RE: Polestar 1 | Driven
Discussion
wab172uk said:
In some ways it looks very `Ford Mustang`.
At £140,000 is not exactly Mustang prices
Speaking of Ford Mustang, wouldn't this Polestar be great if it has the 580hp cross-plane crankshaft engine of the Shelby GT350 Mustang. At £140,000 is not exactly Mustang prices
https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6007-A52X...
Another 500+ kg's less weight in the process is welcome as well.
Edited by DeltonaS on Monday 25th November 21:06
SydneySE said:
Aletsch said:
spookly said:
I like the looks. But £140,000. Not a chance. I was expecting it to be around Tesla Model S prices. Can't see those flying off the shelves.
Agree! And for £140K I would expect the combustion engine to be V6/V8 not a 2L 4 pot.In big Bentley markets like China the price difference is even greater, in favor of the Volvo.
DeltonaS said:
wab172uk said:
In some ways it looks very `Ford Mustang`.
At £140,000 is not exactly Mustang prices
Speaking of Ford Mustang, wouldn't this Polestar be great if it has the 580h pcross-plane crankshaft engine of the Shelby GT350 Mustang. At £140,000 is not exactly Mustang prices
https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6007-A52X...
Another 500+ kg's less weight in the process is welcome as well.
https://www.volvopenta.us/marineleisure/en-us/prod...
connoisseur21 said:
This looks superb, and with only 1500 being produced I can’t see it troubling any of the haters with an opportunity to claim they would’ve bought one, but the car is just too this or too that. The 1500 will am sure be snapped up v rapidly, if they haven’t been already. Nice one Polestar, roll on the P2
Polestar 2 available on the configurator on Polestar website.
which must be based on the new the s/v/40/50 depending on what they call it
https://www.polestar.com/uk/cars/polestar-2
Sorry to Hijack the thread with a different car
Edited by talksthetorque on Tuesday 26th November 07:25
A Volvo hybrid for over £130k? Hmmmm.....
Not 'bespoke' enough for my money, I'm afraid. Lots of talk about "blistering pace", but as already pointed out, int his day and age 4.2s is not what I've come to expect when I see the word "blistering".
I like it's looks, but I still can't get away from the fact that it just looks like a smart, £50k Volvo coupé.
Not 'bespoke' enough for my money, I'm afraid. Lots of talk about "blistering pace", but as already pointed out, int his day and age 4.2s is not what I've come to expect when I see the word "blistering".
I like it's looks, but I still can't get away from the fact that it just looks like a smart, £50k Volvo coupé.
Over 2 tonnes
0-60 in just over 4 seconds.....
I’m more than happy with that.
That is rapid regardless of weight actually... just because more cars are capable of the same doesn’t make it feel any slower
In a world where its impossible for a car (or the driver at least) to do 0-60 in less than a second. At some point the industry will meet a wall where a normal human can’t be accelerated in a car any quicker so adjectives will become a moot point.
Anything under 5 seconds is ‘blistering’ IMO
0-60 in just over 4 seconds.....
I’m more than happy with that.
That is rapid regardless of weight actually... just because more cars are capable of the same doesn’t make it feel any slower
In a world where its impossible for a car (or the driver at least) to do 0-60 in less than a second. At some point the industry will meet a wall where a normal human can’t be accelerated in a car any quicker so adjectives will become a moot point.
Anything under 5 seconds is ‘blistering’ IMO
What can possibly go wrong:
Turbocharged and supercharged engine, paired to gearbox and 2 electric motors and related batteries all working in perfect harmony of modern computing power and a thousand sensors......
Mechanically lots
Electrically lots
Software lots
Great looking thing though!!
I see it as a bit of a missed opportunity. Great looking car that will never be seen outside of the internet and saddled with too much tech and therefore too much price.
It looks like a V90 coupe - which is the car they should have built. But for £50k not £130k.
High spec V90s can be had for less than £30k which seem to have pretty much the same interior as this...
A great shame.
It looks like a V90 coupe - which is the car they should have built. But for £50k not £130k.
High spec V90s can be had for less than £30k which seem to have pretty much the same interior as this...
A great shame.
Thsi car demonstrates precisely why hybrids are really, the worst of all worlds!
Masively complex, massively heavy, requiring a myriad of different systems to all work in harmony together, and yet the end result is dissapointing (poor performance, poor Electric range, and sounds poor too (thanks to the little 4 cyl engine))
EVs have moved the bar so far, that really hybrids are just a stop gap. All they achieve today is the ability to refuel if you need too, rather than recharge, but if you are doing large daily mileages where refulling becomes useful (ie you can't charge enough overnight) then you'd be better off buying a more-efficient-on-a-cruise deisel engined car.......
If i wanted a performance car, for £130k i'd want to be able to at least keep up with an M3, and i'd want it to sound at least as good as an M3
If i wanted a EV, for £130k i'd want to be able to drive more than 75 miles on 'lecy
Not for nothing has Volvo badged this as a "polestar" rather than as a mainstream Volvo imo, as they know this is a short lived niche.........
Masively complex, massively heavy, requiring a myriad of different systems to all work in harmony together, and yet the end result is dissapointing (poor performance, poor Electric range, and sounds poor too (thanks to the little 4 cyl engine))
EVs have moved the bar so far, that really hybrids are just a stop gap. All they achieve today is the ability to refuel if you need too, rather than recharge, but if you are doing large daily mileages where refulling becomes useful (ie you can't charge enough overnight) then you'd be better off buying a more-efficient-on-a-cruise deisel engined car.......
If i wanted a performance car, for £130k i'd want to be able to at least keep up with an M3, and i'd want it to sound at least as good as an M3
If i wanted a EV, for £130k i'd want to be able to drive more than 75 miles on 'lecy
Not for nothing has Volvo badged this as a "polestar" rather than as a mainstream Volvo imo, as they know this is a short lived niche.........
British Beef said:
What can possibly go wrong:
Turbocharged and supercharged engine, paired to gearbox and 2 electric motors and related batteries all working in perfect harmony of modern computing power and a thousand sensors......
Mechanically lots
Electrically lots
Software lots
Great looking thing though!!
Fully agree, a moment in time before it all gets replaced with about 20 moving parts. I can't wait to see these on the Brave Pill in three years!Turbocharged and supercharged engine, paired to gearbox and 2 electric motors and related batteries all working in perfect harmony of modern computing power and a thousand sensors......
Mechanically lots
Electrically lots
Software lots
Great looking thing though!!
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