Based on the specs, drivetrain, battery range and feature content, we were expecting a starting price well above $60k. We’ve driven a lot of Volvos, but the Polestar 2 is the first that checks all the boxes so completely. And it isn’t even a Volvo.
A few hours driving Polestar 2 in Ypsilanti, MI, suggests this battery-electric sportback is as well positioned as anything on the road to challenge Elon Musk.
Volkswagen’s Summer of Love continues with a test drive of a ruby red 1963 VW Karmann Ghia Convertible. In coming days, we’ll share seat time in a 1964 VW Beetle and 1984 VW Rabbit GTI hatchback.
I bring home a lot of fancy test vehicles, but this is the first to arrive in an enclosed flatbed and my non-enthusiast wife said, “I was looking for the checkbook before that van rolled off the truck.”