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This is our in-depth review of the Polestar 4 SUV. We're taking a look at Exterior, Interior and technology.
00:00 Polestar 4 SUV with rear window
01:20 Frunk and Polestar 3 reference
02:40 Length, wheels, performance pack
03:50 New rear and trunk preview
05:50 Battery, charging, price
07:27 Doors and interior quality
08:54 Cockpit, comfort, interface
14:26 Rear seats and build quality
16:05 Trunk/boot details
17:05 Range estimate
Data & facts:
Polestar 4 SUV
Matrix LED in Plus Pack
Length: 4,84 m 191“ (same like Coupé), 6 cm 2“ shorter than Polestar 3
20-22“ wheels
Now more steering precision and overhauled dampers
Performance pack with adaptive ZF dampers and 22“ wheels
15,4“ infotainment
Harman kardon sound in Plus Pack
Seats fabric (tailored knit) or MicroTech or optional animal skin
Steering wheel animal free
Trunk/boot 530 l - 1.665 l
30 l more than Coupe up till cover, 130 l difference to the roof
94 kWh net / 100 kWh gross battery (400V)
11 or 22 kW AC, 200 kW DC charging
10-80 % in 30 Min
RWD 7,3 s or AWD 3,9 s 544 hp
VMax 200 km/h 125 mph
Camp mode
V2L possible
Towing up to 2 t
00:00 Polestar 4 SUV with rear window
01:20 Frunk and Polestar 3 reference
02:40 Length, wheels, performance pack
03:50 New rear and trunk preview
05:50 Battery, charging, price
07:27 Doors and interior quality
08:54 Cockpit, comfort, interface
14:26 Rear seats and build quality
16:05 Trunk/boot details
17:05 Range estimate
Data & facts:
Polestar 4 SUV
Matrix LED in Plus Pack
Length: 4,84 m 191“ (same like Coupé), 6 cm 2“ shorter than Polestar 3
20-22“ wheels
Now more steering precision and overhauled dampers
Performance pack with adaptive ZF dampers and 22“ wheels
15,4“ infotainment
Harman kardon sound in Plus Pack
Seats fabric (tailored knit) or MicroTech or optional animal skin
Steering wheel animal free
Trunk/boot 530 l - 1.665 l
30 l more than Coupe up till cover, 130 l difference to the roof
94 kWh net / 100 kWh gross battery (400V)
11 or 22 kW AC, 200 kW DC charging
10-80 % in 30 Min
RWD 7,3 s or AWD 3,9 s 544 hp
VMax 200 km/h 125 mph
Camp mode
V2L possible
Towing up to 2 t
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MotorTranscript
00:00Knock, knock. Wait a minute. What happened here?
00:03You maybe know the Polestar 4.
00:06This famous Coupé, which has no rear glass window.
00:11It's just closed like here. It was a big discussion.
00:14And this is also the Polestar 4, but it is the Polestar 4 SUV.
00:18And they have given it now a rear glass window,
00:23as you used to, and made it in a more SUV style here.
00:27And this is why this car is now called the Polestar 4 SUV.
00:33And here on Autografu with Thomas,
00:35we're going through all the details, exterior, interior.
00:39What is the difference between the Coupé and the SUV?
00:42And also difference Polestar 3,
00:45the little bit bigger brother to the Polestar 4 SUV.
00:49Here now, everything of that.
00:51Now with me on Autografu in 4K, full screen, full length.
00:54Let's go with the Polestar 4 SUV.
00:57In the front, by the way here, this Aurora color.
01:01Very beautiful color.
01:02And in the front, sleek look.
01:04Especially cool when the, not only the daytime running light,
01:08but also the indicator or the hazard lights are on.
01:11That looks really striking indeed.
01:13Also sleek look.
01:14It doesn't so much look like EV, I would say.
01:17Just let's say normal car design.
01:19And I think that's also a good choice.
01:21Let's directly check out if there is a frunk or not.
01:26Here, by the way, you see that we have frameless doors or windows.
01:30They're pretty thick.
01:31No lamination, but very thick in the glass.
01:34Also good door closing sound.
01:36And then here, we obviously do have a small frunk.
01:40It's not too large, but maybe...
01:41Oh, tiny frunk, baby.
01:44But maybe like for a small charging cable.
01:46Still, they use some dampening underneath.
01:49You might ask yourself,
01:50wait a minute, why do manufacturers do that?
01:52Because there's no engine and so on with the electric vehicles.
01:55Yeah, but still, you know, like from the rolling noise,
01:57from the tires and so on,
01:58there can be noise then coming from here then to the cabin.
02:01And so it's still good to have some dampening there underneath.
02:04And then you can also see that we are here in this premium segment.
02:09If you are already asking yourself, by the way,
02:11wait a minute, if this is now the SUV
02:13and recently the Polestar 3 was updated,
02:16why wouldn't we go for the Polestar 3?
02:18Different price regions and a little bit different length.
02:21Soon more to that.
02:23By the way, the first specification overlook,
02:26we have just happened to have a monitor here.
02:28I can't really read it from where I'm standing.
02:31But if you want like to have this, you know,
02:33nice text, text sheet overview,
02:36you can also now pause this video for a second
02:39and check out some of the figures.
02:41But of course, there are more details to these figures here.
02:46For example, also gross or net battery size.
02:48Soon more to that as well.
02:49The length here is 4 meters 84 or 191 inches.
02:54That's 6 centimeters or 2 inches shorter than the Polestar 3,
02:59which we recently have shown to you.
03:01And it's the same length like the Polestar 4 Coupe,
03:04just that the roof right here is different,
03:07more upright, not falling.
03:09And we have the glass.
03:11Then here we have the 22-inch wheels.
03:13It would start at 20-inch.
03:14But these are 22 because we have the performance pack here
03:18on this car that you can see.
03:19We have also the Brembo Performance Brake
03:22in this contrasting scheme.
03:25The normal base suspension would be a normal steel suspension.
03:29And then optionally, you can also go for the performance pack.
03:33And then you get an adaptive suspension delivered by ZF.
03:37It's the only way you can get an adaptive suspension for this vehicle.
03:40And you would start with rear-wheel drive versions as an entry.
03:43This one has an acceleration figure of,
03:46as you've probably just seen there on the monitor, 7.3 seconds.
03:51And if you go for the overdrive,
03:52additional motor on the front axle,
03:54then you're at 3.9 seconds.
03:56So a little bit slower in the acceleration
03:58in comparison to the Coupe.
04:00Top speed here, by the way, is higher than with Volvo.
04:03Here at 200 kilometers an hour, 125 miles an hour.
04:06And now the biggest change here is indeed,
04:08you have the window now.
04:09Some complained with the Polestar 4 Coupe
04:11that it's maybe too unusual.
04:14And it's not only that you can look through for real,
04:18you still have the possibility to have the digital mirror
04:21that you can see, you know, with the camera to the rear.
04:23That's still possible.
04:24But the main difference, of course,
04:26that you have a little bit more luggage flexibility.
04:29The lights repair goes through.
04:30Very modern and sleek look.
04:32And it's also actually quite practical
04:35that we have the big button here
04:36to open the trunk area.
04:39And today, we also have this luggage set here.
04:42And this is also the difference.
04:45So this way, you could not have stored in the Coupe.
04:49So below the cover, like here, you only gain 30 liters.
04:53But if you load up to the roof right here,
04:57then you gain 130 liters surplus in comparison to the Coupe.
05:03And that's, yeah, the more usable thing.
05:04By the way, a very interesting detail.
05:06Look at that.
05:07I'm not sure if I've ever actually seen that.
05:10This part is usually hard black plastic.
05:13But they have covered it here in felt.
05:15That's a good point.
05:17Yeah.
05:18That's also a good point.
05:20When you hit your head here.
05:22And this maybe also increased sound deadening a little bit more as well.
05:27So that's nice.
05:28Yeah.
05:28I really appreciate this detail here.
05:31And also here at the side and so on.
05:33And here in the lower part.
05:35That looks really like good build quality.
05:36You will, of course, make a detailed interior look for you very soon.
05:40And later, the measurements of the trunk are also to come.
05:44If you're really looking into buying this vehicle,
05:47then of course, the trunk measurements are also very important here for you.
05:50Let's check out the interior because cockpit and so on is also very important.
05:55First of all, the battery specs.
05:57You've maybe read at the side of the car and also at this tech spec sheet
06:01that 100 kilowatt hours is the battery capacity.
06:05That's the gross figure.
06:07The net usable figure, however, is 94 kilowatt hours.
06:11So they use a buffer of about 6 kilowatt hours between the net and the gross figure.
06:1710 to 80 percent state of charge.
06:19The charging in 30 minutes.
06:21This is an electric charging flap here.
06:24AC 11 or optional 22 kilowatts and DC charging up to 200 kilowatt.
06:29And yes, you heard it correctly here by the way, the closing button.
06:32This is still on a 400 volt architecture for now at least.
06:37And that's why the charging figure is also not that impressive.
06:40And then you might ask yourself, yeah, wait a minute.
06:42If the Polestar 3 is just 10 centimeters longer and that one was updated to
06:47800 volt and charges quicker now.
06:49Why should I still pick the Polestar 4?
06:52Basically, there are two reasons.
06:54First of all, this has more, let's say, a little bit sportier, sleek design.
06:57It's a little bit shorter if you need it for parking.
07:00But the main difference is also the pricing.
07:02Because this one is positioned way differently.
07:04So this is about 20,000 euros less in the price.
07:09Pricing here for this one starts in Germany under 60,000 euros.
07:12And goes up if you go like all-wheel drive, performance pack,
07:16like it stands right here, close to 80,000 euros.
07:19Whereas the Polestar 3 would be like 80 to 100 plus something like that.
07:24So this is then the main price difference.
07:26Very beautiful that we have these frameless side mirrors.
07:30That basically the frame is the mirror itself already.
07:33That you don't have like a big bezel at the side.
07:36Polestar and Volvo have introduced that.
07:37It's really beautiful scheme.
07:38Here you can see the door handles.
07:40They come out and then they are actually manual.
07:44I'm more a fan of always standing out ones.
07:47Designers love it when it's flush integrated.
07:49But they will disappear bit by bit, definitely.
07:52Because the Chinese market is disallowing these flush door handles.
07:56And then as I said earlier, you have good door closing sound.
07:59Although these are frameless doors.
08:02And that is actually a very rare thing to have.
08:04So yeah, nice.
08:06And then yeah, the windows are pretty thick.
08:08That's cool.
08:09And inside of the doors, we have here soft touch on the top part.
08:13This is a fabric insert then here.
08:15You have, of course, different color schemes.
08:17Beautiful.
08:17Also this metal galvanizing here for the window levers.
08:20And this would be the release,
08:22which is also at the same time a manual release then to get out.
08:26In the lower part, oh, look at that.
08:28This is not hard black plastic.
08:30This is even covered.
08:32You know, even this one is really soft here.
08:36And the inside part here is maybe not the softest,
08:39but still is very nicely done.
08:41Also then with rubber on the ground.
08:44So this is a better build quality than we've recently seen with most cars actually.
08:48Optional Harman Kardon sound system.
08:49You, of course, have some packages like a Plus and the Prime package.
08:53And then you also have that included.
08:54Now to the cockpit here of the Polestar 4 SUV.
08:58So first of all, we have this glass roof that spins all the way across the vehicle.
09:03Then with 189, 642, there's still enough headroom left.
09:06No problem.
09:06The seating position.
09:07This is also a difference to the Polestar 3
09:10because the Polestar 3 is the more upright SUV.
09:12So you sit more like this, so to speak.
09:15Here you sit a little bit more in the car.
09:17You have indeed more a coupe feeling,
09:19although it's called SUV now because of the rear.
09:22That means also when you have long legs,
09:24you see that the knees just stand higher
09:26because the floor of the car is also higher.
09:30At some point, you gotta put the battery somewhere under the floor,
09:33you know, and then the floor itself moves up.
09:36So I sit better from the ergonomics in the Polestar 3.
09:40That is definitely to mention because this is a little bit lower,
09:43but then you have this, let's say, sportier driving position.
09:46The seat always looks sporty here with this integrated head restraint style.
09:50You would start with the base fabric seat called Tailored Knit.
09:54Then you have a full leatherette available,
09:57which is also with sustainable materials, for example.
10:00So Polestar is paying attention to that.
10:01This one is the optional animal skin pack.
10:04The material is not softer, rather harder than the leatherette,
10:09I have to say.
10:09The only thing which is a bad choice, I feel,
10:13is that they combine the option to have a seat cooling
10:16with getting the animal skin option.
10:18And that's not how it's done, you know.
10:20You have to show the customers,
10:21hey, we have the new materials
10:23and you can get the same luxury features.
10:25That's how most manufacturers do it.
10:27Meanwhile, Polestar, sadly not, with the steering wheel.
10:31This is a good example, again, how it's done
10:33because I even had to ask myself
10:36and also the product manager three times,
10:38is this not animal skin?
10:40It looks like it, it feels like it,
10:42but it's actually leatherette in all trims.
10:44So yeah, this is a good example of how it's done.
10:47Also, what's good that meanwhile,
10:49in comparison to the very early versions of the Polestar 4,
10:51we have here upgraded steering wheel
10:54with now physical dials.
10:57And you don't have like these capacitive touch things.
11:00This is also customer feedback.
11:01You have real dials, cruise control left, right side.
11:04You can increase the volume, decrease the volume,
11:06and also go through the menu here
11:09and the digital instruments and so on.
11:11And this really gives you a good feedback.
11:14So appreciate to have this now.
11:16To change the steering wheel up and down, in and out,
11:19you have to go to the menu
11:20and then do it with the buttons right here.
11:22Gear change are here, up and down,
11:25and the instruments are not placed on the steering wheel
11:28like with Polestar 3, but they're integrated right there.
11:30And I do appreciate they're a little bit far away
11:32and they also don't move together with that.
11:36But basic info here,
11:38and you can also get a head-up display here.
11:39It's also the box integrated right there.
11:41It's an interesting fabric material, by the way,
11:44here on top of the dashboard.
11:45So everything then is covered.
11:47Harman Kallen Sound System is an option, as I said.
11:49Fabric here.
11:50So you have basically no hard black plastic here
11:54in this interior.
11:54And also, hardly any high gloss black.
11:58A little bit on the steering wheel.
11:59Well, around the screen, a little bit this bezel here,
12:02but that's fine.
12:03Looks still good.
12:04But then especially this middle part here,
12:06everything soft touch,
12:08no high gloss black and so on.
12:10If you have the performance pack,
12:11then you also have this bigger
12:13orange-yellow-ish ring around
12:15for the play-pause button.
12:16And here also, nice turning sound
12:20of this volume jog.
12:21Inductive charging pad is there in the front.
12:24Doesn't seem to be ventilated though.
12:26And then you can slide this one open.
12:28Nice aluminum look.
12:30Cup holders, four-dot adaptive design.
12:32That's good.
12:32Big enough.
12:33Yet at the same time, they hold them tight.
12:35Then soft for your elbow.
12:37Could maybe be a little bit softer.
12:39Underneath, two USB-C charters,
12:40a little bit of space.
12:41And underneath is the biggest space area
12:44right here, there,
12:45where you can put some more clutter
12:47as for that one.
12:48So to be optimized,
12:51yeah, maybe a physical climate unit.
12:53I would appreciate that.
12:55Seating could be a little bit more upright,
12:57but maybe you can also put the seat higher
12:58a little bit.
12:59You have some space left.
13:01Yeah, these are my main points,
13:03especially like when you have long legs and so on.
13:05But the build quality is really astonishing.
13:08And I feel when you look at the middle console here
13:10and at the inside of the doors and so on,
13:12that the build quality is actually better
13:15than with the more expensive Polestar 3.
13:18That is astonishing, right?
13:19In the screen, by the way,
13:21at least you can directly access the climate unit.
13:23So it's not the two-step design
13:25as we have sometimes seen from Volvo and Polestar.
13:28So you can directly see here plus minus.
13:30That's easy.
13:31And here you can also then access
13:33steam reheating, seat heating,
13:35the seat cooling.
13:36Yeah, I would wish for the leather red seat
13:38with the seat cooling combination.
13:40They should offer that definitely.
13:42Actually, quite good overview.
13:43The screen and everything works quicker now.
13:46And important that they have the native Google Maps support
13:49because they have the whole system done by Google.
13:52They can see you can have the maps all over the screen.
13:56And yeah, although we are in the satellite view,
13:59it reacts very quickly.
14:01And that is, of course, very well appreciated.
14:03The charging stop recalculation and so on
14:06also then works via the screen.
14:08I can now look to the rear mirror
14:11and see light behind me,
14:13even though the window is small.
14:15But they can still switch it to the camera view.
14:17In this case, you only see white background in the studio.
14:21But if you load everything up to the roof,
14:24then you would still have this camera possibility.
14:27Then the rear seats here inside of the doors,
14:29everything is covered here as well.
14:31So that's astonishing from the build quality.
14:34There is no hard part.
14:36Even here, the lower part of the doors,
14:38once again in the rear doors,
14:39that is the most astonishing thing for me today.
14:42Isofix on the outside of the seats.
14:46Head restraints are also nice from the form and so on.
14:49But yeah, the platform here is not too high,
14:52as I explained in the front.
14:54In the rear, it's even more obvious.
14:55You can see here the angle of my knees.
14:56So if you're tall,
14:58legroom-wise is no problem here.
14:59You still have a lot of legroom.
15:01Yeah, it's also a long car.
15:02But then again, your feet are relatively high,
15:04and then you sit a little bit weird.
15:07With a headroom,
15:08there's actually no problem here with 1A9 642.
15:10It's more like this leg problem
15:12if you have really, really long legs.
15:14But the build quality is really,
15:15once again, outstanding.
15:17Then some more luxury features,
15:18like you have even here
15:20an old climate unit in the rear
15:22with seat heating, for example, as well.
15:25Two USB-C chargers,
15:26even with 60-watt output.
15:29And you can put this one here down.
15:32Then there we go.
15:33You have an additional armrest here.
15:38And yeah, this is the other luxury feature
15:41that you have here, these buttons.
15:42You can also see them right here.
15:44This is then for the inclination of the seat.
15:46And you can either make this rather cargo position,
15:50more upright,
15:51or you can make a relaxed position here.
15:53I'm pressing them both at the same time here.
15:55Then you have a little bit more backward,
15:58and you can relax a little bit more like this.
16:00In the front here, there we go.
16:03We also have some additional cup holders.
16:05Now the trunk measurements
16:06and some interesting details.
16:08So first of all,
16:09we have all the suitcases out.
16:11And then this one here,
16:12you can either lift up for more space underneath here
16:14in this area,
16:15or you can also directly put it in the lower area.
16:19And then you also have additional height.
16:21Then up to 29 inches or 73 centimeters.
16:25The normal length of the trunk is at 39 inches or 98 centimeters.
16:30And here you can see the difference.
16:32Length backward,
16:34and this is more cargo position in here of the seat
16:37where it's a little bit more forward.
16:39And then the width here is,
16:42this is astonishing.
16:43This is like 1 meter,
16:4410, 43 inches here.
16:45So it's not only standard 1 meter,
16:4840 inches measurement,
16:49but even a little bit longer.
16:51So that's cool.
16:51And then to fold the seat,
16:53there is no remote unlock here.
16:55So you have to go like this.
16:57And then the total length here,
16:59from the front seat to here,
17:01we are at 73 inches or 1 meters 85.
17:05What rear-world range can we expect?
17:08Roughly 500 kilometers, 300 miles.
17:11Of course,
17:11always depends on the condition and the situation.
17:14And if you'd like,
17:15we can do a driving test for you here very soon
17:17with the Polestar 4 SUV.
17:20Looking forward to your comment.
17:21And if you like this one better than the Cope,
17:23I think it's a good choice because this closed,
17:27no window concept of the Cope limits the customer group.
17:30This one then has a wider customer group.
17:32Yes.
17:33I like with the Polestar 3 that we have the 800 volt charging now
17:36with the recent upgrade.
17:38However,
17:38this one then will be lower in the pricing.
17:40And that's why it's also attractive.
17:41And I gotta say that from like build quality detail-wise,
17:45this one was actually even better.
17:48That was very interesting to me.
17:49And now if you're interested,
17:51check out the Polestar 4 Cope
17:53and the recently upgraded Polestar 3 SUV.