Considering a Polestar 2 as an option via a new salary sacrifice scheme we now have at work.
It’s run by Tusker Cars, and they’re now showing the performance pack with the power upgrade, but also a “BST Edition”, which appears to have 21” wheels, and is only available in Snow or Thunder. There must be some other differences though, as the P11d value is 10k more than even the dual motor with all the packs added.
Searching only yields other lease companies listings. Does anyone know what the actual differences are?
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I think you might be on to something there. This article also alludes to the experimental hill climb vehicle being inspired by a pre-production prototype nicknamed “beast” rather than the other way around:
He did tag it with "PS2BST" on Instagram and I suspect he wasn't referring to the switch to British Summer Time BeaST? Have to say that with the cladding painted in body-colour, it does look slab-sided and SUVish.
I think it will be a production version of Thomas Ingenlath's "Beast".
-It has 21" black wheels.
-It's lowered (presumably with a pre-production form of the soon to be released lowering springs)
-It has painted to match lower cladding. That part aligns with a comment made by a Polestar USA rep at a Polestar event today. I asked if an upcoming special edition he mentioned would come in a new color(s). He said it "would have something a little different". Body matched cladding would fit that, and wouldn't be a huge lift for Polestar to implement.
Tom missed a trick, he should have told his engineers to build him a quad motor p2 😬 Then he could have called it a beast at the moment it’s just a baby beast lol.
I actually also found some info on another Belgian Leasing company called ciacfleet. I added more info on a reddit post:
I am currently holding back on ordering one because I hope they will anounce this soon. I actually think it would make sense that they announce it at goodwood FOS this year…
I suspect this is also why the Performance Pack has been pulled from the US ordering system. They probably want to make some headlines by releasing this special edition along with the traditional Performance Pack that will now come with the added power numbers.
Expertly tuned, hand-finished, and racing-stripe adorned. The BST edition 270 is a limited-edition Polestar 2 that raises the bar for electric performance.
Will the lowering kit they are bringing to market make it look similar in terms of ride height? That looks amazing wrapped right around the wheels like that.
Should make it exactly the same. They're advertising the BST as sitting 25mm lower than stock (non-Performance Pack).
The Performance Pack then already sits 5mm lower than the non-PP cars, and the leaked specs for the lowering springs state a 20mm drop, and they're only usable on PP cars. So, seems to me, that yeah, they're the same springs.
I pre-registered for the fun of it. I wonder how they are going to pick. First-come first-served? Random draw? I doubt Canada will get more than a handful, but fingers crossed 🤞
Not that unreasonable. I paid just over 100K for my P2 Launch edition, car, options, pp film, warrantee and taxes all in. These 21" Wheels alone are worth 5K.