maybe not ... but they are out to replace you too ... the tech giants will keep pushing AI until you don't need to drive, or go shopping, or heck .. even breath ... 'You are no longer needed - GAME OVER'
I'm okay with digital side-view mirrors because they can essentially remove nighttime glare and blind spots, but yea, not a big fan of digital rear-view mirrors. Moving your head or the mirror around to get a better look at something, is also lost with digital mirrors
If they remove any mirror it should be for a better option, this is not. I am used to driving vans that have nothing, you get used to it but still; why no rear window? its not a cheap car so it can not be the price.
The stupid thing about the no rear windscreen is that if you’re following a car you can often get a sense of what is going on ahead of them through the rear windscreen. I hate following a van etc for that reason. Honestly, this just seems completely unnecessary.
100%. So many times being able to.see through the car ahead makes for safer driving overall. There is literally no reason to have no window in this car especially when they have a giant pane on the roof.
@@nickthaskater Provided the vehicle has both left and right-side rear-view mirrors, there is no limit when it comes to tinting the back side windows and rear window in Canada.
@@zacstarkey1369 Thank you - everything about this car reeks of 'trying to hit the Chinese market' ... in fact, thats where I recognise that rear end - its a Tuk Tuk
I love that British people say "saloon" instead of "sedan." It always makes me imagine the car walking into an old western-style bar and letting people know this town ain't big enough for the both of us
For us older Brits, pubs used to be divided into two separate areas, often with different entrances, called the ‘Public’ bar and the ‘Saloon’ bar. The Saloon bar was the smarter of the two, often with carpet on the floor, slightly nicer material on seats/benches, and even curtains. The public bar was ‘spit n sawdust’. The saloon bar usually charged more for a pint, as much as 1-2p more. But in essence the word comes from the French word ‘salon’ - a sitting room or lounge, which is why it was used for the smarter part of the bar but also larger, smarter and more specious cars.👍
I don't know this reviewer's name but I like his style. Not foaming-at-the-mouth over-exaggeration but equally not bland, and with nice understated humour - a balanced and considered review. Nice work.
Gorgeous design. IMO Polestar has some of the best interior and exterior design in the industry. Sadly at these price points competiton is tough, and badge matters so much.
I don't understand modern cars. You get a massive skylight but no back wind shield. You get massive screens full of features that nobody wants. The car is also 30%-50% more expensive than most people can pay. And also you can't buy them because they have limited availability in select markets. I really don't get it.
i think things went kakka when they started to design for "dave, who does x job and has y hobbies, etc". somehow that approach divorced manufacturers from buyers. (or it could be they are designing for the chinese market, who want different things from a car than europeans)
@@s.tunafish you’re seriously telling me that somehow practically every manufacturer has decided to shift their focus from driving dynamics to focusing more on technology because they felt like it? Be serious now. They spend millions of dollars on research. They know the market is shifting towards younger, wealthy and more tech-savvy customers. It would be a stupid business decision to not follow the trend
That's a dishonest review if prior to publishing you knew the first 3/4 of the video was a review of a "broken" car. If they gave you access to a working, standard release of the car; why wouldn't you just do the review of that? Seems complaining just for the sake of complaining.
Well maybe the car company should give a car that works. TG dont want to reshoot everything, that would cost money. Rather than them being dishonest, use your brain.
So if you don’t like what he said about your car it’s somehow subjective and should be objective? It’s called a review. And in a review guess what? It’s not objective it’s subjective because it’s his opinion based on his experiences with this car.
For a moment there I thought polestar 4 driving experience was bad and IF I didn’t watch the entire video I would have left with that opinion on my mind. Glad I watched it entirely but this can fool other viewers and get the wrong idea.
It allows the rear roll structure to be moved rearwards instead of above the rear passengers, which means a low roof line (for aero) without compromising rear headroom and a large glass roof. Many cars already compromise this with poor rear visibility
This car and some of its design (key, rear window) can be summed up bu this quote from some bloke called James May "It's an ingenious solution to a problem that should have never existed in the first place"
I can't believe they've skimped on the processor for the tablet again. The Polestar 2 one is so laggy that you would think they wouldn't make the same mistake. What difference does it make for a couple of hundred quid processor in a 60k+ car??
Love this car. Lack of a rear window is a bit disorienting, but it's everything I want in a car. Clean elegant design, high tech, beautiful interior, sporty but comfortable and refined.
I drove the new Range Rover Vogue with a camera for the rear view mirror and it wasnt a great experience because its so much harder to judge the distance of the car behind
Not very honest video, you should have clearly stated that it was not a fully working car, and that you review an updated one on minute 15:10, which is way better.
Why is it Top Gear presenters now have stupidly ridiculouspompous job titles, like associate this or chief that… A symptom of corporate decay. A decay that is also found in their product, which is a mere shadow of the real Top Gear. R.I.P. Top Gear.
I drive a P2. Everyone in the car gets jostled on bad roads. unless polestar fixes the suspension to be electronically adjustable, i wont buy one. It is TOO BUMPY
The lag on the tablet alone is a massive dealbreaker :-( If ai’m driving and want to quickly press something, I need to trust it will do that thing without me thinking about it. If I have to properly look at the screen and babysit it, then it becomes a dangerous distraction
Agreed. I think they should have regulations on screen responsiveness since it is a safety issue to have a system unresponsive to inputs. If that happened with buttons it would never pass.
4:59 Imagine having to press a touch sensitive screen 9 times while driving before something actually works. God I hate this trend of removing physical buttons.
@@sebastianstoica578 Hoo-effing-ray! I't illegal to use a phone whilst driving because it's known to be dangerous and yet we get a big iPad to faff around with to alter which direction air vents blow.
Not having a single button to switch between custom (user defined) and sport is dumb. They need to add that in a software update. One button, one click. I don’t want to have to navigate through screens. Ideally that button would be on the steering wheel but it’s too late for that. Also I agree about the key fob. It needs buttons. I mean most of the time I just use keyless entry but sometimes I need the buttons e.g. my partner is trying to get into the car and I’m still locking the front door, I can just click the button and she can get into the car. Seems cheap to remove the buttons. Also a new key fob makes the whole experience of owning the car nicer. I have an Audi and I like the key fob. It’s solid with metal parts and feels appropriate given the quality of the car. That fob that you showed us looked like a brick of plastic. Apart from those complaints though, that car looks fantastic. Good work polestar.
I’ve been to the HQ and they’re designed and developed in Sweden. Obviously still reliant on China for the battery however Volvo and polestar will have in house battery production soon. Thepolestar 3 will also be manufactured in California and the polestar 5 is being developed in the UK with lotus collaboration on the chassis and all the impressive driving dynamics they’re renowned for. So whilst Geely are Chinese, the entire dna from design to development is entirely polestar and then built up in China. Say what you want but you should test drive one and fall in love with the dynamics and balance of the brembos and the dual valve dampers.
Polestar has been presenting the 3 and 4 for a few years now but none in Canada besides the 2. Sales are fractions of Tesla, BYD, other Chinese brands, European and big 3 EVs. I think they will fold soon. They already canned their CEO and the new one comes from Vinfast and Nicola! Geely and Volvo will count their losses.
The number of BYDs I've seen on German roads can be counted on one had. With room to spare. The only ones that actually seem to sell in (small) numbers is Polestar... though there are more electric Volvos, also because there are very few dealerships. MG does sell quite well. And Tesla of course, though they are fading. To be honest I'd buy a Polestar, but the 2. Having a rear window matters.
Works great in warm countries, but here in Sweden we get -20° in the winter. No buttons on the remote, what if the electrical system fails. Again, in the winter doors freeze shut if you don’t use anti freeze oil. Leaver for the fron bagage compartment, is it still the 80’s? Laggy screen, how do you change windscreen defroster on the go? Soon enough there won’t be a windscreen, just a huge 60” display. -kan man få en kopp kaffe?
Why the heck did you film this review using a faulty model up until the 15:00 mark? It's quite unfair to the overall Polestar 4 model which is a fantastic car, ya should've done the full review in the properly functioning car.
It tells you something that Polestar through to give journalists flakey cars to review. I've seen others retest because of problems. I test drove a 4 today. Screen being laggy and unresponsive is still an issue.
My fear is that when looking at the rear through the mirror, normally you see things at the distance they are which means you focus at them at a distance. I am farsighted which means with and LCD screen my eyes need to focus on the screen which is about half a meter or less away. I won't be able to focus on it :(
Yup, that was my thought exactly after testing one. You can't quickly glance in mirror, you have to look and consciously refocus, which doesn't sound like much, but it is jarring and feels/is markedly slower. To make things worse the mirror feels much closer to you than normal which exacerbates the issue if you are long sighted. The mirror in our Enyaq is significantly further away.
Like legendary Franco (Raul Julia) in THE Greatest Car Movie ever made would say: "Whats'a behind me is NOT important" (as he just ripped his rear-view mirror from his Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona spider) 🤣
Well that's basically how they market it. From the Polestar website: "Polestar 4 has been engineered to combine SUV comfort with sports coupe handling and performance, resulting in a balanced and highly responsive car. In fact, it's the quickest production Polestar to date."
Will be just as bad as the EV30. Thousands have major issues. I’ve just returned mine as it’s not fit for purpose. Certainly not the Volvo of old for longevity and solid well thought out design. Shocking brand
@@SDK2006b Geely said several months ago that they weren't going to financially support Polestar any longer. There is a strong chance that they wont survive in its current structure.
@@allomony4010 - You're thinking of Volvo (also owned by Geely). which announced that. Here's Geely's statement about it: Geely CEO Daniel Li, also a Polestar board member, said the Chinese automaker would continue backing Polestar. "Geely will continue to provide full operational and financial support to the iconic performance car brand going forward," Li said[May 2024] Lets stop the fake news now !
Gorgeous car, but why go Tesla and ifx something that aint broken? I’d rather have a vehicle with a rear glass for all sorts of conditions. Replacing it with tech introduces more problems.
Amazing & innovative. Driver gets more visibility with the digital rear view mirror and more head space in the back seats. Can be a challenge getting used to but serves a nice purpose
The video mirrors are especially useless for tall drivers. Totally messes with your vision and focus, let alone the sun glare. My wife has one and I can only deal with it by focusing on the road, leaning to the right of the seat, and never using it, unless necessary.
Can't wait for Apple Carplay to extend to the gauges and HVAC controls. Hardware isn't the problem these days. All interaction happens in software, which all manufacturers decide to make themselves and most fail at dramatically. VW used to be the worst at this, their UX is terrible. Just how horribly slow the software on this is makes me sure I don't want one.
0:18 The term coupe and sedan has nothing to do with the number of doors a vehicle has, that's a common misconception, it's based on how the roof is shaped. There are 2 door sedans and there are 4 door coupes.
The chinese car manufacturers whave a lot of new innovative ideas and also revive some forgotten innovative ideas of the past. But the thing is they will gladly try these on their tens of millions of customers around the world before collecting data. They can potentially save a lot on the car prices using this method while gaining valuable insights upon the issues with their products and services.
Electric car tech isn't completely there yet when compared to ICE cars. Chinese car design isn't completely there yet when compared to European cars. Maybe in 10 years I'll get one but for now BEV cars are still in the early adopter phase where you overpay for an unfinished product.
'Frunk'? Such a godawful word! You've been in 'Murica way too long mate, we've had front boots in our 911's, Beetles, etc. for decades: you know Elon Musk didn't invent the concept, yeah?
All Polestar, the new electric BMWs, Teslas, E Mercs etc. achieve is that I'm put off from getting an EV. They are too expensive, rely too much on big stupid touch screens and frankly, too big to be interesting. Can't wait for the Renault 5, Citroen and other small EVs to change my perception.
The Polestar 4 I test drove in Germany had the same touchscreen problems as you had. The assistants were also extremely bad. But driving it manually was insanely good. It's far away from perfect right now.
Dude why waste so much of viewers time? If the Spain car wasn't functioning and you were going to basically undo everything you said in the last minute of the video, why even mention everything else??
Professional car journalist spends time staring at and tapping on iPad Pro sized screen whilst driving along public roads at 40kmh+. Not particularly safe. Next he’ll be making a call without hands-free whilst sinking a pint.
I think this model standards should be lowered and go for a WV ID.4 as competition. Mostly because of how it looks. There's no way that this model fits in the SUV category. And is so different from the Macan that any sort of comparison is just ridiculous.
The P2 is a great EV for the money. But when the P3 and P4 aren't stand out good, but rather, just something above mediocre, but with weird quirks, and cost way way more than the P2... well. That's not good PoleStar. This emerging brand needs to do better I think. They need to stand out in other ways than just being quirky and having vegan interior. The P2 did that allright, by being good value, good design, and now in the newest iteration, top class range and efficiency too. One thing that doesn't bode well for them though, I think, is that they seem to not intend to update their cars, but rather instead, make a new number for each car. I think instead actually, it would be a lot smarter to have one number for each class of car. 3 for SUV, 6 for large sedan, etc. And then not be afraid to completely re-iterate what cars sits beneath that number-designation. That way, they could correct things if the market turns out to dislike one of their models, for example if they do that with this one due to the missing rear window.
why does it have no rear window? what is the reason for that design choice? aerodynamics? or is it so that the entire functionality of the car can in one more regard hinge on the reliability of a piece of technology? also, as a british institution, shouldn't a frunk be a froot?
Stupid size battery. Stupid price. No back window, which is just dumb. Annoying central screen and controls. Volvo have pulled out, Polestar sales have crashed - this is a Chinese car through and through, and if I'm spending that much on a car, I don't want 'recycled' anything. I predict Polestar will be bankrupt in 2 years.
These Top Gear reviews seems they went through approval by complex a bureaucratic committee. Tasteless and bland. Talentless and dull. Hypnotically mind numbing. Like the ‘joke’ about Uranus.😅 OMG help.
Ugly, too heavy, stupid missing window, complete dependence on electronics, one of the brands with the most failures and a company losing money every day.. great deal 😂
I wonder how quickly you won't be ale to see anything out your rear-view camera when it's chucking it down and you're getting splattered by spray and dirt on a typical British motorway in the autumn?
You seem confused. How many times did you refer to this vehicle as a car? Then you doubled down to complain that it's handling isn't good for a "sports car." Seems correct because it's not a sports car at all. Comparing it to one isn't worthwhile.
Umm….. so like every other vehicle with a moronic touch screen, you’ll need to stop the car (somewhere safe!) just to adjust the heater with a finger on your right hand, but in right hand drive countries, these actions will require people to use their left hand….. ooops . No, give me a knob or a button that I can find without taking my eyes off the road. Touch screens in cars benefit no one other than the manufacturer by saving them costs, just like run flat tyres, another nightmare inflicted on owners. 😎
Typical answer: Yeah, all this new technology and unusual design features are really annoying. Impossible to get used to in the first 15 minutes, should be immediate. Why would they do this? Tech is new so obviously unnecessary since other cars I know work fine. The cameras are definitely bound to malfunction when the weather changes because that’s what cameras don’t do in other cars, vans, trucks that use cameras since many years.
This car looses me directly between 4:56 - 5:08 ...if you focus more on adding Uranus than on a usable and working interface while driving...then this is just a marketing gag I' fed up with these banana products
If you’re gonna remove something, it better be in service of adding something better. If they’re not replacing the rear window with solar panels or something, fuckin leave it alone.
Do actual research. The point of them removing it was because the design of the car. Incorporating a swooping healine meant that the rear window would've been small. You can kinda see that when he removes the trunk panel from the rear headrests, it's where a window would've went. There's also the complaints of poor rear visibility such as in the Mach E. The instead put in more rear seat headroom and leg room. It's a neat idea to a minor nitpick, not to mention if you driven a van or a truck before then at least you get a digital mirror.
this car sucks ass lol I just didt a weekend road trip with this. Suspension is horrible thru mountain roads, feels like a yacht i almost feel seasick. no physical buttons for side mirror adjustment, no physical button for opening the trunk, changing the dashboard fan direction is nigh impossible without looking down for 1minute and running into the car in front of you. rearview camera is reflective at night and takes 1 long second for your eyes to adjust. the list goes on and on and on...
polestar 8 will be a 3 row SUV fake coupe fake convertible pickup truck minivan wagon with no rear windscreen, no front windscreen, no windows and a giant panoramic screen all around the cabin and the headliner displaying the outside, and big fans blowing hot wind at the same speed as the car drives, so you actually believe you're driving a convertible in the summer, even under the rain/in the winter and the AI display will transform rainy weather into sunny weather. passenger wearing 3d glasses and sunscreen to protect their skin from the large UV lightbars. at the traffic light the screen will cut the camera streams and display immersive temu targeted video ads depending on the conversation you had just before 😂😂 ok now I'm going to shut up or they're really gonna make it..
It's on the same platform as the upcoming Lotus Emeya. The Polestar 4 has been programmed to not be as sporty in order not to cannibalize the more costly Emeya, IMHO. It's the reason why the Polestar's are not as sporty as they could be. Geely is reserving that for Lotus. A mistake in my opinion because it's only a matter of time for the aftermarket to reprogram the Polestar 4 into an Emeya, and the inclusion of heavy EV's have corrupted the Lotus brand.
It's a really great place to be. That car interior is pretty special. The 4 is generally too big for me, so I'd rather have a 2, but damn the interior feels like such a big step forward.
Enough with made in China mockery. Do Tesla cheerleaders know that half of the Tesla cars are made in China. Half of the Polestar 3s are going to manufactured in the US and half of the P4s are going to be manufactured in South Korea.
Another totally overpriced, over hyped ev that has a rubbish range compared to ice. Wonder if these will randomely catch fire as others have done 🤔 No thanks.
It's a tragic state of affairs what 'cars' have become. Nothing good looking ... laggy screens when should be buttons/knobs, rectractable door handles that will..fail later on. Buy used for as long as you can ....
Ah yes, another soulless "futuristic" car from China. Why would you have the key fob when it acts like the key card? Just a plastic thing that houses an RFID chip that has got no buttons?
No back glass?!!! Some of dumbest ideas like cybertruck that reviewers won't tell companies...the emperor's new clothes is his nakedness which is not a good sight.
It's super cool, except if you are a young parent with child in the backseat. Now i can't watch my kid AND see the back of the road. Real nice polestar
Felt like yall wasted my time with the review of the car’s performance in Spain since it was a pretty different review of the fixed UK version. Should’ve just edited that out instead of dragging it on and then bait and switch.
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Nice number plate
Some drivers may prefer SCHLICK but I doubt that is an option.
2005 called and wants it Chatroom back
@@PowerOfTheBlues Fap fap fap fap.
My plate is HVATUG
😂
‘From cows that didn’t mind having thier skin taken off them’ 😂
I was just about to type this lmao
Swedish cows are quite polite and helpful this way.
@@mufflejoy Production is in China - so no Swedish cows involved. 😉
😂😂😂😂😂
@@Fastvoice also Busan, South Korea in an old Renault plant.
We continue our long march to reinventing the station wagon lmao
IMO, cameras and screens will never be able to 100% replace a real mirror as you lose the sense of depth offered by actual mirrors
maybe not ... but they are out to replace you too ... the tech giants will keep pushing AI until you don't need to drive, or go shopping, or heck .. even breath ... 'You are no longer needed - GAME OVER'
I wouldn’t say never.
With our current tech/cost effective, no.
I do hate them as well though.
I'm okay with digital side-view mirrors because they can essentially remove nighttime glare and blind spots, but yea, not a big fan of digital rear-view mirrors. Moving your head or the mirror around to get a better look at something, is also lost with digital mirrors
If they remove any mirror it should be for a better option, this is not. I am used to driving vans that have nothing, you get used to it but still; why no rear window? its not a cheap car so it can not be the price.
They did in mirrorless camera's and its completely fine now on the higher end models
The stupid thing about the no rear windscreen is that if you’re following a car you can often get a sense of what is going on ahead of them through the rear windscreen. I hate following a van etc for that reason. Honestly, this just seems completely unnecessary.
100%. So many times being able to.see through the car ahead makes for safer driving overall.
There is literally no reason to have no window in this car especially when they have a giant pane on the roof.
These days so many rear windows are tinted very dark, you can't see through them anymore.
@@nickthaskater I doubt it.
@@nickthaskater Provided the vehicle has both left and right-side rear-view mirrors, there is no limit when it comes to tinting the back side windows and rear window in Canada.
@@Stijn5 I'm glad you car quote the first Google search result. I stand corrected.
I missed the point of not having a rear window.
Chinese market - owners will pay a driver - don't need it and will feel more secure ... I suspect that's the truth of it.
Cost reduction, looks fancy and the designers can play more
@@peterschutzerd7238 But they put in complete glass roofs. I would rather have a glass rear window.
@@JIMMYHIBBS1actually sound logic tbf
@@zacstarkey1369 Thank you - everything about this car reeks of 'trying to hit the Chinese market' ... in fact, thats where I recognise that rear end - its a Tuk Tuk
To me, the car doesn't look any better without rear windscreen, what's the point?
Head room in the back apparently
And cheaper to produce ...lighter weight@@ravingmad765
Finding idiots !😂
It's called a gimmick
cost cutting
I love that British people say "saloon" instead of "sedan." It always makes me imagine the car walking into an old western-style bar and letting people know this town ain't big enough for the both of us
For us older Brits, pubs used to be divided into two separate areas, often with different entrances, called the ‘Public’ bar and the ‘Saloon’ bar. The Saloon bar was the smarter of the two, often with carpet on the floor, slightly nicer material on seats/benches, and even curtains. The public bar was ‘spit n sawdust’. The saloon bar usually charged more for a pint, as much as 1-2p more. But in essence the word comes from the French word ‘salon’ - a sitting room or lounge, which is why it was used for the smarter part of the bar but also larger, smarter and more specious cars.👍
@@leangrypoulet7523 ahhh that makes sense. My Gran's old Morris was definitely a Spit N Sawdust car.
I don't know this reviewer's name but I like his style. Not foaming-at-the-mouth over-exaggeration but equally not bland, and with nice understated humour - a balanced and considered review. Nice work.
Tom Ford
Used to present Fifth gear
Gorgeous design. IMO Polestar has some of the best interior and exterior design in the industry. Sadly at these price points competiton is tough, and badge matters so much.
It's what Tesla's interiors should be like
I don't understand modern cars. You get a massive skylight but no back wind shield. You get massive screens full of features that nobody wants. The car is also 30%-50% more expensive than most people can pay. And also you can't buy them because they have limited availability in select markets. I really don't get it.
i think things went kakka when they started to design for "dave, who does x job and has y hobbies, etc".
somehow that approach divorced manufacturers from buyers.
(or it could be they are designing for the chinese market, who want different things from a car than europeans)
It’s what consumers obviously want. If they wanted something else, no manufacturer would be going the Tesla route lol
@@s.tunafish you’re seriously telling me that somehow practically every manufacturer has decided to shift their focus from driving dynamics to focusing more on technology because they felt like it? Be serious now. They spend millions of dollars on research. They know the market is shifting towards younger, wealthy and more tech-savvy customers. It would be a stupid business decision to not follow the trend
@@gavcom4060I hate that this is the reality
@@vannustube It's chinese owned, definitely their main market.
Love the plates on this car 😂
Would you please explain the significance of it for us non-Brits?
@davidg3944 fap is another term for playing with one's self ( PG way of explaining it, lol )
@@papanani7613 Ah, I guess I only noted the plate on the second car...
@@davidg3944 you can say that the number plates means FAP 18 Mature
😂😂😂 I noticed that too 😂😂 And yes I know what it means. Lol
That's a dishonest review if prior to publishing you knew the first 3/4 of the video was a review of a "broken" car. If they gave you access to a working, standard release of the car; why wouldn't you just do the review of that? Seems complaining just for the sake of complaining.
Well maybe the car company should give a car that works. TG dont want to reshoot everything, that would cost money. Rather than them being dishonest, use your brain.
@@enjoshi-godrez8775 Ah, describing what happened isn't objective? I will make a note.
So if you don’t like what he said about your car it’s somehow subjective and should be objective? It’s called a review. And in a review guess what? It’s not objective it’s subjective because it’s his opinion based on his experiences with this car.
Lol, stop shilling for Volvo/Polestar. Why didn't they give reviewers a working car from the jump
For a moment there I thought polestar 4 driving experience was bad and IF I didn’t watch the entire video I would have left with that opinion on my mind. Glad I watched it entirely but this can fool other viewers and get the wrong idea.
Looks like an updated version of the Volvo S60 Cross Country. I like it!
Why not extend that glass roof all the way to the back? D'errr!!!..
Enables the rear seats to be placed further back
Yep same as the Tesla’s do. Seems strange to do this?
The roof bracing that would be restricting headroom has been set further back
It allows the rear roll structure to be moved rearwards instead of above the rear passengers, which means a low roof line (for aero) without compromising rear headroom and a large glass roof. Many cars already compromise this with poor rear visibility
Consider how that would work out in a rear end collision. Removing the rear window is actually a safety feature in this design.
This car and some of its design (key, rear window) can be summed up bu this quote from some bloke called James May
"It's an ingenious solution to a problem that should have never existed in the first place"
I agree. There's no need for a key, just use your phone.
I can't believe they've skimped on the processor for the tablet again. The Polestar 2 one is so laggy that you would think they wouldn't make the same mistake. What difference does it make for a couple of hundred quid processor in a 60k+ car??
Not true at all, as smooth as teslas OS
@@errorerror4039 it seems like you did not see it in the video? I have to agree with Thomas on this
@@JerraPremium i own one
It seems that the screen in this test car is somewhat malfunctioning, based on other reviews I have watched where the screen has no lack at all
@@errorerror4039
I recently was riding in a polestar 2 2023, the screen had massive bezels and wasn’t the smoothest
Absolutely stunning design on this thing 😍
Love this car. Lack of a rear window is a bit disorienting, but it's everything I want in a car. Clean elegant design, high tech, beautiful interior, sporty but comfortable and refined.
I drove the new Range Rover Vogue with a camera for the rear view mirror and it wasnt a great experience because its so much harder to judge the distance of the car behind
Not very honest video, you should have clearly stated that it was not a fully working car, and that you review an updated one on minute 15:10, which is way better.
Full glass roof but no rear window is a crazy decision.
Good luck not crashing in 5 o’clock LA traffic surrounded by Semi’s when merging… 🤦🏾♂️
Why is it Top Gear presenters now have stupidly ridiculouspompous job titles, like associate this or chief that…
A symptom of corporate decay.
A decay that is also found in their product, which is a mere shadow of the real Top Gear.
R.I.P. Top Gear.
I drive a P2. Everyone in the car gets jostled on bad roads. unless polestar fixes the suspension to be electronically adjustable, i wont buy one. It is TOO BUMPY
The lag on the tablet alone is a massive dealbreaker :-(
If ai’m driving and want to quickly press something, I need to trust it will do that thing without me thinking about it. If I have to properly look at the screen and babysit it, then it becomes a dangerous distraction
Agreed. I think they should have regulations on screen responsiveness since it is a safety issue to have a system unresponsive to inputs. If that happened with buttons it would never pass.
I played with it today and it sucked..it is terribly lacky
It’s a pre-production car… software issues should be addressed by final release.
It not lagging at all. I have a Polestar 2 and haven't seen any ever. Nor have I heard about people complaining about it.
@@pyramusk3264 tried it my self in person
4:59 Imagine having to press a touch sensitive screen 9 times while driving before something actually works. God I hate this trend of removing physical buttons.
I believe that from next year, EuroNCAP will start deducting points from cars lacking physical buttons for essential functions.
@@sebastianstoica578 Hoo-effing-ray! I't illegal to use a phone whilst driving because it's known to be dangerous and yet we get a big iPad to faff around with to alter which direction air vents blow.
But why?
Because of pure stupidity, and wilful ignorance.
Polestar will be bankrupt soon, so buying one would be insane.
Not having a single button to switch between custom (user defined) and sport is dumb. They need to add that in a software update. One button, one click. I don’t want to have to navigate through screens. Ideally that button would be on the steering wheel but it’s too late for that.
Also I agree about the key fob. It needs buttons. I mean most of the time I just use keyless entry but sometimes I need the buttons e.g. my partner is trying to get into the car and I’m still locking the front door, I can just click the button and she can get into the car. Seems cheap to remove the buttons. Also a new key fob makes the whole experience of owning the car nicer. I have an Audi and I like the key fob. It’s solid with metal parts and feels appropriate given the quality of the car. That fob that you showed us looked like a brick of plastic.
Apart from those complaints though, that car looks fantastic. Good work polestar.
Polestar and Volvo perfectly encapsulates Sweden and Swedes
none of them are Swedish
Although Polestar headquarters are in Gothenburg Sweden. They are also designed there. Ownership and manufacturing is in China.
I’ve been to the HQ and they’re designed and developed in Sweden. Obviously still reliant on China for the battery however Volvo and polestar will have in house battery production soon. Thepolestar 3 will also be manufactured in California and the polestar 5 is being developed in the UK with lotus collaboration on the chassis and all the impressive driving dynamics they’re renowned for. So whilst Geely are Chinese, the entire dna from design to development is entirely polestar and then built up in China. Say what you want but you should test drive one and fall in love with the dynamics and balance of the brembos and the dual valve dampers.
Polestar has been presenting the 3 and 4 for a few years now but none in Canada besides the 2. Sales are fractions of Tesla, BYD, other Chinese brands, European and big 3 EVs. I think they will fold soon. They already canned their CEO and the new one comes from Vinfast and Nicola! Geely and Volvo will count their losses.
The number of BYDs I've seen on German roads can be counted on one had. With room to spare. The only ones that actually seem to sell in (small) numbers is Polestar... though there are more electric Volvos, also because there are very few dealerships. MG does sell quite well. And Tesla of course, though they are fading.
To be honest I'd buy a Polestar, but the 2. Having a rear window matters.
This is definitely the best looking polestar
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Works great in warm countries, but here in Sweden we get -20° in the winter. No buttons on the remote, what if the electrical system fails. Again, in the winter doors freeze shut if you don’t use anti freeze oil. Leaver for the fron bagage compartment, is it still the 80’s?
Laggy screen, how do you change windscreen defroster on the go?
Soon enough there won’t be a windscreen, just a huge 60” display. -kan man få en kopp kaffe?
Why the heck did you film this review using a faulty model up until the 15:00 mark?
It's quite unfair to the overall Polestar 4 model which is a fantastic car, ya should've done the full review in the properly functioning car.
It tells you something that Polestar through to give journalists flakey cars to review. I've seen others retest because of problems. I test drove a 4 today. Screen being laggy and unresponsive is still an issue.
Change your name, this is not Top Gear
2024, where Top Gear is Fifth Gear.
My fear is that when looking at the rear through the mirror, normally you see things at the distance they are which means you focus at them at a distance. I am farsighted which means with and LCD screen my eyes need to focus on the screen which is about half a meter or less away. I won't be able to focus on it :(
Yup, that was my thought exactly after testing one. You can't quickly glance in mirror, you have to look and consciously refocus, which doesn't sound like much, but it is jarring and feels/is markedly slower. To make things worse the mirror feels much closer to you than normal which exacerbates the issue if you are long sighted. The mirror in our Enyaq is significantly further away.
It looks too Chinese for America. Add in no back window and a crowded $80k EV market, this will flop hard.
Like legendary Franco (Raul Julia) in THE Greatest Car Movie ever made would say: "Whats'a behind me is NOT important" (as he just ripped his rear-view mirror from his Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona spider) 🤣
Who ?
Get a thumbs up 👍 because it doesn’t look like a Volvo 😂 It’s about time they differentiate themselves.
It's write in the news that this company is bankrupt . so what happened ???
That was Fisker
I believe they’ll put in a rear window 2027 and these early cars will be somewhat infamous
Or they'll consult Mr X to the Z Xzibit and replace it by a screen for the ultimate 'hater-vision' 😅
Great, so you get to see bird shit on the roof...
Please learn to pronounce Uranus
You have to stop reviewing every vehicle as a sports car!!!!! This is not!!!
Well that's basically how they market it. From the Polestar website: "Polestar 4 has been engineered to combine SUV comfort with sports coupe handling and performance, resulting in a balanced and highly responsive car. In fact, it's the quickest production Polestar to date."
They should have made the 4 as a regular old school Volvo 245 wagon.
Go all out for a 262C!
Will be just as bad as the EV30. Thousands have major issues. I’ve just returned mine as it’s not fit for purpose. Certainly not the Volvo of old for longevity and solid well thought out design. Shocking brand
EX30
Cars are getting too complicated
Polestar reveals billions in losses; company in distress as debts grow
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Polestar is owned by Geely, which has $12bn of cash.
Also in 2023, Polestar lost $414.7 million, not " Billions"
@mrmawsob2438 you watch that rubbish RUclips channel?🤣
@@SDK2006b Geely said several months ago that they weren't going to financially support Polestar any longer. There is a strong chance that they wont survive in its current structure.
@@allomony4010 - You're thinking of Volvo (also owned by Geely). which announced that.
Here's Geely's statement about it: Geely CEO Daniel Li, also a Polestar board member, said the Chinese automaker would continue backing Polestar. "Geely will continue to provide full operational and financial support to the iconic performance car brand going forward," Li said[May 2024]
Lets stop the fake news now !
Gorgeous car, but why go Tesla and ifx something that aint broken? I’d rather have a vehicle with a rear glass for all sorts of conditions. Replacing it with tech introduces more problems.
Polestar is in financial trouble...... Wonder why?
Videos from the US highlighting that depreciation is off the charts for the P2 put me off the brand.
What do you think of Polestar’s choice to forgo a rear windscreen?
Amazing & innovative. Driver gets more visibility with the digital rear view mirror and more head space in the back seats. Can be a challenge getting used to but serves a nice purpose
The video mirrors are especially useless for tall drivers. Totally messes with your vision and focus, let alone the sun glare. My wife has one and I can only deal with it by focusing on the road, leaning to the right of the seat, and never using it, unless necessary.
@@doritos7134 Visibility is literally worse, and also digitally worse.
Are you D U M B?@@doritos7134
Incredibly stupid
My dad works at polestar with the handling so hope you like it
Excellent review thank yig
Can't wait for Apple Carplay to extend to the gauges and HVAC controls.
Hardware isn't the problem these days. All interaction happens in software, which all manufacturers decide to make themselves and most fail at dramatically.
VW used to be the worst at this, their UX is terrible.
Just how horribly slow the software on this is makes me sure I don't want one.
0:18 The term coupe and sedan has nothing to do with the number of doors a vehicle has, that's a common misconception, it's based on how the roof is shaped. There are 2 door sedans and there are 4 door coupes.
The chinese car manufacturers whave a lot of new innovative ideas and also revive some forgotten innovative ideas of the past. But the thing is they will gladly try these on their tens of millions of customers around the world before collecting data. They can potentially save a lot on the car prices using this method while gaining valuable insights upon the issues with their products and services.
Electric car tech isn't completely there yet when compared to ICE cars.
Chinese car design isn't completely there yet when compared to European cars.
Maybe in 10 years I'll get one but for now BEV cars are still in the early adopter phase where you overpay for an unfinished product.
'Frunk'? Such a godawful word! You've been in 'Murica way too long mate, we've had front boots in our 911's, Beetles, etc. for decades: you know Elon Musk didn't invent the concept, yeah?
Next thing is gonna be an option to add a retractable “air bag” for your glass roof for areas prone to hail storms.
All Polestar, the new electric BMWs, Teslas, E Mercs etc. achieve is that I'm put off from getting an EV. They are too expensive, rely too much on big stupid touch screens and frankly, too big to be interesting. Can't wait for the Renault 5, Citroen and other small EVs to change my perception.
The Polestar 4 I test drove in Germany had the same touchscreen problems as you had. The assistants were also extremely bad. But driving it manually was insanely good. It's far away from perfect right now.
The first few designs from this auto manufacturer are somewhat distinctive in style. The new SUV 3 look 0:00 like every other SUV on the market today.
Dude why waste so much of viewers time? If the Spain car wasn't functioning and you were going to basically undo everything you said in the last minute of the video, why even mention everything else??
Professional car journalist spends time staring at and tapping on iPad Pro sized screen whilst driving along public roads at 40kmh+. Not particularly safe. Next he’ll be making a call without hands-free whilst sinking a pint.
I think this model standards should be lowered and go for a WV ID.4 as competition. Mostly because of how it looks. There's no way that this model fits in the SUV category. And is so different from the Macan that any sort of comparison is just ridiculous.
Different as in way better for far less money?
I wish they just made a wagon not these wierd deformed coupe crossovers
The P2 is a great EV for the money. But when the P3 and P4 aren't stand out good, but rather, just something above mediocre, but with weird quirks, and cost way way more than the P2... well. That's not good PoleStar. This emerging brand needs to do better I think. They need to stand out in other ways than just being quirky and having vegan interior. The P2 did that allright, by being good value, good design, and now in the newest iteration, top class range and efficiency too. One thing that doesn't bode well for them though, I think, is that they seem to not intend to update their cars, but rather instead, make a new number for each car. I think instead actually, it would be a lot smarter to have one number for each class of car. 3 for SUV, 6 for large sedan, etc. And then not be afraid to completely re-iterate what cars sits beneath that number-designation. That way, they could correct things if the market turns out to dislike one of their models, for example if they do that with this one due to the missing rear window.
why does it have no rear window? what is the reason for that design choice? aerodynamics? or is it so that the entire functionality of the car can in one more regard hinge on the reliability of a piece of technology? also, as a british institution, shouldn't a frunk be a froot?
Makes the rear seats much better. Headroom, glass much further back, more light
More space at the back.
The portion on efficiency was way too short. Why not sharing your observations instead of just stating the manufacturer's numbers?
Stupid size battery. Stupid price. No back window, which is just dumb. Annoying central screen and controls. Volvo have pulled out, Polestar sales have crashed - this is a Chinese car through and through, and if I'm spending that much on a car, I don't want 'recycled' anything. I predict Polestar will be bankrupt in 2 years.
That front end is very Genesis GV80 like
These Top Gear reviews seems they went through approval by complex a bureaucratic committee.
Tasteless and bland. Talentless and dull. Hypnotically mind numbing. Like the ‘joke’ about Uranus.😅 OMG help.
Ugly, too heavy, stupid missing window, complete dependence on electronics, one of the brands with the most failures and a company losing money every day.. great deal 😂
Completely UNNECESSARY decision. Just add expenses when that camera or mirror breaks down.
I wonder how quickly you won't be ale to see anything out your rear-view camera when it's chucking it down and you're getting splattered by spray and dirt on a typical British motorway in the autumn?
You seem confused. How many times did you refer to this vehicle as a car? Then you doubled down to complain that it's handling isn't good for a "sports car." Seems correct because it's not a sports car at all. Comparing it to one isn't worthwhile.
Umm….. so like every other vehicle with a moronic touch screen, you’ll need to stop the car (somewhere safe!) just to adjust the heater with a finger on your right hand, but in right hand drive countries, these actions will require people to use their left hand….. ooops . No, give me a knob or a button that I can find without taking my eyes off the road. Touch screens in cars benefit no one other than the manufacturer by saving them costs, just like run flat tyres, another nightmare inflicted on owners. 😎
Typical answer:
Yeah, all this new technology and unusual design features are really annoying. Impossible to get used to in the first 15 minutes, should be immediate. Why would they do this? Tech is new so obviously unnecessary since other cars I know work fine. The cameras are definitely bound to malfunction when the weather changes because that’s what cameras don’t do in other cars, vans, trucks that use cameras since many years.
This car looses me directly between 4:56 - 5:08 ...if you focus more on adding Uranus than on a usable and working interface while driving...then this is just a marketing gag
I' fed up with these banana products
If you’re gonna remove something, it better be in service of adding something better. If they’re not replacing the rear window with solar panels or something, fuckin leave it alone.
Do actual research. The point of them removing it was because the design of the car. Incorporating a swooping healine meant that the rear window would've been small. You can kinda see that when he removes the trunk panel from the rear headrests, it's where a window would've went. There's also the complaints of poor rear visibility such as in the Mach E. The instead put in more rear seat headroom and leg room. It's a neat idea to a minor nitpick, not to mention if you driven a van or a truck before then at least you get a digital mirror.
@@1meen1 I don’t think I have ever seen someone type so many words without saying anything worthwhile. Are you 12?
this car sucks ass lol I just didt a weekend road trip with this. Suspension is horrible thru mountain roads, feels like a yacht i almost feel seasick. no physical buttons for side mirror adjustment, no physical button for opening the trunk, changing the dashboard fan direction is nigh impossible without looking down for 1minute and running into the car in front of you. rearview camera is reflective at night and takes 1 long second for your eyes to adjust. the list goes on and on and on...
polestar 8 will be a 3 row SUV fake coupe fake convertible pickup truck minivan wagon with no rear windscreen, no front windscreen, no windows and a giant panoramic screen all around the cabin and the headliner displaying the outside, and big fans blowing hot wind at the same speed as the car drives, so you actually believe you're driving a convertible in the summer, even under the rain/in the winter and the AI display will transform rainy weather into sunny weather. passenger wearing 3d glasses and sunscreen to protect their skin from the large UV lightbars. at the traffic light the screen will cut the camera streams and display immersive temu targeted video ads depending on the conversation you had just before 😂😂
ok now I'm going to shut up or they're really gonna make it..
It's on the same platform as the upcoming Lotus Emeya. The Polestar 4 has been programmed to not be as sporty in order not to cannibalize the more costly Emeya, IMHO. It's the reason why the Polestar's are not as sporty as they could be. Geely is reserving that for Lotus. A mistake in my opinion because it's only a matter of time for the aftermarket to reprogram the Polestar 4 into an Emeya, and the inclusion of heavy EV's have corrupted the Lotus brand.
It's a really great place to be. That car interior is pretty special. The 4 is generally too big for me, so I'd rather have a 2, but damn the interior feels like such a big step forward.
Enough with made in China mockery. Do Tesla cheerleaders know that half of the Tesla cars are made in China.
Half of the Polestar 3s are going to manufactured in the US and half of the P4s are going to be manufactured in South Korea.
Initially I liked the review, but the background music doesn’t stop. It’s so annoying. Certain scenes, sure, continuous: NO.
Losing the rear window isn't an issue (but then again i drove trucks for a living)
There's way too much weird happening in Polestar cars! That's why the brand is struggling!
Another totally overpriced, over hyped ev that has a rubbish range compared to ice. Wonder if these will randomely catch fire as others have done 🤔 No thanks.
It's a tragic state of affairs what 'cars' have become. Nothing good looking ... laggy screens when should be buttons/knobs, rectractable door handles that will..fail later on. Buy used for as long as you can ....
Why are electric car manufacturers obsessed with solving problems they made for themselves with cameras. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Ah yes, another soulless "futuristic" car from China.
Why would you have the key fob when it acts like the key card? Just a plastic thing that houses an RFID chip that has got no buttons?
No back glass?!!! Some of dumbest ideas like cybertruck that reviewers won't tell companies...the emperor's new clothes is his nakedness which is not a good sight.
Guessing you’ve never sat in one. Maybe do that first before passing judgement…
Learn how to use mirrors ffs
I’ve sat in a few Polestars. I recently chose a Volvo instead due a more down to earth kind of feeling about it.
Thanks for the entertaining video.
Why having some random drums in the background?! Just annoying and doesn't add anything. Just annoying.
It's super cool, except if you are a young parent with child in the backseat. Now i can't watch my kid AND see the back of the road. Real nice polestar
They finally got rid of the ugly, massive touchscreen bezels from 2010.
Felt like yall wasted my time with the review of the car’s performance in Spain since it was a pretty different review of the fixed UK version. Should’ve just edited that out instead of dragging it on and then bait and switch.