2026 BYD Leopard 5: 671 HP Off-Roader, Now With Confirmed 15-Min Fast Charge

The Fang Cheng Bao Leopard 5 remains one of the sharpest off-road PHEV values currently on sale in China's SUV market, and a fresh dealer-floor walkaround of a heavily off-road-modified example — roof rack, LED light bar, canvas roof awning, and a full-size spare tyre on the tailgate — confirms the core numbers from BYD's mid-cycle refresh still hold up firmly: 1,300 km combined range, 210 km EV-only range, and pricing from roughly $38,000 to $46,000 across the lineup. This walkaround adds real-world detail our last visit didn't cover directly: specific slow and fast charging times, real fuel consumption, and an honest note on second-row comfort from a reviewer who actually sat back there and reported on the experience rather than just quoting a spec sheet.

Performance & Specs

The Leopard 5's dual-motor AWD system combines a 1.5-litre turbo engine with electric motors for a combined output the reviewer cited at roughly 500 kW (about 671 hp) and 760 Nm of torque, reaching 0-100 km/h in 4.8 seconds — both figures matching BYD's own published specs for this generation almost exactly, a reassuring level of consistency between what the brand advertises and what a dealer-floor reviewer actually reports. That kind of power output remains genuinely unusual for a body-on-frame-style off-roader in this price bracket, where most rivals still lean on a single turbocharged engine with no electric assistance at all. Top speed is capped at 180 km/h, a deliberate engineering trade-off for a vehicle tuned around off-road capability and low-speed torque delivery rather than outright top-end speed. The reviewer specifically noted this particular demonstrator unit skipped the head-up display fitted to higher trims, a useful reminder that feature sets vary meaningfully across the Leopard 5's four-trim lineup.

Powertrain	PHEV, dual-motor AWD
Power	~500 kW (671 hp)
Torque	760 Nm
0–100 km/h	4.8 s
Battery	47.8 kWh Blade LFP
Range	210 km EV / 1,300 km total

Dimensions & Practicality

Length	4,890 mm
Height	1,920 mm
Wheelbase	2,800 mm
Track (F/R)	1,970 mm / 1,970 mm

At 4,890 mm long on a 2,800 mm wheelbase, the walkaround unit rode on chunky off-road-pattern tyres and carried an oversized rear bumper reinforced for off-road use, alongside a set of spare all-terrain tyres stacked on the showroom floor to emphasize just how seriously this generation of Leopard 5 takes its off-road positioning. On second-row comfort, the reviewer was refreshingly candid: sitting back there directly, he described the leg- and headroom as adequate but not especially comfortable for extended seating on longer trips — a more honest, genuinely hands-on assessment than most spec-sheet summaries offer, and one worth weighing carefully against this generation's otherwise strong numbers.

Charging & Battery

This walkaround confirmed specific real-world charging figures directly from the dealer: a standard AC charge takes around 5 hours from empty, while DC fast charging tops up the battery in about 15 minutes for most day-to-day top-ups. A 63-litre fuel tank backs the plug-in hybrid system, with the reviewer citing 7.8 L/100 km fuel consumption once the battery is depleted — both figures add useful, concrete context beyond the spec-sheet numbers in our previous coverage of this model, and match what buyers should realistically expect once the car leaves the showroom floor.

Design & Interior

The walkaround car was heavily accessorized for off-road display: a full roof rack with an LED light bar, a canvas roof awning, and off-road tyres stacked beside it on the showroom floor, sitting on rock props to emphasize its trail credentials. The tailgate-mounted spare wheel carries the Leopard brand's distinctive bat-wing logo insert. This particular unit lacked the head-up display fitted to higher trims, underlining how much feature content varies across the Leopard 5's lineup — buyers should confirm exactly which features come with a given trim rather than assuming a fully-loaded spec sheet applies across the board, since dealer-floor demonstrator units don't always represent the top-spec configuration shown in official marketing material.

Technology & Features

Unlike many China-market walkarounds on this site, this Leopard 5 ran a genuinely English-language interface directly from BYD, not a third-party post-purchase conversion — a meaningful convenience for international buyers who'd otherwise need to wait on an exporter to handle localization separately after the sale. The reviewer also referenced two related Fang Cheng Bao siblings available from the same dealer: the Titan 3 (a smaller, cheaper EV SUV) and the Titan 7 (a larger EV SUV priced around $25,000-$31,000), giving buyers actively cross-shopping the Fang Cheng Bao brand more useful context on where the PHEV-powered Leopard 5 actually sits within a lineup that otherwise leans heavily on pure-electric models.

Pricing & Availability

The Leopard 5 lineup currently spans four trims from $37,800 to $46,200, consistent with BYD's official mid-cycle refresh pricing. This dealer had 50 units ready to export at the time of filming, with all export paperwork already completed in advance — the reviewer specifically noted buyers don't face unusual waiting periods for this model, a genuine advantage over some very-fresh, still-pending-launch models covered elsewhere on this site. The Leopard 8, by contrast, wasn't in stock at this particular dealer at the time of filming, who had only Leopard 5, Titan 3, and Titan 7 units physically on hand to show buyers.

How It Compares

Against its own cheaper sibling, the Titan 7, the Leopard 5 costs meaningfully more but trades a pure-BEV powertrain and its inherent charging-stop dependency for off-road-focused PHEV flexibility and dramatically longer total range, a trade-off that matters most for buyers who regularly drive far from reliable charging infrastructure. Against the GWM Tank 500 Hi4-T, the Leopard 5 undercuts it on price while matching or beating it on capability, without yet offering the same LiDAR-equipped ADAS options at every trim level, a gap BYD will likely need to close as competition in this off-road PHEV segment continues to intensify.