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"The typical buyer is projected to be 18 or 19 years old and at their first car purchase. "

Curious to see what kind of looking and price would fit for young drivers. Guess still the parents pay for it.

 

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Most of time the car should be able to figure out I need to drive forward or backward.
Contest: which car will no longer need R/D gear. Just P and push pedal to drive, and a hidden N somewhere for towing. :lol:

 

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Zeekr is high end, Geometry is low end EV. LynkCo will have mid-level EV too.
Volvo is luxury and P* is luxury sporty level.
Zeekr X (EX30, Smart #1 size) is just announced.
Geometry EV is based on old chassis, and don't know how long it will be kept.
All EVs will move to SEA platform as I can imagine.

 

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That's a Zeekr, not a Volvo or Polestar. It's nice and may look better than the Volvo, from the exterior anyway. Looks better to my eyes than any of the Volvo EX30 renders.

I don't really get Lynk and Co. or Zeekr. Zeekr is called premium and seems to have great performance. If it comes to Europe, why buy a Volvo or Polestar over a Zeek? What makes the Volvo or Polestar worth more money to buy and what makes them more premium?

I think Zeekr has stolen Volvo's thunder with this reveal. I don't know. There's something Polestarish about this Zeekr. Maybe the back but something about it is Polestar-like, unlike the overstyled minivan or the 001 sports crossover.

LynkCo to Zeekr are trying to create very different styles. They are on the fancy and wacky side. Volvo and Polestar are on the classic side and it is harder to tell between Volvo and Polestar than between LynkCo/Zeekr and Volvo/Polestar.

 

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But that Zeekr has Polestar's signature mirrors. That's something I thought would be unique to Polestar or Volvo. And the back of that Zeekr has a Polestar 3 vibe about it. If they remain distinctly different, that's one thing. But the differences seem to be breaking down now.

Also I still want to know why one would buy a Volvo or Polestar vs. a Zeekr or Lynk and Co. if they essentially are the same vehicles and drive the same. Maybe they don't. But from what I'm reading about the Lynk and Co. 1, it drives a lot like the Volvo XC40.

There are many people want to buy higher price cars, like any other fashionable stuff.
MB, BMW, Audi, Porsche sells a significant number of cars in China, Europe and America. That's where Volvo and Polestar want to compete. Of course VW sells more, in the segment where Geely/LynkCo is pushing.

 

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It is true that LynkCo and Geely cars got many features that only existed in luxury brand before. This is because of the fierce competition in China, same for other China domestic brands. For example, napa leather and panorama sunroof is very common on them, which usually is for luxury cars in America.

This definitely makes the difference much smaller between LynkCo and Volvo cars.
Volvo Scandinavian style is actually an disadvantage in such competition in China.
So LynkCo choose to go very different design style instead.

 

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Image. If Volvo can get more celebrities in Volvo MPV, it will really help Volvo sales. These people want high priced MPV than a Zeekr 009.

But this is a segment not very interesting to Volvo design team.

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Volvo is still strictly Scandinavian and not affected by Chinese style of luxury.

Cars from Chinese car makers got better material and interior decorations, because people want those even on entry level cars and car makers are competing fiercely.

Leather seats with fancy stitch pattern, panaroma sunroofs, alcantera, colorful lightning, controlled fragrance release, are quite common in their cars, priced well below Mercedes/Audi/BMW price level. Wood trim is more expensive and not everywhere yet. Lynkco cars are examples of these.

People there think Volvo style is plain, natural but not that luxury.

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