Polestar will stop production of its flagship plug-in hybrid later this year – and a matte gold edition, limited to 25 cars, signs it off in style.
The Polestar 1 coupe debuted in 2019 as a headline-grabbing way to launch the company as a standalone brand from Volvo.
It was always intended to be Polestar’s only hybrid model and the marque will now become fully electric. The 1 produces 609hp and has a 77-mile zero-emission range.
“It’s hard to believe that our halo car comes to the end of its production life later this year,” said Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar. “We pushed boundaries with this car, not only in terms of engineering but also in its design and execution. Polestar 1 set the tone for our brand and its genes are evident in Polestar 2 – as they will be in our future cars to come.”
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The model will be phased out with a limited edition model that features bespoke matte gold exterior paint, plus matching brake calipers and black wheels. The interior has colour-matched gold stitching.
In our review, we said: ‘This is a fabulous piece of design. An elegant roofline and pronounced haunches evoke the classic Volvo P1800, as driven by Roger Moore in The Saint, while the 21-inch alloys radiate concept car cool.
‘There are some exotic components in the mix, too. Bespoke Öhlins adjustable dampers are more readily seen in motorsport, and offer five stages of adjustment – or 22 if you’re prepared to get the spanners out. And the six-piston front brake calipers come from Akebono: the supplier used by McLaren for the P1.’
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