BYD's Racco Kei Car Landed at Rs 11.45m — Smart EV or Overpriced Toy?

BYD's Racco, a tiny Japanese-style kei car, launched here through JKCG in October — Sri Lanka's the first market outside Japan to get it. The introductory price was Rs 11.45 million, now gone up since the offer ended on Nov 9, for a car barely 3.4m long with a 320km range and a leisurely 15.8 seconds to 100km/h. One side says this is still the smartest EV money for city driving — tiny footprint, easy parking, cheap running costs, and genuinely built for exactly these conditions, not a repurposed global model. The other side points out that for close to Rs 12 million you could get a proper reconditioned crossover or a bigger hybrid with real highway legs, and a kei car's whole appeal in Japan is its own tax bracket, which doesn't exist here. Would you pay sedan money for a car this small, just because it's electric and new? What would you buy instead for the same budget? රුපියල් මිලියන 12කට කුඩා BYD Racco එකක්ද, නැත්නම් ලොකු රථයක්ද - ඔබ තෝරගන්නේ කුමක්ද?