Overview
POLESTAR has formally launched its Polestar 4 coupe-SUV in Australia this month, the mannequin slotting between the Polestar 2 and Polestar 3 each when it comes to measurement and worth.
Out there now from $81,500 plus on-road prices, the Polestar 4 is characterised by its windowless rear-end, twin blade headlights with Polestar’s distinctive lighting signature and illuminated Polestar emblem, low frontal masks, retractable door handles, flush DLO with frameless door glass, rear aero blades, and rear gentle bar.
The Polestar 4 is constructed on the Geely-developed Sustainable Expertise Structure (SEA) platform and measures 4840mm in size, 2139mm in width, and 1534mm in top whereas using on a 2139mm wheelbase.
Polestar says the scale provide the Polestar 4 “beneficiant inside proportions” which might be “particularly evident within the rear”. The rear seats are electrically reclinable and are complemented by adjustable ambient lighting that’s stated to be impressed by the photo voltaic system.
Overhead, a full-size glass roof creates a “really distinctive expertise”, one that’s enhanced within the second row by a media and local weather management display screen mounted between the entrance seats.
Additional ahead we discover the rear-view mirror changed by a high-definition display screen that reveals a real-time view of following visitors. The dashboard additional options an Android-powered infotainment system (with each Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity) and the newest Snapdragon processing energy, all accessed by way of a 15.4-inch landscape-oriented touchscreen.
With Google built-in, together with Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play, the Polestar 4 is nothing if not linked, the system topped with an elective Harman Kardon audio system with 12 audio system and 1400-watt channel-hybrid amplifier. A further two headrest audio system are added to every entrance seat with the elective Nappa Pack– elevating the whole to 16.
As with different Polestar vehicles, common over-the-air (OTA) updates permit for brand new options and enhancements to be despatched remotely to all automobiles, eradicating the necessity to go to a workshop to realize the newest software program.
The Polestar 4 is the quickest manufacturing automotive to but be out there from Polestar, with a claimed 0-100km/h time of three.8 seconds listed. Most energy is rated at 400kW with drive coming from everlasting magnet, synchronous design motors.
Single- and dual-motor configurations can be found, the previous delivering 200kW and 343Nm to the rear wheels with a preliminary vary goal of as much as 610km (WLTP). The twin motor variant providing promising 400kW and 686Nm by way of all-wheel drive and a variety goal of 580km (WLTP).
Energy is provided by a 100kWh battery pack in each situations with as much as 22kW of AC charging and 200kW of DC charging out there. Bi-directional charging {hardware} is included, with vehicle-to-load (V2L) performance deliberate to be made out there later.
A warmth pump is fitted as customary, permitting the automotive to capitalise on ambient warmth when preconditioning the cabin and battery.
Additional, Polestar says the dual-motor ‘4’ incorporates a disconnect clutch that enables the automotive to disengage the entrance electrical motor when not wanted, to maximise vary and effectivity, whereas a brand new drive optimisation perform permits the motive force to pick between Vary or Efficiency driving modes.
Regardless of the excessive output and efficiency, Polestar claims “management and confidence are all the time key components” in providing an pleasurable day by day drive expertise and has geared up the dual-motor model with semi-active suspension “for a further layer of adjustment between consolation and efficiency dynamics”.
Alloy wheel sizes vary from 20- to 22-inches in diameter with tyres provided by Pirelli and Michelin, relying on configuration. Driving dynamics are stated to be “true to the Polestar model (with) sharp steering and dealing with responses”.
The Polestar 4 arrives with a protracted listing of ordinary security inclusions. Highlights see the mannequin fitted with seven airbags, Polestar’s new SuperVision ADAS know-how suite, a ten.2-inch instrument panel, 14.7-inch head-up show with snow mode, and an elective Pilot Pack with auto lane change help.
Elsewhere, the Polestar 4 guarantees a excessive degree of ordinary tools with addition packages tailor-made to particular wants.
The Plus Pack (+$8000) includes consolation and know-how upgrades, with the Professional Pack (+$2500) including 21-inch wheels and delicate design particulars.
The Nappa improve could be specified along with the Plus Pack and consists of animal welfare-secured Nappa leather-based upholstery with air flow and therapeutic massage, extra headrest audio system for the entrance seats and rear consolation headrests.
The Pilot Pack consists of Pilot Help and its prolonged options and is embody as customary in Australia.
The Efficiency Pack (+$7200) will increase the efficiency look and driving expertise of the twin motor model, with 22-inch wheels, four-piston Brembo brakes, Polestar Engineered efficiency chassis tuning and Swedish gold particulars for the brakes, seat belts and valve caps.
Drive Impressions
These of you with a pointy reminiscence may recall that our worldwide launch overview of the Polestar was considerably fraught by the actual fact the pre-production automobiles on take a look at have been operating a mismatched mixture of suspension elements and software program that delivered a less-than-ideal impression of the automotive.
It is advisable put that impression behind you.
With the ‘right’ (EU specification) steering and suspension association now in impact the Polestar 4 is totally reworked, proving not solely cunningly fast, however agile and suitably composed – two factors we predict will gel with premium electrical SUV consumers within the land Down Beneath.
The Polestar 4 carries – and certainly masks – its not insignificant weight remarkably properly, proving playful on the winding roads of the Adelaide Hills skilled on launch. The twin motor is expectedly brisk and tenaciously grippy; however when you assume the rear-motor is a slouch, then assume once more…
If we have been to say we have been shocked by the one motor providing it will be an understatement. The automotive is superbly balanced and wanting to level at sharper corners, the response to throttle and brake inputs in tune with the motive force’s command, and telegraphed clearly by way of the seat and steering to make sure you don’t miss a trick.
As was famous abroad, the Polestar 4 can be particularly quiet, which might confuse the senses when ‘giving it the berries’. Energy supply is easy and fast, with no synthesised garbage pumped by way of the audio system. It’s a really pure expertise; however one that can require you to regulate the speedo.
We discovered the digital seat, mirror and steering column adjustment overly difficult to set, however in distinction, admired the end result. The ergonomics are sound and the pedal and steering motion laborious to fault. The setup means the Polestar 4 is as pleasurable at full tilt as it’s in around-town visitors.
Whereas our launch drive was hardly more likely to return an power consumption common consultant of day by day use, we discovered the mid-20kWh determine acceptable given the efficiency at our disposal. In common driving it’s not laborious to anticipate the Polestar 4 to realize a extra respectable determine.
Which leaves little for us to complain about, actually…
It’s definitely not the right automotive – no automotive is – and it isn’t one that can enchantment to everybody. Nevertheless it does provide a mixture of fashion, pace and class we predict Australian EV consumers will admire – and one which’s very laborious to search out elsewhere.
For us, that makes the Polestar 4 one thing of a standout within the phase. Let’s wait and see what number of different Aussie motorists assume the identical.
