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BYD's ultra-luxury arm, Yangwang, globally unveiled its flagship Altior executive sedan in Abu Dhabi, positioning it as a chauffeur-driven rival to vehicles like the Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Maybach. This fully electric car boasts 1,282hp, over 1,000 km of range, and a lavish interior featuring bespoke Chinese craftsmanship.<\/p>\n This summary was generated by AI using this article\u2019s content.<\/small>\n\n Yangwang<\/a> confirmed the name on 27 October, when it first teased the Altior<\/a>. BYD’s luxury brand has been building towards this moment in the region for a while now. A car this important that skips its home market for a UAE premiere tells you how seriously the brand takes this region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yangwang gave its first flagship sedan a suitably grand stage. The Altior made its global debut at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, under sweeping searchlights and in front of a packed audience. It was shown in a two-tone finish on a tiered stage, joined by the brand’s U9<\/a> electric supercar and U8<\/a> SUV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The BYD Yangwang Altior is a large, ultra-luxury sedan that\u2019s built primarily to be driven in. Yangwang officially calls it its first “ultra-luxury executive flagship sedan”, which puts it squarely in chauffeur-driven territory.<\/p>\n\n\n The official teaser showed the car in profile with a bronze silk sheet draped over its rear half. It has rear-hinged coach doors, a roof-mounted LiDAR sensor, and a front end that borrows the “ding” design of the Yangwang U8. It\u2019s named after an ancient Chinese bronze vessel. According to Yangwang sales chief Hu Xiaoqing, that front end went through more than 100 design proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to reports from the launch, it measures 5,600mm long, 2,030mm wide and 1,590mm tall, with a 3,500mm wheelbase and a 532-litre boot. That makes it longer than both the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class and the standard-wheelbase Rolls-Royce Ghost<\/a>, and its 3,500mm wheelbase is longer than even the Ghost Extended’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Altior is not the U7 under a new name, and it doesn’t replace it. It is a separate, larger car that sits above the U7 as the flagship Yangwang luxury sedan. The U7, which is sold in China but not officially in the UAE, is a fast, sleek four-motor saloon. The Altior is the luxury, coach-door limousine of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Altior is Latin for “higher”. According to Hu Xiaoqing, it was picked to echo the meaning of Yangwang itself, which translates as “to look up”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In China, the same car is called Dingyao. Hu explained that “Ding” stands for stability and the ability to carry weight, and “Yao” means brilliance, like the light of distant stars. Giving the car its own Chinese and English names was a deliberate break from the letter-and-number badges of the U7, U8 and U9, so the flagship gets an identity of its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Yangwang Altior made its global debut on 7 November at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental in Abu Dhabi. Hu Xiaoqing first confirmed on 21 October that the car would be unveiled in the UAE, and repeated it when the name was announced. Hu said the reasons for choosing the UAE would be shared later, but given the market\u2019s high demand for luxury cars, the reasons are quite obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to details shared at the launch, the Altior comes in two trims, Executive and Bespoke. The first Bespoke model is a limited special edition called Shanhe Dingyun, finished in brown and gold. In addition, <\/p>\n\n\n\n The cabin is built around the rear seats. There are four seats in total, with separate zero-gravity massage seats in the back and a rear executive console that can fold the front passenger seat forward for more space. Rear passengers also get a 21.4-inch retractable roof-mounted screen, there are two fridges (the front one holds 5.5 litres and can heat or cool), and the sound system is a 39-speaker Dynaudio Platinum Evidence setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The materials are where the Altior leans hardest into Chinese craftsmanship. Reports mention semi-aniline leather, pure wool carpets, natural wood, Hetian yellow jade inlays and Suzhou silk embroidery, with 48 decorative pieces spread across 11 areas of the cabin. Even the welcome sequence gets attention, with 12 light elements that spin and light up in turn as the owner walks towards the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead Next<\/h4>\n
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What Is The Yangwang Altior?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Why Is It Called Altior?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Inside The Yangwang Altior<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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