2021 Polestar 2

Christian Seabaugh

It’s not easy launching a new brand, but by all accounts Polestar is off to a good start. The new EV brand jointly owned by Geely and Volvo launched its first vehicle, the plug-in hybrid Polestar 1, late last year. Although it’s a fantastic vehicle—both as an engineering exercise and as a grand tourer—the Polestar 1 is expensive and limited to just 1,500 examples over a three-year run. Enter the Tesla-fighting 2021 Polestar 2, the brand’s first truly relevant vehicle—the introduction most folks will get to the new Sino-Swedish company. You’d be forgiven for thinking the 2, Polestar’s first full-electric vehicle, looks more like a Volvo than a car with a unique Polestar identity. Like the Polestar 1, the Polestar 2’s styling is cribbed from an older Volvo concept—in this case the…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2021

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