Recent Polestar 4 SUV Is Really More Like A Wagon, But It’s Also Not That Wagon-Like… Whatever, It Looks Good!

Back in May after I was in Spain for the Polestar 5 first drive, everyone I talked to from the Swedish automaker’s design, product planning and PR teams was excited in regards to the upcoming “SUV” version of the Polestar 4, which can be actually pretty wagon-like and very well suited to the U.S. market. The 4 had initially been revealed as a fastback coupe-crossover with out a rear window, and that was a bit too radical for some, so Polestar was developing a brand new body style with more cargo space.

Now the Polestar 4 SUV has been revealed, just weeks after the brand announced it was pulling out of the U.S. entirely. Well, sh*t. Still, we’ve enough Canadians and Europeans who read this little blog, and any American automobile enthusiast price their salt has an interest in things they do not get, so let’s dig in. The SUV shall be offered alongside the regular 4, which is now renamed because the Polestar 4 Coupe. Yes, the names are silly. But this latest Polestar 4 SUV really does look great, I feel, and captures the spirit of other practical Swedes we love a lot.

The rationale I say the Polestar 4 SUV is wagon-y or wagon-like as an alternative of just calling it a wagon (which so many crossovers really are), is since it has the very same footprint because the 4 Coupe. Most individuals would say that a wagon has lots of extra length added behind the rear seats and particularly behind the rear wheels, however the SUV’s wheelbase and overall length are the identical because the Coupe. The SUV is nearly an inch taller in height, with a much taller and boxier tailgate that, yes, has an actual rear window with a spoiler and integrated wiper sitting above it.

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I really like how the 4 Coupe looks, and I feel this looks really good too. It looks like the 2 cars may even share their rear doors and side windows, so it’s really just the rear quarter windows and D-pillar which might be different. The roof rails can hold a dynamic load of as much as 220 kilos. Polestar designed a brand new five-spoke wheel that is pretty sick, and there at the moment are eight colours, including latest shades Aurora and Ozone which might be “brilliant silver green” and “brilliant silver purple,” respectively.

The inside is just about the identical because the 4 Coupe, at the least for the front passengers. It’s got the identical dashboard design and infotainment setup, with the choice for Tailored Knit upholstery and Bridge of Weir Nappa leather. Polestar tuned the optional 12-speaker Harman Kardon sound system specifically for the SUV, and the touchscreen system has more functionality and streamlined menus.

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People within the back seat have almost an inch more headroom than within the Coupe, Polestar says, and the panoramic sunroof is even greater, stretching back to the tailgate and now having an available electrochromic finish. With the rear seats up the more squared-off cargo area has 3.4 cubic feet more cargo space the Coupe; if measured simply to the rear seatbacks, the SUV has 1.1 cubes more. Each body styles have the identical 0.5-cubic-foot frunk. 

Although the SUV has a rear window, customers will have the option to option on a digital rear-view mirror, because yes, they are literally good and useful.

The Polestar 4 SUV shares its powertrain options with its Coupe sibling. The only-motor rear-wheel-drive base model has 272 horsepower and 253 pound-feet of torque, while the dual-motor all-wheel-drive versions pump that as much as 544 hp and 506 lb-ft. Polestar says the RWD SUV has as much as 391 miles of WLTP range while the AWD one has as much as 373 miles, each of that are a couple of half-dozen miles greater than their Coupe counterparts. Sadly Polestar didn’t upgrade the 4 to an 800-volt architecture prefer it did with the three, because the 4 SUV’s 100-kWh battery pack can only be fast-charged at as much as 200 kW.

Recent to all of the Polestar 4s is vehicle-to-load functionality, and the SUV has a brand new Camping mode that “provides seamless access to entertainment, ambient lighting and vehicle controls from each front and rear displays, supported by V2L power, USB-C connectivity and the 12V outlet.” You’ll be able to get the Performance package on the SUV as well, adding 22-inch wheels with Pirelli P Zero tires, Brembo brakes with Swedish Gold calipers, latest energetic damper tuning and other gold accents.

In all the opposite lovely countries that also get the Polestar brand, the SUV is offered to order now. Within the UK, the single-motor SUV is £2,000 cheaper than the Coupe, while the dual-motor model is £3,000 cheaper. First customer deliveries are said to begin within the fourth quarter of this yr.