Polestar, the former tuning company turned spin-off brand of the Swedish automaker Volvo, has just revealed its first model. The Polestar brand was, for the past several years, an in-house tuning company, much like Mercedes’ AMG brand or BMW M-Performance. However, Volvo recently revealed its plans to turn the company into a fully-electrified performance sub-brand, making cars of its own (but still based on Volvos). With the reveal of the Polestar 1, Polestar has also confirmed their plans for the first 3 models they will release.
2020 Polestar 1
At the moment, it is the Polestar 1 that we know the most about. Looks wise, this vehicle clearly takes its design language from the ever-handsome Volvo S90. However, Polestar have turned that gorgeous sedan into a 2 plus 2 coupe, Design is always subjective, but it would be hard to call this a bad looking vehicle. While there are no Volvo badges on this Polestar, it does share roughly 50% of its interior and exterior components with the S90. As such, the steering wheel, dashboard, and many other interior components are taken straight from the S90. Crucially, Polestar has kept the fantastic ‘Thor’s Hammer’ headlights as well. Furthermore, Polestar has made heavy – or should I say light – use of carbon fiber to save over 500 lbs of weight.
Future Polestar Models
Polestar have also revealed their plans to make a fully electric Tesla Model 3 competitor called the Polestar 2. The Polestar 2 is set to start production in 2019.
Polestar also revealed plans to make a full-size SUV, called Polestar 3. This will also be a fully-electric model and should see pricing and production figures somewhere between the Polestar 1 and 2.
To find out more about the Polestar 1, and to hear more news about Polestar’s other upcoming models, be sure to stay tuned to TFLcar.com.
While you wait, why not see how this drivetrain performs in the all-new Volvo XC60 T8: