No new face. No new battery. No grand announcement. Lynk & Co just did the opposite of what every other carmaker is obsessed with right now. Instead of yet another restyling, the brand quietly fixed everything its 02 owners actually touch every single day.
The main stage is the interior. The dashboard and door cards now wear fresh microfibre trim — the kind you usually pay extra for in a “premium” pack. The centre console has been reworked too, with proper cubbies for phones, glasses, keys. Sounds boring, until you spend a week in a car where there’s nowhere to put anything.
Outside, there’s a single new colour: Onyx Black. Cosmetic? Sure. But in a packed EV segment, even paint shifts how a car feels — and buyers no longer judge on range alone.
The digital side caught up too. Lynk & Co promises the system now boots up almost instantly the moment you sit down — killing those seconds of low-grade irritation. User profiles arrive, and frequently used functions are now within reach. Steering-wheel heating and climate controls should no longer hide behind three menus.
The strangest upgrade is the expanded Hey Honk. The car’s exterior speakers can now broadcast short messages like “Applause”, “Sorry” or “Bye-bye”. Weird? More like very European — in cities where blasting the horn can earn you a fine. Another addition is Game Link: when parked, the central screen turns into a gaming console. For an EV owner, that scenario isn’t science fiction — it’s charging time, the school run, a quiet pause in traffic.
The mechanicals stay untouched. The same 272 hp and 343 Nm electric motor, the same 66 kWh battery delivering 435–445 km WLTP depending on trim. European pricing is frozen too: Core starts at €35,495, More at €39,495.
And that’s the whole point. Lynk & Co isn’t trying to pass off an old car as new. The brand is hitting the one target that actually wins loyalty today — the daily experience — without touching the sticker price or staging a press circus. These days, that’s almost a rarity.
