- Polestar unveils its latest model 5 at the IAA mobility fair
- Grand Tourer remains faithful to the superb concept of precept
- But the owners will have to be satisfied with a “virtual” rear window
After a lot of teasing and undoubtedly one of the most visible concept cars of 2024, Polestar finally withdrew the whole beautiful Polestar 5 Grand Tourer.
Clearly created to tackle the powerful electric sedans of Porsche, Audi, BMW and Lucid, Polestar’s 5 is in two separate flavors – both display very impressive statistics.
The double-engine launch edition, which will cost £ 89,500 $ 187,000 to (around $ 120,000), has a 112 kWh battery pack which is good for 416 miles on a single load, while the powerful motorcycle group expels 737 hp and 812 Nm of torque for a sprint time of 0-62mph of only 3.9 seconds.
Customers can check the “GO faster” box and opt for a performance launching edition which costs £ 15,400 additional / $ 23,100 to but sees production increase to an unfathomable torque of 871 hp and 1,015 Nm of torque. The rest at 62 MPH takes 3.2 seconds, but the range falls to 351 miles.
These kinds of numbers see it hiding in the same high performance pool as the Porsche Taycan Turbo S and GT, as well as the Audi e-tron GT models, with the launch edition improving both with regard to the electric range.
As you can imagine with a modern premium EV, an 800 V electrical architecture is in place to support the rapid load of the Monster 112kWh battery packs. Polestar says it can charge 10 to 80% in about 20 minutes from 350 kW points of sale.
Designed mainly with four people in mind, the front seats were designed in collaboration with the Recaro race specialist, while the sculpted rear benches offer a lot of space for two adults, with a good arm in the middle. You can probably press a fifth little person if you have to.
The Swedish brand has maximized the rear head space by moving the structure of the rear header backwards and – prepare – get rid of the rear window. It is true, it will include the same rear vision system based on the camera as the Polestar 4, which divided opinion.
Inside, Polestar sticks to the same Android Automotive operating system which offers live route planning via Google Maps and all kinds of applications downloadable on a 14.5 -inch portrait display.
The Polestar 5 is also capable of semi-autonomous driving features thanks to its suite from cameras, radars and ultrasonic sensors. It offers its cruise control for pilot assistance at speeds up to 93 mph … if you like speeding.
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The crispy exterior style, the interior minimalist figurines and the performance of monsters give the postar 5 feel like the car that the brand is eager to do.
After all, the company was previously the Volvo’s performance branch and hit the market with a blow when it launched the high power hybrid with an ohlins suspension manually adjustable in the form of the Polestar 1.
Since then, he succeeded with the elegant Polestar 2 and the most recent SUVs 3 and 4, but none of them checked all the boxes for driving lovers. The Swedish brand hopes that the 5 will do such a thing.
Although it is probably not a high volume seller, since it costs so much, the Polestar 5 will undoubtedly act as a halo product to attract new arrivals to the brand.
He has experienced solid sales in recent months, with an increase of 51% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the previous year.
