The Challenge

Lynk & Co contacted Envisage to deliver two concept SUV models, one being inside-outside, and the other to show a different colour and material finish, creating a complete representation of the car to show to customers.

Our Approach

After being approached by Lynk & Co, Envisage utilised its capabilities, taking the idea of making two concept cars and making them tangible. The show cars would be a complete inside-out model, with a second model to show a different colour and material finish, and produced under the strictest confidence. The inside-out model was created with everything you would expect to see in a production car including a large central touchscreen, modern interiors using sustainable materials on seats trimmed by Envisage, with full working lights and electronics courtesy of Envisage’s in-house electronics department.

Conclusion

Since its launch the Lynk & Co 01 has set a new standard for automotive brands across the globe. The car people now drive was once just a concept model, designed by the Lynk & Co design team (which has its global design operations in Gothenburg, Sweden) and engineered and manufactured by Envisage Technologies in Coventry, United Kingdom.

An excess of 600,000 units of the 01 have been sold, the car has gone from initial design in Gothenburg, to show car built in Coventry, and now to production from Sweden across Europe to the Middle East and China.