Polestar has exposed a new one-off prototype version of the Polestar 2 at the Goodwood celebration of Speed, which has been established as a a lot more track-honed version of the firm’s Tesla design 3 rival with a lot more power as well as new chassis technology.
Based on a long variety version of the 2, with the exact same 78kWh battery pack, its dual-electric motor powertrain has been provided a software application recalibration to create 469bhp – an boost of 67bhp on the standard, road-going version of the 2.
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However, it’s likewise been provided a chassis makeover. The tracks front as well as rear are 20mm broader as well as the vehicle is lower, too, dropping 30mm. Widened wheel arches have been fitted to the Polestar 2’s body to fit the additional width, which is bookended by new 21-inch wheels taken from the Polestar 1 coupe, shod on Pirelli P Zero Rosso performance tyres.
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Behind the big new wheels sit brakes massively boosted in size, with the front brakes the exact same six-piston Akebono brakes equipped on the Polestar 1.
There’s new suspension innovation as well. The adjustable two-way Ohlins dampers have been replaced by new, custom-made made three-way dampers around 30 per cent stiffer than the road car’s, while the springs are 80 per cent stiffer at the front as well as 40 per cent at the rear.
The Polestar 2 leverages the carbon-fibre strut from the Volvo S60 Polestar Engineered, as well as there’s a custom-made made rear strut bar too, both providing improved chassis rigidity.
The vehicle is completed in white with a single racing stripe running from front to back. The bumpers, side skirts as well as fascia are all completed in a colour coded shade, while there are subtle aero tweaks in the bodywork, as well as a new lower section on the front bumper, to aid cooling.
No performance figures have been revealed, however the Experimental 2 will go up the Goodwood hillclimb in the hands of Joakim Rydholm, Polestar’s chief chassis engineer.
“We have spent countless hours fine-tuning its driving characteristics. The new chassis set-up for Goodwood has truly taken it to the next level,” declares Rydholm.
Now checked out about the new Polestar 3 because of show up in 2022…