What is a Polestar 1? The Hybrid Muscle Car You Can Buy With Art

I have been aware of the Polestar brand for quite some time - like many, from the time they made a very funky version of the older Volvo V60. However, in the last few years they have become their own entity and now I get to drive the first car to wear exclusively Polestar badging - the inventively named "1".

Polestar are a brand all about the electric future, so why then did they make their first car a hybrid - and what is it really all about?

#Polestar1 #NotaVolvo #Hybrid

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[apostolis]

Saying that it is only 4 and a half meters long made me realise that in an alternate universe this would be the most spectacular c70 that could have existed (of course with less batteries, if any, and no carbon but still). Pitty that affordable coupes from mainstream manufacturers are a thing of the past.

[KevGoesRiding]

i've never been more conflicted with a car. So beautiful, but yet so mechanically strange and pointless

[patrickbateman]

Love the look of this. I’m not sure I would pay even £100, 000 though.

[vasantos-rehb]

Very fair review. Hope Volvo/PoleStar keep collaborating with you. They need people who give a fair review of their products.

[SturbokSensei]

Saw one of these coming the other way a couple of weeks ago, looks very handsome in person, somehow reminiscent of the legendary P1800 without being "retro styled"! Very interesting review.

[rupertorgan]

I'm a recent Volvo convert and love the styling of this car, but keep wondering how it would drive with the 4.4l V8 they used to drop into the XC90, especially with a couple of turbos bolted on as well!

[__-fmqv]

It is undeniably very much a sort of "muscle/GT coupe", I'd love to see one with a refined V8 instead, but I doubt that will ever happen.

[norevanciens]

The Volvo 780 is one of favourite cars. This feels very much like its spiritual successor. With less diesel.

[AxLWake]

The price is stupidly high but that thing is gorgeous.
Maybe the most beautiful, elegant and sporty design in recent years....

[A_DeepLoveForOtherMen]

Such a strange thing but I would love on. It's the kind of thing I could imagine going on a grand tour in. It's big and pointless but it's lovely. Reminds me a bit of the old SM.

[breabanm]

Would have bought this car in a heartbeat if I had the pocket change. Absolutely gorgeous design.

[shept.]

Gorgeous car as always. Will surely be a collectors car.

[AntoniusTyas]

This review really is worthy being added to an episode of old Top Gear. Also, Polestar 1 is a proper looker.

[drewflanagan]

The styling of this thing reminds me of the P1800, especially the rear.

[comeberza]

Very interesting review. It looks so handsome, sort of 8 series but even more and yet has a lot of visual muscle. If I was going to be given a hybrid one of these would make the job. It weights as much as a little satellite but I wouldn't mind breaking a bit earlier in junctions if I was driving around in it

[Quattro_Joe]

A turbocharged & supercharged hybrid engine. That will be an utter nightmare to maintain. Imagine having to work on that and diagnose a problem. Fuck that.

[Yorkshiremadmick]

Gorgeous looking car. Should become a classic.
However I believe Hydrogen is the way forward as do JCB

[JowoHD]

this is possibly the only modern car i would buy in a heartbeat. genuine dream car

[pereldh]

Its also originally the Volvo Concept Coupe from 2013. Heralding the then coming S90 & V90.
Now reborn as Polestar 1, reverse-engineered to fit most of the S90 interior :)

[jonahfastre]

I own a 2020 polestar engineered V60 and honestly I think it’s great