Lynk&Co 03 – father Swedish, mother Chinese

21 April 2017

The Chinese-Swedish brand showed its third consecutive model Lynk&Co 03

Geely bought Volvo, is not stayed made created a new brand Lynk&Co, writing it in Sweden. The first model, the crossover, appeared last fall under a sequence number of 01, now saw the light of Lynk&Co 03.

The firm say that the brand is designed for young people born in the era of broadband Internet. They do not important "as the company spirit" or"baritone exhaust note", the important interface, connection speed, screen size and mood. That's why model no titles with a deep sense, there is only the digital code (like most gadgets).

Lynk&Co 03 created on the aggregate basis of the Volvo that says reliability to sophisticated design. The main feature of the philosophy of the brand can be called a single configuration, that is, the whole set of "bells and whistles" one can neither reduce nor augment the desired set of add-ons. In it is a unique approach, designed to save people from reading long lists of different configurations. The car actually turned into a gadget.

Above the base line design of the Lynk&Co worked with the famous designer Peter Horbury, is now the chief stylist in Geely. Because the styling of the sedan with index 03 expected similar with the crossover 01. Length Lynk&Co 03 is 4.6 m, and it says that rivaled the "unusual" car is with the sedan segment (Toyota Corolla).

The interior is maximally unified with the crossover – the same switches, displays, levers and a button, when it should be noted that the interior of models Lynk&Co unique and quite attractive.

Lynk&Co 03 created on a modular platform CMA, which was run by the company CEVT, owned by Volvo and Geely in 50/50. To the way, the platform will be the basis for models of the Volvo V40 and XC40 new generation in the near future.

As mentioned above, the vehicle saves customers from the agony of choosing between trim levels, because of the entire range of Lynk&Co has three law enforcement unit: 3-cylinder turbocharged engine capacity of 1.5 liters and power of 180 HP R4 2.0 litre with the turbine (240 HP) or hybrid the same 1.5-liter engine and with a total capacity of 255 HP For The engine has two transmission options: manual gearbox or 7-speed DCT automatic gearbox. In the future will appear and pure electric version, because in China is now a boom of electric cars.

Full-scale production Lynk&Co 03 will start in the second half of 2017 year China (prices will start from 120 000 yuan, it said 1.1 million). In 2019 it is planned to start sales in USA Europe. The Chinese plan to complement the product range for two types of bodies. Whether cars of this brand Lynk&Co in Russia, is still unknown, one thing is clear – their customers they will surely find and us, all the more so in the motor show was announced lifetime (!) warranty.