The BYD Shark arrived in 2025 with great fanfare as the most powerful bakkie in South Africa. But it could it money money where its mouth was against the Ford Ranger Raptor?
The Ford Ranger Raptor dethroned the previous generation 190kW VW Amarok as South Africas fastest bakkie by some some margin back in 2023. Its twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine producing 292kW of power and 583Nk of torque made the Raptor the most powerful local bakkie at the time. It clocked a time of 6.90 seconds from 0 to 100km/h to shatter the Amaroks sprint time of 8.14 set in 2021.
BYS Shark takes down RaptorThe BYD Shark is South Africas first plug-in hybrid bakkie. A 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine, two electric motors and a battery delivers a combined output of 321kW/650Nm.
