The car you've never heard of turning heads

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A car shaper that's not adjacent sold successful Australia is acceptable to crook heads Down Under.

Lynk & Co is the little-known marque taking TCR (Touring Car Racing) contention by tempest globally.

The shaper founded successful 2016 is co-owned by different Chinese car institution Geely and Swedish shaper Volvo.

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Since joining the TCR country successful 2019, Lynk & Co cars person won 7 titles crossed respective continents – including 2 astatine the highest level successful the World Touring Car Cup.

Now, the marque is acceptable to situation for the TCR Australia Series crown.

Ashley Seward Motorsport has confirmed 1 of the cars volition get successful Australia soon and volition beryllium piloted by British Touring Car Championship contention victor Tom Oliphant.

Oliphant raced an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce successful the season-opener astatine Symmons Plains but volition power to the Lynk & Co astatine circular two.

"We are arrogant to denote a important caller concern with Geely Group Motorsport which volition spot Lynk & Co 03 TCR exemplary represented successful TCR Australia with our team," said squad proprietor Ashley Seward.

"We person been moving with Geely Group Motorsport for immoderate clip connected this task and they person been large to woody with throughout.

"We judge Lynk & Co offers the champion TCR lawsuit programme successful the satellite and person nary uncertainty we tin adhd to the occurrence the marque has had successful the highest levels of TCR globally.

"We consciousness that Lynk & Co, with our caller operator Tom Oliphant and our valued sponsor Autoglym, volition beryllium a formidable operation and we can't hold to get the car to Australia and retired connected track."

As it stands, Lynk & Co cars aren't sold successful Australia. However, the marque is readying to participate the marketplace successful 2025.

The institution is unsocial successful that it offers direct-to-customer income arsenic good arsenic a subscription service.

Oliphant volition debut his Lynk & Co 03 astatine the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit connected May 12-13 astatine circular 3 of SpeedSeries.

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