Driving a Polestar 2 while my Mach-E is in the body shop

[4sallypat]

I would like to drive an i4 some time just to see what it's like. Maybe I will do a test drive some day at my local BMW dealership if they have one available.

I know what you mean - none of the dealers had a demo i4 or iX so I had to sign up for a UDE drive event from BMW !

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[Mauser]

Right before we found our GTPE, we were about to put a deposit on an i4 M50, but they're 24 months out where we are. I'd have happily paid the extra $4,900 CAD for the Portimao Blue too...

 

[Jppumper]

I saw a Polestar today at Walgreens. It is a very nice-looking car, but it's made in China.

 

[tannerk89]

I almost sold my MME a while back and bought a polestar. HVBJB kept my car too long so I never ended up doing it. I test drive the p2 that I had reserved and found basically all of the same things you said in your original post to be true. I could have overlooked many of them, but it was also just too small inside for my needs.

 

[slambertr]

Thanks for the comparison - good feedback to hear. How was your real-world vs. advertised battery range?

 

[Mathington]

Thanks for the comparison - good feedback to hear. How was your real-world vs. advertised battery range?

Hard to really say for sure. The GOM showed much more range but the consumption I was seeing while driving was higher than my Mach-E.

I know there is 5-7 kWh difference in useable battery size compared to my starndard range Mach-E so overall the Polestar most likely had higher range.

 

[voxel]

So I’m going to eat some of my previous words and say the Polestar 2 is the best handling/driving EV for me. I hammered this car on local roads and could not force it to behave badly - no over/understeer, no sliding of the back, no torque steer. The one pedal driving is buttery smooth unlike the Mach-E and BMW i4. It’s even better than Teslas.

I rented a fully loaded one for 10 days and it had CarPlay, premium audio, etc. which made it feature comparable with the Mach-E but did not have the Performance upgrade that improves throttle response. Below 60-70% SoC the car throttled power and acceleration was muted below 40mph. The range and charging speeds were very poor though and space is too small for a family. My young nieces and nephews complained about sitting in the rear and the lack of heated seats.

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