Lynk & Co 01 test: what is the new Chinese rechargeable hybrid SUV worth

With its CO2 releases limited to 27 g/km and its autonomy in electric mode greater than 50 km, you can deduct € 1,000 to the invoice with the bonus currently in force. The figure announced by the brand (69 km in mixed cycle) seems however very optimistic, the XC40 T5 recharging did not really bluff us on this point.

Lynk & Co Car

You find something great ? With 01, it’s standard. Take advantage of a car with extraordinary features, high -tech details and 69 km autonomy in pure electric mode for the rechargeable hybrid model. But the most important thing is that with our flexible mobility offers, you can get a car for an hour, for a month or forever.

The style

Look at this beauty a bit ! Together, the many forms of the front of the 01 of Lynk & Co give it a unique identity. Look at this grille, around and below, the folds of the hood and wings !

Essential information at a glance

The driver screen does not only display conventional gauges such as the speed counter and the mileage counter: this 12.3 -inch high definition screen can be personalized according to your personal preferences. You can control multiple functions using touch controls located on the left and right steering wheel shelves.

Infodivement and connectivity

The Infinity system with 10 speakers will make you discover your music as you have never heard it before, and the 12.7-inch central screen thought of everything for you. In addition, the wireless loading area is where you need it (and you also have a USB socket if you are from the old school).

Stay in narrow spaces thanks to the 01 parking assistance system. The front, rear and side sensors of this automatic system guide you in the parking spaces or in the cramped garages. Easy. If only he could also help you make your taxes.

Sustainable mobility is good

Set comfortably in the world’s first car with seats coated in Econyl®, a regenerated nylon material made from recycled fishing lines and other plastic waste. Other interior details, such as floor and ceiling, are also recycled plastic. The driver’s seat is equipped with memory settings for two people and an adjustable steering wheel.

Explore everywhere, whatever the time

It never makes you ugly when you drive 01. Always be ready with:

• The advanced air conditioning system. Automatic control with two zones.
• The rain sensor. You can adjust the sensitivity.
• The front seats and the heated steering wheel are individually adjustable on three levels.
• Electric heating windshields.

Our guarantee for you

Everything is included. for your safety.

The 01, the first car from Lynk & Co to be launched in Europe, obtained five stars in 2021 from the prestigious European program for the evaluation of new vehicles (Euro NCAP). This assessment subjects vehicles to exhaustive collision tests in order to guarantee their reliability and quality. We do not sell safety equipment in the form of an expensive option, on the contrary, each 01 is equipped as standard with all safety devices.
This is an integral part of our commitment to comply with the highest quality standards and to design a car made to last. This is why the 01 is delivered with a warranty included 4 years or 120,000 km.

Driving and safety assistance

Download the Lynk & Co application

The Lynk & Co application is like a co-pilot in your pocket. The application helps you control your car with practical functions such as temperature setting, locking/unlocking doors, checking the load status, etc.

In addition, you can use the Lynk & Co car -sharing platform to lend your car and manage reservations from your phone.

Lynk & Co 01 test: what is the new Chinese rechargeable hybrid SUV worth ?

Freshly arrived in France, the young Lynk & Co brand is ready to shake up the automotive market by offering new formulas of use. Owner or tenant ? Discover our test of the Lynk & Co 01 rechargeable hybrid SUV 01.

“” Lynk & Co »». As surprising as it may seem, this is indeed an automotive brand. And if its name rather evokes you a mobile application or a high-tech service …, know that you are very close to the truth. Young brand of the Chinese group Geely (Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, Proton), Lynk & Co is launching 01: its very first ambitious and at the forefront of technology, based on a mechanics that is far from being unknown.

Lynk & Co 01: an inspired design

And even very inspired, since the Lynk & Co 01 SUV evokes us – to us and our entourage, to whom we have presented it – many stylistic universes. In bulk, we can first identify a little look of Ford Puma and proportions of Porsche Macan at the front. A little Kia and Audi on the back … The most daring will even go so far as to see the Ferrari F12 on the front of the front lights !

Beyond its evocative style, Lynk & Co 01 has not yet created its own identity. This does not prevent the SUV from displaying successful lines overall, and from reminding us of its name everywhere: by counting the rims, the name of Lynk & Co appears no less than 7 times on the vehicle … And that’s not to count the interior.

The Phev displays two beautiful livery, in black or in navy blue, enhanced with an electric blue on the window contours, the grille, and the rims. Its dimensions ? 4.54 m long and 1.85 m wide and 1.68 m high. What make it a vehicle that is both valuing, and adapted to the urban environment. The finishes are in any case of very good quality, up to the premium ambitions of Lynk & Co.

Motorization and autonomy: in known land

If the Lynk & Co 01 is unprecedented from the outside, it still has familiar underwear. The rechargeable hybrid SUV borrows from the mechanics of the Volvo XC40 T5 recharge. Or a 3-cylinder 1.5 180 horsepower turbo petrol and an electric motor, for a total of 261 horsepower. All associated with a 7 -speed double clutch automatic transmission. On the road, this set results in good performance, between comfort and responsiveness.

Despite its 1,879 kg, the 01 knows how to be lively enough during overruns and other insertions. The relationship changes are very appreciable in all circumstances. Only the braking brakes make us feel when the retrograde box, which remains completely natural.

In terms of endurance, the 69 km of electric autonomy are entrusted to an imposing 14.1 kWh battery of useful capacity (17.6 gross). A autonomy that we rather measured at 51 km in practice, on a mixed urban/national course. Slightly below the promise, it can still reach between 75 and 80 km in town.

Our medium consumption was 4.6 l/100 km (petrol) and 8.8 kWh/100 km (electric). There is no doubt that you will be able to travel a few kilometers more than us with a heavy foot. For better performance management, three “pure”, “hybrid” modes, and “power” are available to us. Pure for 100 % electric, a reactive mode in town and appreciable during maneuvers and up to 100 km/h. Hybrid mode allows comfortable performance at cruising speed on the highway (our favorite mode). Finally, Power mode uses all the power available for effective recovery and reminders.

Life on board: Premium comfort, maximum technology

On board, the Lynk & Co 01 welcomes us in a cabin which this time displays a real personality. Starting with seats with a touch of a sport, offering good maintenance and first -rate comfort. Again, the “Lynk & Co” markings are legion ! But no need to do the same, because the 01 made us all agree on the care taken inside. If some elements inevitably come from Volvo (box order, commodos, steering wheel controls), we were surprised that the Lynk & Co 01 is entitled to its own dashboard – very qualitative and successful – as well as a system 12.7 -inch tactile multimedia dedicated to it. Apple Carplay and Android Auto compatible (both wireless), infotainment is intuitive, although sometimes slow to react.

The interface is rather logical and well thought out, which is not always obvious to Volvo, precisely. Note also the slew of equipment and serial driving aid on this Lynk & Co. Heated seats, panoramic sunroof, induction charger, Infinity audio system at 10 speakers, adaptive regulator, reversing camera … everything is standard ! Difficult to do better, when there is already everything.

Comfort continues at the back, with a generous leg space and a 466 -liter trunk. Note that once folded, the rear seats make it possible to obtain a flat floor in addition to the extensive loading volume. The SUV is very strong in terms of standard endowment, to the point of really having only one option to offer: the coupling ball.

Driving: wise behavior, powerful braking

On the road, our Lynk & Co 01 shows rigor and precision in normal driving. Driven of Continental Ecocontact 6 tires, the PHEV knows how to stay in its place in town and on quick tracks. However, it is enough to arrive a little stronger in a turn or on a roundabout to pick up and wake up. Not entirely adapted to a sporting driving (even if it is in this that it can be fun), the SUV prefers row driving. Safety side: attention, nasty brake ! It took us a few minutes to tame the biting braking of 01, formidable efficiency at any speed.

Emergency braking is very effective, and knows how to intervene when necessary. Suffice to say that we quickly learned to stay in B mode (regenerative braking) for more homogeneous driving. Rather silent, the Lynk & Co 01 the rest up to 110 km/h if there is not too much wind. Beyond, a little music in the very good infinity system and finished parasitic noises !

Lynk & CO 01: € 41,500 or € 500 per month ?

The young Geely brand stands out from the competition thanks to its different methods of use. If the Lynk & Co 01 is available for purchase at a price of € 41,500 (excluding bonuses), it can also be rental at € 500 per month.

Unlike leasing, no commitment constraints with 01. You can unsubscribe at any time. Better still, you can even sublet your vehicle to another user via the mobile application if you do not plan to use your vehicle at some time. Whether in rent or in pure purchase, the Lynk & Co has the big advantage of being fully equipped for this price, without costly options (except for the hook hook at € 1,020). And just for the quality of the said additional equipment, associated with the premium experience at its wheel, the Lynk & Co 01 deserves to be interested in it closely.

Lynk & Co 01 – Test assessment

• Careful design and finishes
• General performance
• Urban and road comfort
• Fully equipped as standard

• Lack of identity asserted
• Slow multimedia system to react
• Dynamic driving handling

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Comments

December 14, 2022 at 09:23

Certainly a beautiful car, but given the price,
We take a hell of a risk at the slightest concern with the car.
Frankly, you shouldn’t be afraid .

Opinion to interested parties. Living in Western Paris, I chose to rent Lynk & Co 01 Phev and paid 500th of booking in advance. The announced availability was 2 to 3 weeks to have the vehicle. We are 4 weeks old and they have just announced that I will not have a vehicle for the next few weeks, so goodby. Overall, the telephone service is poor, interlocutors do not have the capacity for interpretation or action on dissatisfaction or unwarmed promises and have no intelligent response overall. they repeat the same sentence over and over again. In short, a beautiful showcase . empty. The quality of service is zero and already makes me regret my choice, so I have not even received the machine yet !

September 27, 2022 at 6:18 PM

Hello, I also plan to subscribe for the first time to this vehicle in a few months because I find the monthly price very very cheap compared to other car subscriptions with vehicle equivalent on the market. And I say “very very cheap” for a high -end vehicle that I find personally beautiful. I just have one question to ask you: if there are any, what requirements in terms of solvency or financial situation they ask? FYI I am a young executive of 29 years who will be at 38k euros gross fixed in salary (with a total package between 41 and 46k if I count the variable bonuses) from December during a change of position and company for a new permanent contract.

how can we arrive with 8.8kwh/100km having traveled 50km with a battery of 14.1kWh ?!
would we not rather be around 30kWh/100km in electric full ?
What seems more logical to me for a large SUV of almost 2t .

December 6, 2021 at 1:30 p.m

Having seen it and mounted in the thermal version, I must say that the photos do not really do it justice. Afterwards, it’s very subjective but I find it pretty good. And the finish is really good.

December 6, 2021 at 12:19

17.6kWh of raw battery . for ~ 50km ?
How it can be so ineffective ? The BMW i3, the first, had an 18kWh battery, possibly a REX with 9L fuel allowing to make around 100km in full electric and 100 more with petrol.
So ok it’s a 4 place, but very comfortable, a little close to the SUV (that it was not), but really efficient (a little less in winter, heating without a heat pump when we had the rex was not a good idea). Swallowed as soon as we exceeded 112 km/h per. for sure. Consumption increased.
So get this out in 2021. With a large battery to have a lower electricity autonomy than a 2014/2015 box. hat.

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Lynk & Co arrives in France with the rechargeable hybrid SUV 01

[Updated on 10/18/2021] The new Lynk & Co brand arrives in France with, for the first model, a rechargeable hybrid SUV, the 01 model. A vehicle that you can buy or rent via a subscription at € 500 per month without obligation. We explain to you.

Lynk & co, Kesako ? It is a new half -Chinese half brand, owned by the Geely group, owner of Lotus, Polestar or Volvo. Its first model, the SUV 01, is also a cousin of the XC40. Model to whom it borrows its platform and its 262 hp T5 rechargeable hybrid motorization, the only one that will be sold with us (it is available in hybrid on other markets). Already distributed in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands or Sweden, the brand is preparing to land on our territory.

Full purchase.

Close to the above -mentioned Volvo SUV, The 01 is much more accessible. Allow € 41,500 to acquire it When an XC40 T5 recharge is not exchanged for less than 49,100 €, sacred difference ! However, the endowment is very rich on the cheapest of the two: 12.7 “touch screen, panoramic sunroof, electric tailgate, adaptive cruise control, induction charger for smartphone. Everything is included, even metallic paint. The choice will be all the easier to make as only two colors are offered: black and blue. A rechargeable hybrid MG EHS with relatively comparable characteristics (258 hp and 4.58 m long against 4.51 m for) is however more attractive (just under 37,000 € in high luxury finish).

With its CO2 releases limited to 27 g/km and its autonomy in electric mode greater than 50 km, you can deduct € 1,000 to the invoice with the bonus currently in force. The figure announced by the brand (69 km in mixed cycle) seems however very optimistic, the XC40 T5 recharging did not really bluff us on this point.

. or all inclusive rental, you have the choice

In addition to the full purchase, Lynk & Co has mainly to seduce on A subscription formula without commitment at € 500/month. At this price, everything is included: vehicle rental at the rate of 1,250 km/month (15,000 km/year, the additional kilometer is billed 0.15 €), insurance, maintenance. You can rent your 01 thanks to a dedicated application to recover a little money. But we can also become a member of the Lynk & Co club (there are already 3,000 in France at present) without having a 01. Just register for free and “you will only pay when you take a car from other members,” said the site.

Arrival of the Lynk & Co 01 rechargeable hybrid SUV scheduled for next year

This is good news for a brand that landed just in our territory, Lynk & Co will enjoy the power of the Volvo network. 01 can be maintained in the workshops of the Swedish brand, even if not all will necessarily be partners. Vehicle tests will be organized in several cities in France but also in a club located in the Paris region, the opening of which is scheduled for 2022. Those who have opted for the “full purchase” formula will be delivered directly to them.