It looks like all the first drive reviews of the Polestar 1 are coming out today and one thing that immediately caught my attention was this video from Edmunds.
Apparently you can manually dial in your suspension settings under the hood. There are 9 levels of stiffness to choose from.
That's really cool that Polestar set that up for the suspension. What's funny is all the Tesla fanboys thinking their cars are better because they can adjust the suspension from a screen.
I had the opportunity to drive one here in the United States a few weeks ago and I was amazed by how nimble it was. You can tell a ton of engineering went into the suspension set-up of Polestar 1, and you would never in a million years believe that this is a 5,000 lb. vehicle. Polestar 1's handling characteristics defy preconceived logic and it's truly amazing.
Polestar 2, if optioned with the performance Package will also see this same set-up as well.
Autocar shared their 2020 awards and in the "Game Changer Cars" category the Polestar 1 was one of the 4 winners.
The 4 winners were the Polestar 1, Porsche Taycan, Ford Puma, and the Aston Martin DBX.
Here's what they wrote about the Polestar 1.
Polestar 1
Polestar would probably rather...
The EPA has released their range ratings for the Polestar 1. According to their results the it's rated at 52 miles of electric-only range and 58 MPGe.
It's lowed than Polestar's claim of 60 miles of electric-only range and is lower than other PHEV's like the BMW 530e and the Mercedes S560e...
BMW is reportedly planning a followup to the i8 based on the Vision M Next (pictured). According to Car and Driver, the plug-in hybrid supercar would be capable of up to 60 miles of electric driving per charge, would have looks based on a historic BMW model, and would have a combined system...
