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11-14-2020, 02:55 PM | #1482 |
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My son and I just took about a 12-15 minute test drive by ourselves in this car, I know it’s not a Tesla but it is fully electric so I posted it here.
It is pretty cool car, good acceleration, still pushes your head back due to the instant electric acceleration and overall a really cool car. It has a regular dashboard and also an iPad like screen in the middle. It is not as fast as the model 3 but the power is good. It doesn’t have the cool feature of seeing the cars around you like the Tesla and I actually like the idea of no dashboard in front of the driver in the model 3 Compared to having the dashboard like this car has. Strange thing is you buy it from a Polestar dealer (not really a dealer but a rep from what I understand) but all service is done by Volvo who btw does not sell the vehicle One other note, it felt like a drivers car, nice steering which is adjustable in heaviness and it handled the curves really well. This electric thing is really growing on me !! One other note, it is a hatchback and looks much better in person then the pictures, I thought it would be X6 looking but it is much more car like in person Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
11-14-2020, 07:59 PM | #1483 |
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11-15-2020, 12:28 PM | #1484 | |
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Leaving the Chinese part aside, the Polestar 2 is a much more interesting proposition to me than the Tesla. Don’t see myself buying one, but maybe the next version?
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11-15-2020, 05:01 PM | #1485 | |
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Yep. Interesting to note that you can’t actually buy them through a volvo dealer (if I understood correctly from Alan’s post). Maybe it’s a clever way to circumvent dealer franchise laws and sell direct? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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11-16-2020, 12:50 PM | #1486 | |
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Yes you can only buy them from an authorized Polestar dealer and it looks like there are only 4 in the US. |
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11-16-2020, 01:53 PM | #1487 | |
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11-16-2020, 02:52 PM | #1488 | |
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It's a neat looking car, but the whole Polestar thing is kind of weird, especially since there's just SO MUCH Volvo in the design language. |
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11-16-2020, 02:55 PM | #1489 |
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I saw one of these driving down I-95 today, except it clearly said "Volvo" and "T5" on the trunk. I has confuse.
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11-16-2020, 03:16 PM | #1490 | |
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A) this has standard Volvo styling cues, so if you look really quick it kinda looks like a regular Volvo B) Volvo offers a “polestar” package & dealer accessories for their regular models which is basically a performance kit, kind of like BMW M Performance - which makes it confusing when they use the same name for what is supposed to be a totally different brand. https://www.volvocars.com/us/cars/ne...&redirect=true
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