2018 Lynk & Co 01 review Prototype Drive

There’s a depressingly familiar script when it comes to the attempts of China’s native carmakers to expand sales beyond their own borders: big promises, poor delivery and – frequently – a speedy withdrawal to lick wounds.

So if your first instinct is to see the Lynk & Co 01 as another no-hoper, that’s understandable. With its generic mid-sized SUV looks and unknown branding, it could be the epitome of the optimistic Chinese start up; then there’s the grammatical offence caused by that ampersand.

Yet the reality is considerably more serious. The 01 has been engineered in Gothenburg and sits on a platform jointly developed by Geely and its Swedish subsidiary Volvo to underpin both the Swedish maker’s smaller cars (XC40 to start with) and the Lynk & Co range.

Lynk’s models will be powered by in China by the same three- and four-cylinder engines as their Volvo cousins, although export markets will only get hybrids and EV versions as per the current plan.

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