2027 Lynk & Co 02: MY27 Update Adds Onyx Black, Redesigned Cabin

Lynk & Co has introduced a Model Year 2027 update for the 02, its first fully electric model and the car that brought the brand to the European EV market. The MY27 changes are deliberately modest: a new Onyx Black paint option, a redesigned center console, distinctive yellow seatbelts, faster system boot-up, and a handful of software extras. There is no new powertrain, no bigger battery, and no styling overhaul — this is a running refinement, not a relaunch. Because the 02 itself has never been covered on this site, this article also lays out the car’s full specification: a Geely SEA2-platform electric hatchback-SUV that shares its underpinnings with the Volvo EX30, badged Z20 in its home market of China. In Europe the 02 is sold in two trims, Core and More, both powered by the same 268 hp rear motor, priced from roughly $41,200.

Performance & Specs

The Lynk & Co 02 uses a single rear-mounted electric motor producing 200 kW (272 PS / 268 hp) and 343 Nm of torque, driving the rear wheels only — unlike some of its SEA-platform siblings, there is no dual-motor AWD option. Lynk & Co quotes 0-100 km/h in 5.5 seconds and an electronically limited top speed of 180 km/h (112 mph). The chassis is tuned by the brand’s Gothenburg-based European engineering team, which also worked on the Volvo EX30 and Zeekr X that share the same SEA2 architecture. MY27 does not touch any of this — power, torque, and range figures carry over unchanged from the car’s original European launch.

Powertrain	Single-motor RWD BEV
Power	200 kW (272 PS / 268 hp)
Torque	343 Nm
0–100 km/h	5.5 s
Battery	66 kWh NMC
Range	435–445 km WLTP

POWERTRAIN TYPE	Battery-electric (BEV)
HORSEPOWER	268 hp (200 kW / 272 PS)
ACCELERATION	5.5 s (0-100 km/h)
TOP SPEED	180 km/h
DRIVETRAIN	RWD, single motor
BATTERY	66 kWh NMC lithium-ion
ELECTRIC RANGE	435 km (Core) – 445 km (More), WLTP
COMBINED RANGE	— (BEV, no combustion range)

Dimensions & Practicality

Length	4,460 mm
Width	1,845 mm
Height	1,573 mm
Wheelbase	2,755 mm
Ground clearance	~175 mm

At 4,460 mm long, the 02 sits in the compact crossover class, close in footprint to its Volvo EX30 sibling, with a 2,755 mm wheelbase that keeps rear-seat space reasonable for a car this size. Lynk & Co and independent test data both list a curb weight of around 1,820 kg. Boot capacity is 410 liters with the rear bench in place, expanding to roughly 1,400 liters with the 60/40-split rear seats folded flat, plus a small front trunk of about 15 liters for charging cables. The MY27 update adds a redesigned center console with more usable storage between the front seats, addressing one of the more common owner complaints about the outgoing layout.

LENGTH	4,460 mm
WIDTH	1,845 mm
HEIGHT	1,573 mm
WHEELBASE	2,755 mm
CARGO VOLUME	410 L (1,400 L seats folded)
FRUNK	~15 L

Charging & Battery

Both 02 trims share the same 66 kWh NMC lithium-ion pack, but onboard AC charger capacity differs: the entry Core trim gets an 11 kW onboard charger (roughly 7.5 hours for a full AC charge), while the More trim steps up to 22 kW for faster destination charging. DC fast charging tops out at 150 kW on both trims, taking about 30 minutes to go from 10% to 80% state of charge. WLTP-rated range is 435 km on Core (19-inch wheels, no heat pump) and 445 km on More (20-inch wheels, standard heat pump, which also helps preserve range in cold weather). Charging ports are Type 2 for AC and CCS2 for DC, the standard combination across the European market.

BATTERY	66 kWh NMC lithium-ion
AC CHARGING	11 kW (Core) / 22 kW (More)
DC FAST CHARGING	150 kW
DC 10-80% TIME	~30 min

Design & Interior

The 02 wears Lynk & Co’s coupe-SUV silhouette: a raked windscreen, a fastback roofline dropping into a small rear spoiler, and a full-width LED light bar front and rear. MY27 adds Onyx Black to the exterior palette, described by Lynk & Co as giving the car a sharper, more understated road presence next to the brighter launch colors. Inside, the update brings upgraded microfiber trim across the dashboard and door panels, replacing some of the harder plastics from the car’s original launch spec. The most visible change is a set of yellow seatbelts — front and rear — a small but deliberate brand-identity touch that Lynk & Co has used across other recent models. The redesigned center console adds a floating armrest-mounted control panel and more open storage than the outgoing layout, and personalized driver profiles now let multiple drivers save their own seat, mirror, and climate settings. Materials and seat design elsewhere carry over from the pre-facelift car, with the Core trim in a two-tone grey cabin and the More trim getting a lighter, higher-contrast interior theme.

Technology & Features

The dashboard pairs a 10.2-inch digital driver display with a 15.4-inch central touchscreen that handles climate, drive modes, and most secondary controls through Lynk & Co’s own infotainment software, which the brand says continues to receive over-the-air updates. MY27 adds two playful software features on top of that base: “Hey Honk,” which swaps the horn for a set of custom sounds (Applause, Excuse Me, Bye Bye), and Game Link, which casts games to the central display while the car is parked. Lynk & Co also says the whole system now boots up noticeably faster when a driver gets in, and that frequently used functions such as the heated steering wheel are easier to reach in the redesigned menu structure. The More trim adds a Harman Kardon sound system and a 360-degree camera on top of the shared feature set.

Safety & ADAS

The Lynk & Co 02 holds a five-star Euro NCAP rating from its 2025 testing cycle, with Euro NCAP citing strong scores in its driver-assistance category. The standard ADAS suite covers 21 individual features, including automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning, rear cross-traffic alert, intelligent adaptive cruise control, lane-change assist, blind-spot detection, and traffic sign recognition. Both trims share the same core safety hardware; the More trim's 360-degree camera adds an extra layer of low-speed parking visibility that the Core trim does without.

ADAS LEVEL	L2 (5-star Euro NCAP 2025)
ADAS FEATURES	AEB, forward collision warning, rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise control, lane-change assist, blind-spot monitoring, traffic sign recognition

Available Versions

VERSION	POWER	TORQUE	0-100	TOP SPEED	DRIVETRAIN	BATTERY	EV RANGE	COMBINED RANGE	PRICE	KEY DIFFERENCES
Core	268 hp	343 Nm	5.5s	180 km/h	RWD	66 kWh	435 km	—	$41,200	19-inch wheels, 11 kW onboard charger, no heat pump
More	268 hp	343 Nm	5.5s	180 km/h	RWD	66 kWh	445 km	—	$45,800	20-inch wheels, 22 kW onboard charger, heat pump, 360° camera, Harman Kardon audio

Pricing & Availability

The Lynk & Co 02 first went on sale in Europe in late 2024, offered across 25 European markets through more than 140 Lynk & Co retail points, with pricing starting around €35,495 (roughly $41,200) for the Core trim and €39,495 (roughly $45,800) for the More trim, before any local incentives. The MY27 update announced in June 2026 is rolling out as running production for cars ordered from that point, rather than as a separate on-sale event, and Lynk & Co has not published a MY27-specific price change alongside the feature update. In China, the same car is sold under the Z20 name, where it launched in December 2024 at a domestic starting price equivalent to roughly $19,000 — a reminder that Lynk & Co's China pricing runs well below its European positioning, as is typical for the brand's home-market strategy.

How It Compares

The closest relative in this comparison is the Zeekr X EV, which shares the 02’s Geely SEA2 platform and comes within a few horsepower and kilometers of it, but undercuts it by roughly $11,700 — a reminder that the 02’s European retail pricing carries a real premium over its Chinese-market SEA2 stablemates. The Chevrolet Equinox EV offers more range and power for meaningfully less money, illustrating how competitive the mainstream compact-EV segment has become outside the Lynk & Co showroom. The XPENG G6 makes a similar point from the Chinese-EV side: more range, more hp, and a lower price than the 02’s Core trim. None of this makes the 02 a bad car, but it does mean the MY27 update’s real value is refinement and cabin quality rather than a numbers argument — buyers are paying for European retail presence, five-star safety, and now a nicer console and cabin, not segment-leading range or power.