Polestar 2

Model reviewed: Long Range Single Motor RWD, facelift model
Score: 8.2 / 10
“The Polestar 2 appears an initially expensive buy but once you factor in its quality, equipment levels and the extras such as the over-air updates that keep the car fresh, it becomes a much more attractive proposition.”
Author: Andrew Charman
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“The Polestar 2 is a fully-fledged, brilliantly executed vehicle that feels just as good to drive as it is to look at. Cleverly packaged and featuring some innovative tech, it’s very much the real deal.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The stylish, all-electric Polestar 2 oozes quality and is a decent alternative to a Tesla, but it’s held back by an overly firm ride.”
Author: Ellis Hyde, Richard Ingram
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Model reviewed:
Score: 7 / 10
“Big range and efficiency improvements in the Long Range are offset by the same choppy ride in the latest revised Polestar 2.” (Richard Ingram)
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Model reviewed: BST Edition 270
Score: 8 / 10
“Polestar’s BST Edition 270 is delivers when it comes to performance, and the brand’s focus on chassis tuning is a breath of fresh air compared with rival makers obsessed with headline power outputs. The car is still a little short of personality, which is a challenge the performance-EV world as a whole has to overcome.”
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Model reviewed: 2023 facelift range
Score: 9 / 10
“As if the multi-award-winning Polestar 2 wasn’t good enough, already this improved version offers more range and performance.”
Author: Erin Baker
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The Polestar 2 is a stylish, all-electric sporting crossover built by Volvo’s new luxury sub-brand and delivering a stylish spin on zero-emissions motoring.”
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Model reviewed: Long Range Single Motor RWD (2023)
Score: 8 / 10
“Switch to rear-wheel drive brings a big efficiency boost for Polestar 2 exec. Polestar hasn’t messed with the 2’s looks but just made it better.” (Illya Verpraet)
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Score: 7 / 10
“The Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 is a creditable attempt at electric car thrills, although not quite fully formed.”
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Model reviewed: Single Motor
Score: 7 / 10
“For those with somewhere between £40,000 and £50,000 to spend on a premium-branded, daily-usable family EV, the Polestar 2 will be an appealing choice – and it deserves to be. It has an inviting, high-quality interior to match its outward alternative style, offers a driving experience that’s easy to like and has evidently been conjured with no little care and finesse.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Polestar 2 delivers a really good turn of pace, interior ambience, driving range, and a general sense of wellbeing.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Polestar 2 deserves your attention because instead of reinventing the wheel, it’s nailed the basics, the less glamorous things that actually make a difference to you day-to-day.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The Polestar 2 is available with plenty of range and performance, has one of the best infotainment systems in the business and feels solidly built, making it one of the Tesla Model 3’s strongest rivals.” (Miles Goodson)
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Score: 8 / 10
“The Polestar 2 is cool and understated, but with more than enough power in reserve to thrill should you need it too.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.2 / 10
“As the only real rival to the trailblazing Tesla Model 3, the Polestar 2 is a high-quality first effort from the fledgling carmaker and well worth considering.”
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“Step inside the clean, chic, cabin and a pressure-sensitive monitor in the driver’s seat fires up the electric motors automatically. Now brace yourself, because the near-silent Polestar 2 has Concorde-like acceleration but without the noisy roar.”
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Score: 10 / 10
“Polestar is a new brand and an unfamiliar one. Not for long, I suspect, because the Polestar 2 is the most desirable EV that we’ve tested so far. Competition in the EV world is hotting up and that’s great news for the customer and enthusiast.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“Minimalist Scandinavian design, superb build quality, well-conceived and on the whole great to drive, the Polestar 2 is one of the most complete electric vehicles you can buy. For all of those people who bought the Polestar 2 without even having a test drive they will not be disappointed.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“With the addition of two single-motor variants, Polestar’s Tesla Model 3 rival is more affordable, but still strikes a great balance between practicality and desirability.”
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“The Polestar 2 is a very impressive newcomer on the EV scene.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Another sign electric cars are maturing to become competent and clever. But while the Polestar 2 makes a great everyday car, it’s still no performance hero.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“Stylish with impressive range, the Polestar 2 has the ‘want’ factor.”
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Model reviewed: Long Range Single Motor
Score: 8 / 10
“The Polestar 2 offers zero-emission motoring in a good-looking, practical package, with the options of standard range or long range, and front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. The Long Range Single Motor model tested is cheaper than the AWD model, and the official 335-mile range (or 270-mile range in the real world) is good.”
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Model reviewed: Performance Pack
Score: 9 / 10
“The all-electric Polestar 2 offers an official 292-mile electric range, good performance, excellent traction, and it feels like a premium product.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“Not only does the Polestar 2 look great, it’s sensational to drive and offers build quality that’s superior to its rival – even if it can’t quite match the TeslaModel 3’s pace.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“As a first effort for the Polestar, the 2 really impresses. It looks great, drives well and has a decent range. It’s also practical, while the interior packs real star quality.” (James Disdale)
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Score: 8.8 / 10
“The Polestar 2 is the best reason yet not to buy a Tesla Model3.”
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Model reviewed: Long Range Single Motor RWD, facelift model
“Polestar has made numerous changes to its 2 electric hatchback, but none is more important than this – the entry-level, single-motor version now powers the rear wheels rather than those at the front. Ultimately you can hustle it only so much because it weighs two tonnes and isn’t tuned purely for performance driving, but there aren’t many electric family cars out there right now that offer the enthusiast driver more fun than this.” (Dan Prosser)
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Model reviewed: Performance Pack
“After five hours and 300 miles at the wheel of the Polestar 2, I found myself wondering how I could put one on my driveway. The 2 drives beautifully and I find it enormously driveable, but in terms of range and charging it falls short of the Tesla Model 3.”
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“Talking car Polestar 2 is a Swedish Tesla – only better.”
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Score: 9 / 10
“From the design and technology to the fit and finish, safety and usability, performance and handling, the Polestar 2 really feels like a quality package.”
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Model reviewed: Long Range Single Motor (2023 facelift)
Score: 10 / 10
“The Polestar 2 is a car that is still stonkingly good – better than ever, in fact – and it remains one of the best EVs on sale. You’ll have to live with the fact it isn’t all that roomy, though there’s enough space for a family of four to be getting along with. And you might not be entirely enamoured with the low-speed ride, though even this you’ll probably get used to. Otherwise, though, the 2 is a class act; there’s very little to dislike here.”
Author: Alex Robbins
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Model reviewed: Long Range Single Motor
Score: 8 / 10
“The single-motor version is now the Polestar 2 to choose. Flaws aside, the 2 is still as much of a delight as ever – even more so now it’s lost a motor. You get everything here that’s good about the dual-motor 2, but with a usefully greater range, more agile handling, and better energy consumption.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s hard to escape the word ‘lovely’ when describing the Polestar 2. It’s endowed with one of the loveliest interiors of any current electric car and a lovely sense of sophisticated maturity that makes Tesla’s farting indicators seem rather gauche. This is not the best electric car out there, and neither is it the best value, but it’s still satisfying and truly desirable.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“Polestar may be seen as coming second to Tesla – but that’s often a good place to be. The market is small but growing fast and this likeable car could catch the wave thanks to a more familiar layout for those who have struggled with Tesla’s unashamed disruptive design (and so-so reliability).”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“One of the most complete electric cars money can buy. Superb build quality, and decent to drive.”
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“The Polestar 2 is a lovely piece of design inside and out, and well-engineered. Smooth, quiet, and almost over-endowed with acceleration and grip.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“The Polestar 2 is a thrillingly quick electric car with an exquisite interior and a decent range. Just bear in mind that the similarly-priced Telsa Model 3 Performance is better to drive, has a longer range, a better charging network and is more practical.”
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