The Polestar 5 four-door performance Grand Tourer is launched at IAA Mobility 2025

The Polestar 5 four-door performance Grand Tourer was officially launched at IAA Mobility 2025. The model is available in two versions – the Polestar 5 Dual Motor and the Polestar 5 Performance. Both have an AWD system with a ZF-made front motor and an in-house developed electric rear motor that contributes up to 450 kW and 660 Nm to the Polestar 5 Performance’s 650 kW and 1015 Nm total power output. This allows the Polestar 5 Performance to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds, while the 550 kW Polestar 5 Dual motor takes just 3.9 seconds to complete the same test. Both versions are electronically limited to 250 km/h. The rear motor has a disconnection clutch and when it is off, the Performance model can deliver up to 565 km of WLTP range, while the Dual Motor model can deliver up to 670 km of WLTP range.

An 800 V electrical architecture – the first of its kind on a Polestar vehicle – helps achieve such impressive numbers and allows the Polestar 5 to charge at up to 350 kW on a suitable DC charger. The 10-80% battery charge benchmark can take as little as 22 minutes, and an external charging indicator on the C-pillar gives a first glance indication of the vehicle’s state of charge (SOC). AC charging is up to 11 kW and the 112 kWh battery can be charged from 0% to 100% in 11 hours. The battery is made by SK On with NCM chemistry, using ultra-long 56 cm pouch cells. The pack uses a total of 192 cells in 8 modules. The net battery capacity is 106 kWh.

Polestar 5 is available in six colours – Storm, Storm Matte, Magnesium, Magnesium Matte, Snow, and Space. The low nose, featuring the SmartZone first seen on Precept, is flanked by Polestar’s signature dual blade headlights complete with Pixel LED technology as standard. At the rear, the Polestar 5 uses a specially designed aero-efficient lightbar with rear vent detail and integrated rear diffuser to improve airflow. With its flush frameless glass and retractable door handles, the resulting Cd is just 0.24 for the Polestar 5 Dual motor. Polestar 5 also features the largest panoramic glass roof of any Polestar so far – at just over 2 m long and 1.25 m wide.

Inside, the 4+1 seat electric performance GT is created with equal focus for driver and passengers. Front seats designed in collaboration with Recaro mix an especially low hip-point with supportive bolstering and typical Swedish comfort. They come finished in Charcoal MicroTech as standard or optional Bridge of Weir Nappa leather in Charcoal or Zinc. This animal welfare secured, chrome free, natural by-product of the food industry also adds ventilation and massage to the standard heating and electrical adjustment.

Designed primarily as a four-seater, with the central armrest in its lower position, rear seat passengers can control the four-zone climate system, seat heating, ventilation, and massage functions. These rear seats follow the same form design as the Recaro fronts and can be individually reclined for comfort. Raising the armrest creates a fifth seating position, the staggered configuration offering greater shoulder space, and turns the performance GT into a practical five-seater. A cut out in the battery, known as the foot garage, behind the front seats gives occupants extra foot space and a more natural seating position.

A 9-inch driver display is mounted directly to the electrically adjustable steering column, ensuring the display is perfectly positioned in line of sight, no matter the chosen position. Finally, the 9.5-inch head-up display completes the driver focused information displays found in Polestar 5. Between the front seats runs a low centre console which incorporates a lockable storage compartment, crowned with a centralised rotary audio controller for the 14.5-inch portrait centre display screen. The centre display runs a Polestar-specific Android Automotive operating system with Google built-in.

Audio is taken care of either by the Polestar High Performance Audio system with 10 speakers or the Bowers & Wilkins 21-speaker audio system with Tweeter-on-Top technology and 1,680 Watt power output. Laser-line ambient lighting wraps around the cabin, finishing in a sound bar behind the rear occupants’ heads, and combined with Active Road Noise Cancellation makes for a truly first-class cabin experience.

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) form an integral part of the Polestar 5 offer, highlighted by the SmartZone, housing sensors, radar, and forward facing parking camera. The Pilot Assist function adjusts the vehicle’s speed and position in its chosen lane, at speeds of up to 150 km/h. In total, the Polestar 5 has 11 vision cameras, one driver monitoring camera, one mid-range radar, and 12 ultrasonic sensors. Polestar 5 has eight airbags and uses interior radars to detect the number, position, and type of occupants to deploy the correct safety measures in the event of an accident.

Underpinning the Polestar 5 is a brand new, bespoke, hot-cured bonded aluminium platform that forms the basis of the Polestar Performance Architecture (PPA). Using high-strength aluminium extrusions, pressings, and castings, the structure is light-weight and rigid, and affords the Polestar 5 with torsional rigidity higher than that of a two-seat sports- or supercar. Polestar 5 consists of 13% recycled aluminium and 83% aluminium from smelters utilising renewable electricity, substantially lowering its CO2e footprint compared to standard sourcing.

Braking is taken care of by Brembo four-piston callipers up front. The Polestar 5 Dual motor has sophisticated BWI passive dampers with hydraulic rebound stops, while the Polestar 5 Performance uses BWI MagneRide adaptive damping. The dampers read the road up to 1,000 times per second and can react within three milliseconds thanks to magnetorheological fluid, providing excellent body motion control while maintaining comfort and an optimal response at all speeds. Bespoke Michelin tyres, designed specifically for the chosen wheel combinations of Polestar 5, ranging from 20 to 22 inches in diameter, complete the performance focused handling package.

Available to order now, the Polestar 5 Dual motor (550 kW, 812 Nm) has an indicative launch price of EUR 119900. The Polestar 5 Performance (650 kW, 1,015 Nm) is available with an indicative launch price of EUR 142900. Orders commence online from 8 September 2025 in all initial launch markets.

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