Media hyllar Polestar 3 efter provkörning på snö och is
”Man blir stolt som svensk. Dom klarade det!” I slutet av februari provkörde svensk och internationell press prototyper av Polestar 3 på sjöis i Jokkmokk. Bilen hyllas återigen för sin körkänsla och design. Vintertesterna av Polestar 3 genomfördes under de mest extrema och krävande förhållanden på en bana som skapats av Polestars chef för chassiutveckling, Joakim Rydholm. Teamet ägnar tusentals timmar åt att ge Polestars bilar kompetenta och underhållande köregenskaper som hjälper dig att bli en bättre förare. Produktionen av Polestar 3 har startat och leveranser till kunder påbörjas i sommar. Här är några exempel på vad pressen har att säga om SUV:en för den elektriska tidsåldern.
Aftonbladet
”Polestar 3 är extremt följsam på banorna på sjöisen. Efter en stund sitter Joakim Rydholm och jag och småpratar samtidigt som jag lättsamt rattar runt bilen på mer eller mindre konstant sladd. Varv efter varv. Timme efter timme. På tre olika banor, en för låga hastigheter med skarpa kurvor som ibland nyper i slutet, en lite öppnare och en högfartsbana.”, Robert Collin, Aftonbladet.
”Köra:➕➕➕➕➕. Lugn styrning rakt fram, snabb och exakt när det svänger. ‘Torque vectoring’ hjälper till i kurvan. Verkligen en förarens bil, utan att det blir problem för passagerarna.”
Kris Rifa (NO)
“Cancel your Porsche order!”
“My first driving impression is that this is a very competent, quiet and solidly built car.”
“The steering, the way it’s calibrated, is probably the third best I’ve tested in the past few years.”
“If I were to switch my Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo for this car tomorrow, I don’t think I would miss the way my Porsche drives. Because this is really close.”
Visir (IS)
“At first glace, the Polestar 3 doesn’t seem like an SUV. It is stylish and compact, and it actually reminds me a lot more of a sports car than a truck.”
“The driving characteristics of this car are excellent. Being middle-aged and a cautious driver, I’m still able to power slide through icy turns with a five meter long and three ton monster without problems. That speaks for itself.”
Carsales.com.au (AU)
“The all-new, full-electric, family-sized Polestar 3 sets a blistering pace with ultra-involving dynamics, putting the ‘sports’ back into SUV”.
“I’ve driven my fair share of vehicles on snow and ice but this one is a little different. It’s tenacious – it loves hanging the tail out – but it’s really predictable as well, and it helps you have fun, it doesn’t hinder you. If this a taste of what’s to come, I think Polestar is definitely on the right track.”
“"it handles like a sports car” and “has more in common with a Ford Focus RS than a Swedish luxury SUV” sounds outlandish at first, but that’s honestly how it feels.”
“To sum up, the Polestar 3 could be a genuine AMG and M basher”.
CarsGuide (AU)
“It’s hard to believe that this sleek, slight-looking machine, is a full-size SUV, designed to take on the might of such behemoths as the Porsche Cayenne, the Audi Q8 e-tron and the BMW iX.”
“The Polestar 3 is quite wide and low, with this sloping roofline, which is absolutely beautiful.”
“The steering is excellent, the car feels perfectly balanced. You can really feel that 50-50 weight balance. It just pivots like a mid-engine car.”
“The Polestar 3 is a huge step-up in class, driver involvement, design and performance of this proud Swedish born and bred brand.”
Motor Trend (US)
“The luxury electric SUV spent the winters of its formative years on frozen lakes and snow-packed proving grounds in the Arctic Circle, where engineers taught it to neatly tuck its nose into corners under braking and gracefully rotate its tail under power.”
“The 3 is armed with seemingly all the chassis tools you can throuw at a modern performance SUV. Dual-chamber air springs, adaptive dampers, tires that are wider at the rear than the front, a mechanical torque-vectoring rear axle – the first we’ve seen in an EV for the U.S. market.”
“As the next step in establishing Polestar as a serious luxury performance brand, it could be exactly what the company needs.”
Broom (NO)
“I don’t think I’ve ever experienced anything like it.”
“The 3 is a very smooth-driving car, thanks to adaptive dampers and air suspension with two chambers. But here on ice, it is perhaps the torque vectoring system that shines the most.”
“This oozes premium – and there are good seats and a low sporty seating position. I like that. There is also good space. Especially in the back seat.”
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