The Car Connection Expert Review
Likes
- Sleek hatchback design
- 300 miles of range
- Good performance specs
- Great standard features
Dislikes
- No rear window
- Chunky dash
- Cramped cargo room
- Long-term viability?
Buying tip
features & specs
The 2025 Polestar 4 separates its electric DNA from Volvo in the form of a sleek European hatch tilting toward performance.
This preview of the 2025 Polestar 4 will be updated with drive, tech, and cabin impressions when we test it later this year.
What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Polestar 4? What does it compare to?
The 2025 Polestar 4 boasts a coupe-like roofline, pretends to be a crossover SUV, but it’s really a hatchback. However it’s classified, it’s all electric, and fits between the Polestar 2 and Polestar 3 midsize crossover in the electric brand’s growing lineup. Rivals range from the Porsche Macan EV to the Genesis GV60.
Is the 2025 Polestar 4 a good car?
We won’t know until we drive it late this year, and there are a lot of questions about Polestar doubling its lineup this year with the launch of the Polestar 3 crossover SUV and the sleeker, more European Polestar 4. The style, standard features, and price-performance ratio bode well for its TCC Rating. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
What's new for the 2025 Polestar 4?
The 2025 Polestar 4 is all new though it shares a platform with other electric vehicles from parent company Geely. Unlike the larger Polestar 3 launching later this year, it doesn’t share a platform with any Volvo cars sold in North America so in design at least it carves out a more distinct profile as the two Swedish brothers distance themselves in the electric vehicle marketplace.
Like other electric vehicles, from the Kia EV6 to the Cadillac Lyriq, it looks less like a traditional crossover SUV than a blend of design elements that incorporate the low rounded rear of a hatchback with the long profile and roofline of a wagon. Polestar calls it an SUV coupe. Short overhangs and a long wheelbase give way to a dipped nose that flows over a raked windshield and a long roof that curves into the tail. That’s where the Polestar 4 gets…interesting. There is no rear windshield on the curved hatch. It’s a solid panel that drops down vertically over the full-width taillight. Instead, a camera system gives drivers views of what’s behind them, which is a feature found in some mid-engine supercars. Frameless windows and flush retractable door handles accentuate its sleek profile.
The interior is more familiar, though unlike earlier Polestar vehicles it won’t be mistaken for a Volvo. A flat-bottomed steering wheel opens up to a low and wide 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster. Beside it, a large 15.4-inch touchscreen mounts on the dash like a rectangular tablet. It incorporates virtually all climate and vehicle controls, as well as an infotainment system run on Android and featuring Google built-in app suite. The console angles up like a ramp and holds on dial for audio and to twist through the screen displays. The console opens up underneath for storage and for cupholders. The layered dash is simultaneously clean and blocky.
2025 Polestar 4 range and performance
A 102-kwh battery girds both the single-motor rear-wheel-drive model and the dual-motor all-wheel-drive Polestar 4. The single-motor model aims for range over acceleration, with a 300-mile estimate overshadowing a 0-60 mph time of 6.9 seconds. Its motor makes 272 hp and 253 lb-ft of torque.
The dual-motor turns it up to 544 hp and 506 lb-ft, and sprints to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds. The range doesn’t suffer much, at an estimate of 270 miles. Both models can DC fast-charge at up to 200 kw.
Full specs and charging data will be finalized later this year before the Polestar 4 goes on sale. It seats five, and our initial impression is that four adults can fit in comfort.
How much does the 2025 Polestar 4 cost?
The 2025 Polestar 4 arrives with a single-motor rear-wheel-drive model for $56,300, including a $1,400 destination charge. Adding a front motor for all-wheel drive starts at $64,300. With either motor configuration, Polestar offers four “Packs,” or trim levels in Pilot, Pro, Plus, and Performance Packs.
In addition to the 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster and 15.4-inch touchscreen powered by Google built-in, every Polestar 4 rolls on 20-inch alloy wheels and comes fairly well-equipped. Standard gear includes a glass roof, a heat pump, a power tailgate (or hatch, natch), power front seats, a wireless smartphone charger, a surround-view camera system with a 3D view, and adaptive cruise control.
The Pilot Pack costs $1,500 more on the rear-wheel-drive model, but it’s standard on the dual-motor Polestar 4. It adds the brand’s limited hands-free driving system.
The Pro Pack ($2,000 more on RWD, $600 more on AWD) sizes up to 21-inch wheels and has what Polestar calls Swedish gold valve caps. The Pro Pack paints a gold stripe on the seatbelts.
The Plus Pack ($61,800 for RWD, $69,800 for AWD) marks a larger step in terms of content, and might be the best luxury value, and popular in China. It adds synthetic leather upholstery, a head-up display, 12-way power front seats, reclining rear seats, a rear entertainment screen, heated rear seats, a heated steering wheel, Harman Kardon sound, and an 11-kw onboard charger.
Exclusive to the dual-motor model is the Performance Pack that brings the price to $74,300. It has 22-inch forged wheels wrapped in summer performance tires, Brembo brakes (calipers painted “Swedish gold”), upgraded disc brakes, and a stiffer chassis.
Where is the 2025 Polestar 4 made?
In China, initially, but will migrate to a Renault plant in South Korea early in 2025. Eventually, perhaps before 2026, production of North American vehicles will begin in South Carolina.
