Is Polestar making ready to disclose an up to date model of its limited-edition Polestar 2 BST Version 270?
The Swedish-Chinese language carmaker and has teased what’s more likely to be a brand new Polestar 2 BST Version 270 on Twitter forward of its reveal on March 21.
A brief video posted on Twitter by Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath briefly exhibits the entrance and aspect profiles of the automotive.
There are gold-painted brake calipers, in addition to massive black alloy wheels wrapped in Pirelli P Zero tyres. All of those options are from the Polestar 2 BST Version 270.
The corporate may very well be reinventing the BST Version 270 to align it with the current replace the Polestar 2 acquired.
Polestar first revealed the modified Polestar 2 BST Version 270 in June 2022 and solely 270 examples have been made, none of which got here to Australia because it was constructed completely for Europe, North America and China.
Every of the fashions function a dual-motor all-wheel drive setup producing whole system outputs of 350kW of energy and 680Nm of torque.
That’s the identical energy and torque as the present Polestar 2 Lengthy Vary mannequin after it has been upgraded by way of a $1600 software program replace.
Polestar claims the BST Version 270 handles higher due to its 25mm decrease suspension, 20 per cent stiffer shock absorbers, and a entrance strut bar.
The automotive can be fitted with Öhlins two-way adjustable dampers, which function auxiliary adjustment chambers below the bonnet.
As just lately reported, Polestar detailed a lot of modifications for its Tesla Mannequin 3 rival together with single-motor variants switching from front-wheel drive (FWD) to rear-wheel drive (RWD), amongst different alterations.
Australian clients will have the ability to order a 2024 Polestar 2 within the second quarter of 2023 by the Polestar Australia web site. First deliveries are anticipated within the third quarter of this yr.
The 2024 model-year replace to the Polestar 2 follows very comparable modifications to the Volvo XC40 and C40 Recharge electrical crossovers, which use the identical CMA structure and are made in the identical Chinese language manufacturing unit.
For now we’ll have to attend and see what Polestar has in retailer for this potential up to date model of its Polestar 2 BST Version 270.
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