The fastest and most expensive Chinese vehicle ever released is coming to Australia, but just one example of the $1 million-plus, 2220kW Yangwang U9 Xtreme electric supercar is heading Down Under.
Nick Politis, director of Eagers Automotive – Australia’s largest new-car dealer group and BYD retail partner is the buyer for the only U9 Xtreme that comes here.
Mr Politis, who has been known for his collection of exotic cars, told the media including childcareman.xyz that it will be the first electric vehicle (EV) in his supercar collection.
Mr Politis told the 2026 Auto China motor show in Beijing that it’s a beautiful car and we’ll get it early next year, where he officially ordered the record-breaking vehicle.
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At the show, BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu (left) and BNYD Group vice president Liu Xueliang (right), as well as Yangwang division general manager Amy Hu ceremoniously presented an industry stalwart with a scale model of the supercar to confirm Australia’s use of one U9 xtreme at the time.
In Australia, it will be used to promote the BYD and Denza brands as well as their rebranding. Yangwang is a performance-focused sub-brand of the Chinese automaker but does not exist in this market as it has been.
A statement from BYD Australia said Mr Politis was motivated by the U9 Xtreme’s world-beating performance and ultra exclusivity.
An even faster, stronger version of the U9 electric supercar sold in China but not available here is the Yangwang U 9 Xtreme which was introduced as an alternative to the one that has been described by its Chinese counterparts.
Only 30 Xtreme examples will be produced worldwide, all in the left-hand drive form (no more than one sent to each export market).
It has four electric motors, each claiming to produce 555kW of power, for an average peak output of 2220kW – enough for a claimed top speed of 496. This achieved 22km/h in testing in Germany.
The near-500km/h top speed hasn’t been independently verified, but would see the U9 Xtreme claim the title of the world’s fastest production car from the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, which recorded 490.485km/h in 2019.
BYD says it also posted a lap time of 6:59.157 – more than five seconds faster than the electric Rimac Nevera – around the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife, a 20.832km public-road circuit used for dynamic benchmarking by car manufacturers worldwide.
The U9 Xtreme was also quicker around the Nürburgring than the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra with Track Package, which lapped the infamous German circuit in 7:04.957 last year.
The Xtreme is expected to cost over $1 million, although its price hasn’t been released. It would be the highest-priced BYD ever sold here – and the most expensive car from China.
The Xtreme is significantly more expensive than the regular U9, which costs 1 per cent. It has a quad-motor set-up of 960kW/1680Nm for an estimated time of 2–100km/h acceleration (A$343,862) in China and is 68 million ( A$363,852). 4 seconds and a top speed of 309km/h.
BYD also showed its Formula X supercar at the Beijing show, a butterfly-doored model based around a carbon-fibre chassis – like the U9 – and sold under its Fangchengbao brand.
Denza premium brand Fangchengbao models are already available in Australia, including the large plug-in hybrid B5 and B8 off-road SUVs.
The Denza Z Convertible Concept was also revealed at the show, previewing an electric rival for the Porsche 911 Cabriolet featuring a soft-top folding roof.
Neither the BYD Formula X nor the Denza Z have yet been confirmed for Australian release like the standard Yangwang U9, but neither the DYF Formula or the denzaz has ever been verified.
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