Lynk & Co: 40,000 preorders

Lynk & Co said its new 900 sport utility vehicle drew more than 40,000 pre-orders before launch, giving the Geely-owned brand a strong early read on demand in China. (zeekrgroup.com) The company disclosed the figure at the Shanghai auto show on April 23, 2025, days before the model’s April 28 launch. Reuters reported the 900 was Lynk & Co’s upcoming flagship at the time of the announcement. (usnews.com) After the launch, Lynk & Co priced the 900 from 309,900 yuan, or about $42,480, below the 330,000-yuan starting pre-sale price it had announced a month earlier. The model is a large six-seat hybrid SUV aimed at China’s upper end of the family-car market. (cnevpost.com) A pre-order is a reservation, not a final sale, but the number still matters in China’s auto market because brands use early deposits to gauge demand and fine-tune production. Reuters said the 900’s tally arrived as carmakers packed the Shanghai show with new electric and hybrid models. (usnews.com) The 900 also lands at a time when Chinese brands are pushing into bigger, more expensive vehicles that were once dominated by foreign luxury nameplates. CnEVPost said Lynk & Co launched it to target the large-SUV segment in China. (cnevpost.com) Lynk & Co is part of Zeekr Group, and the 900 was the first Lynk & Co model launched after the merger of Lynk & Co and sister brand Zeekr was completed on February 14, 2025. That gives the vehicle added weight inside Geely’s effort to streamline its premium brands. (cnevpost.com) On size alone, the 900 sits near the top of the market: Zeekr Group said it measures 5,240 millimeters long, 1,999 millimeters wide and 1,810 millimeters tall, with a 3,160-millimeter wheelbase. The company described it as a large six-seater family SUV built on its SPA Evo platform. (zeekrgroup.com) Trade and industry reports have described the top powertrain at 872 horsepower, along with features such as air suspension, roof-mounted lidar and Nvidia driver-assistance chips on higher trims. Those specifications were reported by GlobalSUV, BitAuto and Electrek, but Lynk & Co’s public global pages reviewed here do not spell out the full 900 spec sheet. (globalsuv.com) (bitauto.com) (electrek.co) The immediate test is whether those 40,000 reservations convert into deliveries at scale. For Lynk & Co, the 900 is now more than an auto-show reveal; it is a launch that will be watched as a measure of how far Chinese premium hybrid SUVs can climb. (zeekrgroup.com)