► New Polestar 6 cabrio delayed
► Sweden’s first all-electric roadster
► First shown as O2 concept
The new Polestar 6 electric roadster has been delayed, as the new CEO has chosen to prioritise the new Polestar 7 compact crossover. It’s a blow for fans of convertible EVs, a niche breed who were looking forward to the 6’s arrival in 2026.
‘The Polestar 6 is moving back because it’s really small volume,’ said new Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller. ‘While everybody loves it, I need to make money and therefore we decided to bring the Polestar 7 compact SUV forward as much as possible.’
Lohscheller has not yet committed to a date for either the 6 or 7, but CAR understands the Polestar 7 will come first, most likely in 2027 for a 2028 launch.
This suggests the open-topped and British-developed Polestar 6 won’t arrive until right towards the end of the decade.
Polestar 6: what to expect
The rapidly expanding Swedish EV specialist is among the first to launch a convertible electric car, although this will be a much more costly EV than the MG Cyberster. To date, car makers have focused on sensible and higher-volume hatchback and SUV EVs, but here’s proof that fun cars can survive the transition to electric, too.
Polestar announced at 2022 Monterey Car Week that it would turn the O2 concept car into the Polestar 6 – an electric car with a folding hard top. Its silent propulsion system should be well matched to the alfresco thrills of fresh-air motoring.
The revised launch order will wreak havoc with Polestar’s naming strategy, which has historically followed the order in which they launch. A quick cheat’s guide is as follows:
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An electric roadster? Great! When can I buy the Polestar 6?
Production confirmation came in late August 2022, but it now seems almost certain that sun-seekers will have to wait for at least half a decade from that date for the 6 to be commercially available in showrooms. That’s because the Gothenburg scale-up has its hands full launching one new electric car every year, as it seeks to hit breakeven this year.
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The Polestar 6 won’t be cheap: when it was first shown, a spokeswoman suggested a price tag around the $200,000 mark, pointing to an RRP of £170k in the UK. Lohscheller refused to discuss even estimated prices when CAR asked him for an update in January 2025.
Polestar has already announced that 500 launch-special LA Concept Editions will arrive first and customers could put down a $25k (£20k) deposit to secure one. This initial batch has already sold out.
However, unlike the 1, the Polestar 6 will be a full production car – enabled by the clever-clogs aluminium architecture developed by Polestar’s UK engineering facility near Coventry. This team taps into the low-volume production knowledge base among local Aston Martin and Lotus R&D specialists.
Engineering and specs
The Polestar 6’s new aluminium-intensive platform has a powerful technical heart. The O2 concept had twin electric motors with a combined 650kW output (equivlent to 872bhp and 664lb ft) powered by an 800-volt electrical architecture.
Acceleration is promised to be blistering, with Polestar claiming 0-62mph in 3.2sec and a top speed capped at 155mph. We don’t expect the production car to be much slower.
‘With the overwhelming consumer and press response, we took the decision to put this stunning roadster into production and I am so excited to make it a reality,’ said Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar’s founding, and former, CEO when he confirmed the production green light three years ago. ‘Polestar 6 is a perfect combination of powerful electric performance and the thrill of fresh air with the top down.’
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