DENZA Z Supercar Confirms UK Pricing From £142,900 With 1,604PS

DENZA has confirmed UK pricing for its Z supercar, a three-model line-up that tops out at 217mph and covers 0-62mph in as little as 1.96 seconds. The Coupe opens the range at £142,900, the Spider costs from £159,900, and the range-topping Racing variant costs £172,900. Orders open when DENZA’s first UK retailer sites launch in late summer, with handovers starting late in 2026.

DENZA is BYD Group’s premium performance brand, and the Z marks its first attempt at a genuine supercar rather than a luxury saloon or SUV. All three body styles share the same triple-motor layout, with one motor on the front axle and two at the rear, producing a combined 1,604PS. That output puts the Z in the same performance bracket as low-volume hypercars costing several times the price.

The Z name has already appeared on the DENZA Z9GT, a four-door grand tourer sold in China and shown at events including the Cannes Festival. The Z supercar is a separate, more focused model built specifically to showcase the brand’s performance engineering rather than serve as an everyday luxury car, and it arrives in the UK as DENZA’s first low-volume halo model.

Three Bodies, One Powertrain

The Coupe and Racing debuted at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, joining the Spider that DENZA first showed at Auto China 2026 in Beijing earlier this year. Even sharing a drivetrain, the three variants are tuned differently. The Coupe covers 0-62mph in 2.25 seconds, the Spider in 2.3 seconds, and the Racing in as little as 1.96 seconds when fitted with optional semi-slick tyres. The Racing also carries the highest top speed of the trio, at 217mph.

Fast charging is part of the package too. DENZA’s FLASH Charging system takes the Z from 10 to 70 per cent in five minutes, a figure that owners taking the car on track days will value, giving them a rapid turnaround between sessions rather than a lengthy pit stop.

What £142,900 Buys

Every version of the Z comes generously equipped rather than treating luxury touches as a paid extra. Multi-themed ambient lighting reacts to the car’s drive mode, doors close themselves, and the cabin gets an 8.88-inch digital instrument panel paired with a 12.8-inch infotainment screen running Google built-in, giving owners access to Google Maps, Google Assistant and the Play Store without needing a phone plugged in.

Audio comes from French specialist Devialet, which has fitted a 12-speaker system to the Coupe and Racing and a 10-speaker version to the Spider to account for the roofless cabin. A digital rear-view mirror replaces the conventional mirror glass, feeding a camera image to the cabin rather than a reflection, which should give a clearer view even with the rear window blocked by luggage or passengers.

Buyers get real choice over how their car looks, too: 10 exterior colours, 10 interior colours and four brake caliper finishes are available, with the Spider’s fabric roof offered in a range of colours to match or contrast the bodywork. That level of personalisation puts the Z closer to a custom-order coachbuilder experience than a standard showroom purchase, an approach DENZA is likely to lean on heavily as it tries to establish a premium identity in a UK market that has never heard of the brand before.

Pricing Against the Supercar Field

At £142,900, the Z Coupe lands in territory usually occupied by six-cylinder cars from established supercar makers, yet DENZA’s opening price buys a 1,604PS output that few rivals can match at any price. The Spider adds £17,000 over the Coupe for open-top motoring, and the range-topping Racing adds a further £13,000 on top of that for the fastest acceleration and highest top speed in the family.

DENZA is a new name for most UK buyers. Founded in 2010 as a joint venture between BYD and Daimler, the brand only began selling cars in Europe this year, and its UK retailer network is not yet open. That makes the Z something of a leap of faith for early buyers, though the pricing puts real numbers behind a brand that has, until now, been better known in China than in Britain.

When UK Buyers Can Get One

DENZA says UK orders will open alongside the launch of its first retailer sites later this summer, with the first customer handovers expected before the end of 2026. For now, the Z serves as a statement of intent from a brand about to establish itself in one of the world’s most competitive car markets, backed by a powertrain that holds its own against supercars costing considerably more.

The Z’s UK arrival follows DENZA’s broader push into Europe this year, with the brand also bringing the BAO 5 off-road-focused plug-in hybrid SUV to the continent. Launching a low-volume supercar alongside a family SUV is an unusual pairing, but it gives DENZA a halo model to draw showroom visitors in while the SUV does the heavier lifting on sales volume, a strategy other Chinese brands entering the UK have used to build awareness quickly.