They were caught on the Nürburgrings Nordschleife. Camo? No. Production-ready skin. Just days before the 2 September reveal Polestar finally let its new SUV be seen in the wild.
Less wedge, more wagon
The original 4 was low. Rakish, almost. A crossover with coupé ambitions. This one stands up straight. Really straight.
“Combining the space of an estate with the versatility of an SUV”
Michael Lohscheller said back in February. Back then nobody called it an SUV. Now they do. The name change makes sense, probably. Everyone wants SUVs. Nobody buys estates unless they’re pretending to be Europeans.
Spec sheet matters
Here is the hard part.
- Rear-wheel or all-wheel drive
- 536 bhp at the top end
- 400-volt electrical setup (caps out at 200 kW)
- 391 mile range in its most efficient mode
Same numbers as the existing model. Polestar did not reinvent the wheel, literally.
Built in Korea, spotted in Germany
It rolls off the same Busan line as its sloped-roof sibling. Same hardware. Same battery chemistry. Different rear window. That is actually the biggest news here. The camera-based rear view system? Gone. Real glass. Humans prefer looking with eyes, cameras sometimes lag.
Orders open soon
The cover breaks. Details come. You wait a few more weeks for the press junket then orders start. Is it different enough? Maybe not. Is it what people are actually buying? Almost certainly.
