2022 Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 revealed, not for Australia

Polestar has exposed its rival for the Tesla Product 3 General performance electric car or truck, the hardcore 2022 Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 – but it’s not coming to Australia.

Just 270 of the particular-edition Polestar 2 electric automobiles will be constructed, adding extra energy, sharper dynamics and a one of a kind look to Polestar’s debut mass-created product.

Even so, all of the 270 autos are destined for Europe, North The united states and China – all but ruling out an Australian launch.

Marketed beneath the Polestar Engineered tuning division – a title utilized most recently to flagship plug-in hybrid Volvos – the Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 is based on the ‘Beast’ prototype revealed at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Pace in the British isles.

Upgrades over a typical Very long Assortment Dual Motor model involve revised two-way Ohlins manually-adjustable dampers, a 25mm-decreased journey height, a entrance strut bar, and 20 for every cent stiffer springs.

New 21-inch matte black alloy wheels fill the arches – inspired by the previously Polestar 1 coupe – wrapped in 245/35R21 Pirelli P Zero tyres designed precisely for the Polestar. The 4-piston Brembo brakes at the moment bundled into an optional Effectiveness Pack remain.

The BST Edition 270 receives the Prolonged Range Dual Motor variant’s $AU1600 efficiency software program update as regular, which ups outputs to 350kW/680Nm (from 300kW/660Nm) for a 4.4-next -100km/h time.

Although that’s .3 seconds quicker than the regular 300kW Polestar design, it’s far more than a 2nd off a Tesla Model 3 Performance’s 3.3-next assert.

Visible updates to the car include system-colored side skirts, bumpers and wheel arches, gloss black aspect mirrors, and ‘Swedish gold’ accents on the brake calipers, dampers, wheel valve caps and seat belts.

Consumers can pick concerning Thunder (gray) and Snow (white) exterior colors, with a complete-size matte black stripe available as an option, together with a total ‘Battleship Grey’ satin wrap by 3M.

Production of the Polestar 2 BST Version 270 is thanks to get started in mid-2022 – in other words, imminently – ahead of initially abroad deliveries (but not in Australia) in late 2022.