At the end of last month, friends in the circle of friends shared the news that "Lynk & Co won the 2021 WTCR Touring Car World Cup Team and Drivers Double Material Championship", Lynk & Co became the first Chinese brand to achieve three consecutive championships of the world's top motor sports events, as a Chinese is also quite proud. Lynk & Co Team's Chariot 03 for the WTCR Touring Car World Cup is modeled after the production car Lynk & Co 03. As the first sports car built under the CMA basic module architecture, Lynk & Co 03 is a hot seller on the market, and the total sales volume has exceeded 200,000 so far, carrying the banner of China's sports car benchmark with "dark horse capital". In addition, in November, the Gemini of the Lynk & Co 0203 sports car exceeded 10,000 sales, helping Lynk & Co to soar in sales.
In the field of sports cars, the veteran Honda Civic is also a model that cannot be bypassed. Some fans have left messages saying that it is difficult to make a choice between civic and peer Lynk & Co 03, let's take a look at the same 150,000 yuan Lynk & Co 03 (2022 model) 2.0TD DCT Jin Pro and Civic (2022 model) 240TURBO CVT ignition version of the two cars in the end Who is more suitable to become the first sports car for young people?
Appearance: Civic introverted, Lynk & Co 03 is more combative
Compared with the previous generation, the new version of the Civic has become more calm and atmospheric in appearance, and the interior is more refined. Externally, the split grille with the pressed-down canopy and the upturned lines on both sides provide a low-center-of-gravity visual effect. The new version of the Civic eliminates the boomerang taillights and mid-vent design and replaces them with dual L-shaped combination taillights. The sense of battle in appearance weakens, turning to the practical wind of home, we can see that the Civic is trying to gain the love of a wider range of users, rather than just targeting young users, which makes many young consumers comment that the "Farah Domain" of the air has left us every second.
Inside, the Civic adopts a through-channel center console, honeycomb air conditioning outlet with traditional knobs, giving people a new century retro style feeling, and the seats with fur and leather splicing materials are more advanced.
Honda Civic interior
Compared with the Civic, the exterior design of Lynk & Co 03 is much more avant-garde, continuing the design style of "urban opposition aesthetics" of the Lynk & Co family, and the split headlights are equipped with AFS headlights follow-up steering function, which automatically adjusts the headlight deflection according to the driving speed and steering angle, illuminates the blind area of the curve in advance, and ensures driving safety at any time. The tail light group adopts the shape of "energy crystal" and is composed of vertical LED strips, which is highly recognizable. The most sporty ducktail and bilateral double exhaust outlets outline the domineering back.
In terms of interior, the three-panel multi-functional steering wheel highlights the stylish sports atmosphere, the track-style swivel outlet highlights its track gene, and the intelligent integrated center console is equipped with an embedded touch screen, which complements the three metallic knobs below, and the design of the biased driver's seat is also very humane. The seats are wrapped in an integrated form to create a full sense of combat.
Lynk & Co 03 interior
Power: Civic is stable, and the Lynk & Co 03 sports gene is awakened at any time
If appearance is a matter of opinion, then the power system as the core competitiveness of sports cars is the hard power of Battle. The Civic is equipped with Honda 1.5T Earth Dream Technology turbocharged direct injection engine, which has evolved from the previous 220TURBO to 240TURBO, with a CVT stepless transmission, with a maximum power of 134 kW, a maximum torque of 240 N·m, and an acceleration time of 8.6 seconds per 100 km/h. In today's highly reeled market, Civic's 1.5T 182-horsepower engine is really not top-notch, and in the words of modified players, playability needs to be improved.
The 2.0TD T4 turbocharged engine equipped with the same level of Lynk & Co 03 gives users full sincerity. Maximum power 140kW, peak torque 300N·m, abundant power on call. At the same time, Lynk & Co 03 matches the 7DCT wet dual-clutch transmission, the transmission efficiency is up to 97%, the acceleration of 100 kilometers is 7.4 seconds, the transmission is efficient and smooth, and climbing up the hill is a piece of cake. With a 150,000-level sports car, the Lynk & Co 03 may be more suitable for young people who pursue the ultimate driving fun in terms of power, and the Civic is more suitable for groups who want home and practical models.
Control: Civic over-bending is not good, Lynk & Co 03 is more stable and solid
A car's sense of handling strength comes from the richness and all-round comparison of the actual driving experience. On the control system, the Civic and Lynk & Co 03 suspension configuration are the same, and the driving smoothness is not much different. Civic front wheelbase 1547mm, rear wheelbase 1575mm, the wider the wheelbase, the more stable it is when cornering, the actual test drive found that civic will be slightly slippery when cornering, but the steering wheel directionality and the front of the car are very accurate.
Honda Civic
Lynk & Co 03 is more hardcore in the control system. The 1597mm front and rear wheelbases allow the outside wheels to provide strong support when cornering, and the limits of cornering are greater and more stable. In addition, the Lynk & Co 03 fixed circle steady-state G value is 0.93, higher than the Audi A3's 0.9, the higher the value, the stronger the steering ability of the car, and the rigorous testing and precise tuning make it easy to cope with high-speed turns. It is worth mentioning that the braking distance of 100 kilometers of Lynk & Co 03 is only 35.6m, which is comparable to the braking performance of sports cars, which can bring full driving pleasure and ensure driving safety at any time.
Lynk & Co 03
Configuration: Civic intelligent upgrade, security on the Lynk & Co 03 is better
In addition to power and control, intelligent car machine systems have also become an important comparison item for young people when buying cars. Civic is equipped with Honda CONNECT 3.0, which includes multiple functions such as AI intelligent assistant, car-home interconnection, remote control, OTA upgrade, etc., to create a safer, more convenient and more comfortable smart travel experience for users. In addition, the Honda SENSING safety supersensitive system equipped with automatic car following, lane keeping, TJA traffic congestion assistance functions, etc., has made significant progress compared with the previous generation in terms of driving safety and convenience, and the basic configuration of daily home is available.
The smart car machine system of Lynk & Co 03 is equipped with OTA online self-service upgrades, and car owners can update the software anytime and anywhere. The interconnection of cars and homes can connect smart homes and connect people, cars and lives. In addition, the steering wheel is also equipped with a one-button custom button, which can switch the sport mode or turn on the voice wake-up function with one button.
In terms of active safety, Lynk & Co 03 provides direct intelligent tire pressure monitoring and 540-degree panoramic images, humanized intelligent driving safety, active sharing of worries, intimate and reassuring. In the C-IASI test of China Insurance Research Institute, Lynk & Co 03 received 7 G (Excellent) ratings, which is the highest gold content in the frontal 25% bias collision, and received a full G evaluation, both the vehicle structure and the cockpit immersion is very good.
In general, the new version of Civic has faded its high-profile publicity and turned to a low-key and introverted style, which is not moderate or "lost the tradition of Civic", but the precise control of the target group after ten generations of changes and storms, perhaps not the Civic convergence, but the original teenager matured. Relatively speaking, Lynk & Co 03 integrates appearance and driving control, and does not lose the joint venture veteran Civic at all in terms of product strength. The continuously advanced Lynk & Co 03 performance family is the foundation of Lynk & Co's deep cultivation of auto sports, and will also help Lynk & Co promote the development of China's auto sports culture. In addition, Xiaobian got the news that at present, Lynk & Co 03 has successively arrived at the dealer stores, and the small partners who are still waiting to see the car at the end of the year should start early.