WTCR, the English name for the FIA World Touring Car Championship, was formed in 2018 by the merger of two historic races, WTCC and TCR. WTCR's rigorous assessment of the team's technical and pipeline operation capabilities is also the ultimate competition for the performance of the car.
In 2019, WTCR participated in the first time with the Chinese TCR Lynk & Co Team, and won the WTCR Annual Constructors Championship with a total of 628 points, creating the history of Chinese automobile brands! In 2020, WTCR Lynk & Co won the WTCR Constructors of the Year Championship with a total of 429 points, and at WTCR Italy in 2021, Lynk & Co won the two-legged main event.
Racing cars participating in the WTCR are mass production models produced by car dealerships, but production cars with VIN codes that must be produced on the production line of the manufacturer. And there are strict requirements for vehicle modification, but also can not be like F1 spend money, and the total cost of the vehicle can not exceed 130,000 euros, which means that the modification of the car in the mass production car is limited. Therefore, the fact that the Lynk & Co team can achieve such remarkable results is closely related to the level of the mass production car. As the prototype of the Lynk & Co 03 TCR racing car, Lynk & Co 03 has formed a family product matrix since its listing, which not only shows the self-transcendence of the track, but also has been highly recognized by consumers with its excellent product strength, becoming the highest selling model of the Lynk & Co brand at present. The Lynk & Co 03+ Cyan Custom Edition uses a Drive-E t5 engine with a maximum power of 265 hp and a peak torque of 380 Nm. The Lynk & Co 03+ Cyan Custom Edition also uses a Combination of Madison-style independent suspension and multi-link rear independent suspension to improve handling and stability to the extreme, and its equipped BILSTEIN shock absorber is ten-stage adjustable, which can bring more ultimate enjoyment to the driver.
For Chinese car fans, the most concerned is the Chinese element. Chinese car brand Lynk & Co and Sweden's CYAN Racing team joined forces to form the Cyan Racing Lynk & Co team, the car was developed by Lynk & Co in cooperation with Geely Holding Group's Motorsport Department, and Cyan Racing was responsible for the competition. The drivers' squad of Björk, Muller, Prio and Ehrasher is also a combination of old, middle and young, with both honor and talent.
At present, the Lynk & Co 03 family has formed a performance product matrix of Lynk & Co 03, Lynk & Co 03 TCR racing, Lynk & Co 03 Cyan concept car, of which Lynk & Co 03 1.5TD and 2.0TD bring consumers a variety of car purchase options, these two cars are also the mainstream choice products in the market, most of the users choose these two cars, Lynk & Co 03 is based on the Volvo CMA platform to build, its surging power, excellent product performance, has been widely praised by car owners, The 03+ car provided by Lynk & Co is not the vehicle used by WTCR, but it is also a compliant car modified in accordance with THE FIA safety standards, which can still fully reflect the track genes of Lynk & Co, allowing drivers to fully experience the driving texture of Lynk & Co 03+!
Lynk & Co has proved with strength that it is not just an ordinary family car, its sports and competitiveness are also very outstanding, allowing us to experience a different sense of exciting sports driving and experience the fun of racing in life. Adhering to the brand concept of being born global, open and interconnected, Lynk & Co shows us not only the "appearance" of youth, but also the "attitude" of youth, so that we look forward to a more exciting future for Lynk & Co!