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Looking at 122 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the friendly, highly knowledgeable staff who expertly guide buyers through a remarkably smooth, stress-free purchasing process without ever feeling pushy. People also love the quality of the vehicles, noting exceptionally thorough handovers, great attention to detail, and very helpful follow-up support after the sale. Some reviewers were not happy with initial interactions, mentioning specific difficulties such as delayed test drive appointments or missing vehicle features. Consumers also noted occasional minor drawbacks during their experience, such as imperfections with vehicle valeting or unexpected early car mechanical problems.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

BYD Taunton could not have been more professional friendly or helpful. We purchased an Attoo 2 which we thought a great car at unbeatable value. Salesman Kelvin Barbosa was very personable and helpful... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First class service from point of 1st contact with the original enquiry. Fair part exchange valuation and process was smooth and straightforward throughout. Nice little touches when collecting the car... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wonderfully welcoming as soon as we walked through the door, whilst not being pushy so felt free to browse and get the feel of each model available. We dealt with Simon and Michael and they went the e... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hi, I am addressing the management of BYD Taunton, General Manager Mr. Martin Green because Mr. Kelven Barbara is the most professional person in the field of car sales. Now for you, Mr Kelven you... See more

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BYD South West brings the world's best-selling electric cars to the region. Industry leaders in cutting-edge battery technology and innovative electric transportation, the growing portfolio of electric and hybrid models are now available to view and test drive at our local dealerships in the South West. Visit our showrooms in Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton and Truro to test drive a BYD car and explore the growing line-up. We offer all finance options including shorter terms and outright purchase, as well as a range of service plans to suit you

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Had such a great experience with Ruth

Had such a great experience with Ruth. She was knowledgable, unpretentious and trustworthy. I’m so pleased with the car I chose (Sealion 7) and would highly recommend to anyone looking for their next car.

9 February 2026
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Reply from BYD South West

Hello Jennee,

We appreciate your lovely review in regards to our Exeter dealership and we hope to see you again soon. I will be sure to pass your comments over to the team.

Best wishes, Freya.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The staff were very knowledgeable and…

The staff were very knowledgeable and answered all my questions, however trivial .

29 December 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your kind words, our team at Taunton will be so pleased to hear your lovely comments. I will definitely let our team know! We look forward to seeing you again.

All the best - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Freddie's first!

Helpful, honest and knowledgeable staff, but absolutely no high pressure tactics.
Freddie the salesman made his first sale with us, and he was great, and got fab support from the rest of the team.

Good post-sales follow up.

27 January 2026
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your kind words, our team at Exeter will be so pleased to hear your lovely comments. I will definitely let our team know! We look forward to seeing you again.

All the best - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent staff and car.

From the outset all staff at BYD were friendly, informed and not at all “pushy” ( as are some car sales people). Things were relaxed and the main person we dealt with was Ruth who was very professional, well informed and made the process easy and smooth. The quality of the service was excellent.

5 February 2026
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review, we are so glad to hear that your experience with us at our Exeter dealership was the best it could be. We really value our customer’s feedback so we thank you for taking time to write us a review. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

All the best, Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best

The best
I propose that Mr Kelven be appointed to the next level ,,Sales Manager”
Aurel

24 January 2026
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Reply from BYD South West

We are delighted to hear your thoughts on your recent experience with our Taunton dealership. It is great to hear that our team where professional and quick.

Best wishes - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Was picked up from Plymouth train…

Was picked up from Plymouth train station and drove to dealership which was a nice touch and Steve who dealt with us was amazing couldn’t do enough for us so polite and nice would highly recommend buying a car from them especially Steve

12 January 2026
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Reply from BYD South West

Hello Daniel,

We appreciate your lovely review in regards to our Plymouth dealership and we hope to see you again soon. I will be sure to pass your comments over to the team.

Best wishes, Freya.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic experience at BYD Taunton

We had a fantastic experience with Deven and Kelvin at BYD Taunton. Although they were very busy they spent a lot of time with us throughout the process. We have now had our BYD car for 4 weeks and absolutely love it and are still discovering all the features, it’s amazing. Thank you.

12 December 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review, we are so glad to hear that your experience with us at our Taunton dealership was the best it could be. We really value our customer’s feedback so we thank you for taking time to write us a review. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

All the best, Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you BYD Exeter

What a pleasurable experience it has been purchasing a BYD Sealion from BYD in Exeter.
From the moment my wife and I walked through the doors and were greeted by Simon we have not looked back. Simon took us through all the features to someone new to electric vehicles; we arranged a second visit to test drive the model with Simon which helped seeing the car in action.
As the car was in stock it was easy and seamless arranging pick up between Christmas and New Year.
A shout out to Ryan as well for the wonderful reveal and handover; Ryan was very patient as I’d wanted to walk through all the features again so thank you for your time!
From start to finish I couldn’t have asked for a better customer experience.
Many thanks to all the staff involved.

29 December 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review, we are so glad to hear that your experience with us at our Exeter dealership was the best it could be. We really value our customer’s feedback so we thank you for taking time to write us a review. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

All the best, Keira.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The staff were just so helpful

The staff were just so helpful, cars were in stock and therefore easy to test drive

18 November 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your kind words, our team at Truro will be so pleased to hear your lovely comments. I will definitely let our team know! We look forward to seeing you again.

All the best - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I can’t recommend BYD Taunton enough

I can’t recommend BYD Taunton enough. They are very professional & friendly. Deven has been very helpful and thorough, he helped me to make up my mind and chose the right car that best fits my need.

30 November 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review, we are so glad to hear that your experience with us at our Taunton dealership was the best it could be. We really value our customer’s feedback so we thank you for taking time to write us a review. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

All the best, Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service from start to getting the…

Great service from start to getting the vehicle delivered.
Their sales consultant Dayle was great and produced and sent me a video of the vehicle.

13 December 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

We are delighted to hear your thoughts on your recent experience with our Plymouth dealership. It is great to hear that our team where professional and quick.

Best wishes - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good place in Taunton Orchard

Good place in Taunton Orchard, great cars with lot of features.

31 December 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Hello Umesh,

We appreciate your lovely review in regards to our Taunton dealership and we hope to see you again soon. I will be sure to pass your comments over to the team.

Best wishes, Freya.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unhelpful Staff Member

I came in today with the intention of buying a Byd Seal and the sales guy at the dealership was not helpful at all. He first assumed that I wouldn’t be able to afford the insurance and kept mentioning this throughout my visit. He then after multiple times of mentioning about my insurance asked my age. I am 21. He made a comment about how my NCD must be good as I get cheap insurance. After much discussion about whether I could actually insure the car that I hadn’t even seen any such deal on yet I asked about a test drive to make sure I liked the car and to no surprise he denied my request multiple times. I then left as be was not prepared to do any deal and I said to him I would go elsewhere and to which he replied “ok”.

Shame on him losing the sale for a bigger company such as byd where I would have done a deal today.

28 December 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your review regarding you recent experience at BYD Taunton.

I have passed on your review to the Sales manager of BYD Taunton and have asked them to make contact with you regarding this.

In the meantime if I can help with anything else please contact me on feedback@citywestcountry.co.uk

Kind regards,
Rebekah

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 Star Service

Delighted with my BYD
All was taken care of in no time at all
Fantastic service
I couldn’t be happier.

1 December 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

We are delighted to hear your thoughts on your recent experience with our Taunton dealership. It is great to hear that our team where professional and quick.

Best wishes - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

New to BYD - but loving it!

I was a little unsure of BYD and of electric cars, in all honesty, but I really liked the look of the Seal U so I went into the Exeter dealership to discuss and my experience has been 5* from start to finish. Ruth Saunders was fantastic. She spent so long going through my (very long list of) questions and nothing was too much trouble. The handover when I went in to pick up the car was seamless and Ruth took me through everything, including setting the car up to my specifications and linking it to the BYD app. The rest of the staff were also extremely helpful - a really good dealership. This is how ‘old school’ deluxe car shopping used to be but in my experience is now very rare (BYD certainly put Jaguar Landrover to shame!). The car itself is also excellent- I’m very happy with my purchase!

26 November 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review regarding your recent experience at our Exeter dealership. We're so pleased to hear that everyone you spoke to was able to help you with this experience and make it as stress free as possible from start to finish. I have passed your comments directly to Ruth who will be especially pleased to hear your kind words. We appreciate the time taken you've taken to give this feedback and we thank you again. We hope to see you in the future.

All the best, Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Impulse Buy, great choice

Popped in to BYD Exeter after seeing an offer on Facebook, the staff, especially Gemma were brilliant, ended up ordering the car there and then. Follow up after puchase was great, and have had no issues. Highly recommneded.

21 October 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review, we are so glad to hear that your experience with us at our Exeter dealership was the best it could be. We really value our customer’s feedback so we thank you for taking time to write us a review. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

All the best, Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Happy with our BYD Dolphin purchase.

We were driving past BYD Truro on our way to Kingsley Village Shopping Centre and decided to stop and look at a BYD dolphin. We met Chicaine Bennetts and had a test drive. We were very impressed and saw a used Dolphin Surf Boost which we also drove. A very fair deal was offered on this and the sale was concluded. Throughout this process we were most impressed with Chicaine. She was calm, relaxed, friendly and knowledgeable and very helpful in her interaction with us.

15 November 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review, we are so glad to hear that your experience with us at our Truro dealership was the best it could be. We really value our customer’s feedback so we thank you for taking time to write us a review. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

All the best, Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I can’t the the girls at BYD Truro…

I can’t the the girls at BYD Truro enough they absolutely bent over backwards for us, I have no problem recommending them and would use them again, also my BYD dolphin surf is amazing.

15 November 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

We are delighted to hear your thoughts on your recent experience with our Truro dealership. It is great to hear that our team where professional and quick.

Best wishes - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From the begining all staffs were very…

From the begining all staffs were very friendly and easy to approch. Liam was very good and explains all my doubts.

14 November 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

We are delighted to hear your thoughts on your recent experience with our Plymouth dealership. It is great to hear that our team where professional and quick.

Best wishes - Keira.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best new car garage in Taunton.

I cannot recommend BYD Taunton enough. They were super helpful, friendly and not pushy like your typical salesman/woman. They took time to explain the car on collection. Called a few days later asking if they can help with anything and made us super welcome in the office. Thankyou BYD Taunton for such a smooth/ hassle free sale. Highly recommended. We love the car.

7 November 2025
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Reply from BYD South West

Thank you for your great review, we are so glad to hear that your experience with us at our Taunton dealership was the best it could be. We really value our customer’s feedback so we thank you for taking time to write us a review. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

All the best, Keira.

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