Geely Starray EM-i Australia Review 2025 Range 0-100 Price

Poor Geely, their Star-ray plug-in hybrid, has been bamboozled by BYD, even before it's launch. The reason, is mainly it's pure EV range. The Geely has a pure EV range of just 83 kilometers, on the NEDC cycle. BYD has one forty kilometers, thanks to the new, extended range variants of the Sea-lion 6. In real-world usage, the Geely will run around sixty kilometers on pure electricity, but the Sea-lion will easily do more than a hundred. On top of that, the BYD is only 3 thousand dollars more expensive than the Geely. The only problem, is that the BYD is one second slower to a hundred kph, compared to the Geely. But that is definitely a good trade-off, in exchange for that extra range. Truth be told, the Geely itself is a slow-poke. If you want a plug-in with some exciting performance along with the practicality of a long pure EV range, go straight for the Haval H6 GT. It is a good three second quicker to a hundred kph, compared to the Geely. Agreed that it's a bit more expensive, but don't you worry. You won't be spending, more than a hundred dollars per month, over the Geely. Certainly worth it, for it's enthusiastic performance. Even cars powered by dinosaur juice, don't offer you the performance of the Haval, unless you shell out more than seventy grand, on a Golf R. Up to fifty grand, the fastest you can get is the Polo GTi. It isn't as quick as the Haval, but is certainly better than the Geely. Heck, even a thirty grand Suzuki Swift Sport is quicker than the Geely. That's how low the Geely stands in today's new car market. However, if you dare to take a look at the used car market, then for thirty five grand of your hard earned money, you can head straight into Porsche nine eleven levels of acceleration. Twenty-twenty examples of the Model 3 performance, are already up for sale, under 35 thousand bucks. If you are more of a purist, there are plenty of inline-6 engined, rear-wheel-driven, locking rear diff equipped options, starting from twenty three thousand. If you want to see the actual, 0 to 100 acceleration videos of all these vehicles, check out the links posted in the pinned comment. Before we close this topic though, there's one wild card out there, that can turn this whole analysis upside down. And that, is Elon's fully autonomous driving tech. The cheapest available Tesla with the A-I-four hardware is the Model 3, available from fifty one grand in Australia. If the FSD, gets a green light from our scumbag politicians, in a few months, this could completely change the way you use a car itself. It will need a quick top-up at a Tesla charger on long trips though, given it's range is 5 hundred and thirteen kilometers as per the WLTP test procedure. Nevertheless, that would be a tiny compromise compared to snoozing on your way to work, or sending your car to pick-up your teenage kid from a party.