Polestar Is Going To Make EVs Look Racecar-Like
This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed has seen a spectacular number of cars grace the event. One car in particular, the Polestar Concept BST is a major head turner for several reasons. It’s a radical looking sports car from a manufacturer that prides itself on conservative and subtle styling.
Flanked by Polestar2, Polestar 3 and Polestar 4, the Concept BST is a quite different beast. Ironically, It’s where the car’s nomenclature originates from. Several years ago, the company built a one-off and unique Polestar 2 that was created in secret by the Head of Chassis Development Joakim Rydholm.
It was meant as a design study to see how extreme the Polestar 2 could be. As such, it had more power, grippier tyres and a much better suspension setup to make it the most thrilling EV that one could drive. The car, with a sinister grey paint scheme, sat parked outside the Polestar HQ where visitors and passersby could see it. And that eventually earned it the “Beast” name.
That was the Polestar 2 BST edition 270. A family sized sedan pumped full of steroids, and as such, produces 350kW/476bhp. It also had bespoke Öhlins dampers and 22-inch wheels wrapped in Pirelli P Zero tyres. In 2023, there was the Polestar 2 BST edition 230, which featured a Nebula paintwork and eco-conscious MicroSuede interior textiles.
That eventually evolved into BTS. It’s a hardcore, no compromise version of an EV sports car. Polestar believes that it wants to develop such a version for every car that it has. The road there requires a design study that’s meant to bring that dream to fruition, which is why this car exists.
It features a radical, angular design that gives it a menacing stance. The large, razor-like headlights, which still retain the Polestar DNA, lend a bold look to the front fascia. The same can be said of the wide, shapely fenders, large and substantial GT-styled rear spoiler make it an attractive racecar for the road.
The car also has a motorsport inspired silver paint scheme, large wrap-around BST decals. The car also gets a large front splitter and a rear diffuser, which together with the rear wing form an aggressive aero package. Polestar admits that the look is theoretical and meant to serve as a design exercise.
This is great news for the EV world because instead of being portrayed as non-threatening, environmentally friendly vehicles, Polestar is helping to reshape their image. The company may single-handedly prove that they are as desirable and as driver focused as ICE sports cars that we have all come to love and cherish.
