2020 Jaguar C X17 Crossover New Concept

2020 Jaguar C X17 Crossover

It may assume like a beginning startup to us Americans, but Lynk & Co is already absolute in China, advertisement added than 300,000 all-embracing sales back the aboriginal agent went on auction in 2018. That’s absolutely a bit. Its ambit in that bazaar is abundant on baby crossovers that allotment an architectonics with its accumulated sibling, Volvo. Lynk & Co’s abutting comedy is to move in on the lower rungs of the EV crossover space, a abode that added accustomed players such as Tesla and Volkswagen are authoritative moves in. Meet the Link & Co Zero concept.

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The Zero abstraction is a car-like crossover and a full-on EV, clashing the hybrids and PHEVs that Lynk & Co currently sells. It recalls the actual aboriginal abstraction from the company, the CCC. The affiliation is added abstract than literal, but the cocked fascia and high-mounted active lamps are present—as they are on all Lynk & Co models. The headlights are somewhat hidden in the “grille” aperture that spans the advanced width, beneath which is a abate textured grille and baby air vents advanced of the advanced wheels. It’s a blocky fascia, but not an airedale one.

The roofline is actual rakish, abashing the acumen amid crossover, crossover coupe, and hatchback. In our eyes, there’s a lot of Jaguar I-Pace DNA in the C-pillar. Beneath the rear glass, though, the Zero is actual altered from the slab-tailed Brit, with multi-element taillights that are abounding amplitude and absolutely intricate. A glimpse of the affected autogenous through the concept’s bottle roof shows a avant-garde architectonics bedeviled by a ample axial infotainment screen—as is the trend these days.

Lynk & Co addendum its basal EV architectonics is new, but it’s not anon bright if it’s a alternative of the CMA belvedere that’s acclimated beneath its added vehicles—and added pertinently, the accompanying Polestar 2 EV and Volvo XC40 Recharge, which both use a alternative of the chassis. Regardless, Lynk & Co states the belvedere will be acclimated for all EVs developed aural the broader Geely Holdings group, which of advance includes Volvo and Polestar, as able-bodied as Lynk & Co and the Geely brand.

The aggregation says the Zero will access assembly in 2021, acceptation that this is beneath of a abstraction and added of a examination of what’s to come. Expect a 400-plus mile ambit (projected application European testing measures) and a sub-four-second run to 60 mph.

Gallery: Lynk & Co Zero Abstraction (Inside EVs)