Polestar 4 Makes its North American Debut

[Drew Dowdell]

First seen at the Shanghai Auto Show (see article: Polestar 4 - The New Breed of Electric SUV Coupe), Polestar brought the Polestar 4 to the New York International Auto Show for North Americans to see in person.

Polestar calls the Polestar 4 an "electric SUV 4-door coupe". Outside of that marketing speak, the Polestar 4 is a slightly lifted four-door hatchback about 190 inches in length, or roughly 2 inches shorter than a Toyota Camry.  Built without rear glass, the Polestar 4 makes use of a rear camera for visibility astern.

Polestar 4 features a plethora of standard content, including 20-inch 5 V-spoke black diamond cut alloy wheels, panoramic glass roof, adaptive cruise control, 360 parking camera with 3D view, energy saving heat pump, front-illuminated Polestar logo, e-latch doors, power-operated tailgate with soft close, Polestar digital key, wireless phone charging, and 8-way electrical driver seat and 6-way electrical passenger seat.

The fastest production car the brand has ever developed to date, Polestar 4 can accomplish a 0-60 mph sprint in 3.7 seconds and in top spec can produce 544 horsepower. Long-range single-motor variants have 272 horsepower and a targeted EPA range of over 300 miles. All long range variants have a 102 kWh battery capable of 200 kW charging on a DC Fast Charger and 11 kW on home level-2 charging.

Google built-in is ... built in and includes Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play. Polestar continues to offer a leading connected in-car experience. As with all other Polestar cars, regular over-the-air updates allow for new features and improvements to be sent remotely to all vehicles.

Pricing starts at $54,900, with orders opening in April for deliveries in the latter half of this year.

 

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[G. David Felt]

So three major problems with this car, one, terrible Jellybean external shape, not impressed at all with the style.

Second is the buttonless dash having everything via a touch screen and rotary knob, terrible safety issue as your eyes will be off the road more than on trying to find the right option in the right menu.

Third is the center pack clearly cuts into valuable leg space based on their own picture.

This is a hard pass.

[Drew Dowdell]

Yeah, it doesn't seem super space efficient.

[Robert Hall]

Meh...just another forgettable appliance.  What's up with no rear window?  

[Mazdaslow3]

I like how it looks, I love how my PS2 looks. But I think it's because I like Volvo styling more that just Polestar styling. I also like the looks of the PS3 better too. And yeah the rear windo situation is a bit odd, and idk how I feel about it.

[smk4565]

Another problem is no rear window, in addition to the styling and everything on a touch screen.

Polestar keeps putting out new models but none of these actually sell.  Maybe they should build 1 car that people want to buy, rather than Polstar 1-7 that combine to sell like 1,000 cars a year.