Credit where it's due to Polestar, it's trying harder than most to make EVs fun for the enthusiast ❄️
track focused build. Now there's another really interesting one-off from Polestar, this 2 built for ice driving - the Arctic Circle.
Not the most imaginative name perhaps, but a great looking concept. Using a Long Range Performance Pack car as its base, the 2 Arctic Circle has been lifted by 30mm, boosted to 469hp, and fitted with winter tyres boasting 490 studs per tyre. Which is all kind of par for the course, but Polestar hasn't stopped there in creating its Andros Trophy wannabe.
So, why do it? We have Joakim Rydholm to thank, Polestar's chief chassis engineer and rally driver in his spare time. He loves how snow and ice can show off a car's dynamics, basically:"With such low levels of grip, we can feel and analyse the dynamics at a much slower pace than on tarmac, which means we can really fine-tune the way our cars behave, down to the smallest details. This is my absolute favourite place to develop cars.
Obviously, the Arctic Circle isn't going to be made, but the very fact it exists does at least show some intent from Polestar - as with the Beast - to inject a little bit of attitude into an entire sector that can feel a bit sterile. Perhaps the emerging trend for off-road supercars like
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