On The Road In Lynk & Co's First Model

Exclusive ride in 01 SUV Swede design, made in China

- Steve Fowler

IT’S two years away from launch, but Auto Express was invited to Lynk & Co’s home town of Gothenburg in Sweden to take an exclusive ride in the brand’s first model – the 01 SUV.

This isn’t only our first on-road experience of a Lynk & Co model, it’s also our first experience of a car using the new Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) platform, which has been jointly developed with Volvo and both firms’ Chinese parent company, Geely.

At 4,530mm long, the 01 sits somewhere between the Audi Q3 and Q5 in terms of size, but interior space is closer to the latter. A six-foot rear passenger can sit behind a similarly sized driver with room to spare.