h. The Racing, running on semi-slick tires, cuts that to 1.96 seconds and reaches 350 km/h, helped by an aero package generating up to 1060 kg of downforce at top speed. Chassis hardware includes a steer-by-wire “Fudi” system, carbon-ceramic brakes and BYD’s DiSus-M magnetorheological suspension. BYD has also flagged a future extreme version, targeting around 2000 hp, aimed at a Nurburgring lap record for production EVs.
The Coupe measures 4780 mm long, 1990 mm wide and 1350 mm tall on a 2780 mm wheelbase, with the Racing stretching to 4870 mm for its extended aero, and weighs around 2230 kg. UK pricing starts at £142,900 ($190,770) for the Coupe, £159,900 ($213,470) for the Spider and £172,900 ($230,820) for the Racing.
