{"id":537554,"date":"2026-03-18T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/?p=537554"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:32:53","slug":"polestar-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/cars\/polestar-5","title":{"rendered":"Sweden’s Deadly Electric GT Lands In Australia, and Germany Should Be Very Worried"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been quietly watching Polestar for a while now, and the 5 is the car that’s had me paying attention. Not the 2, which always felt like a slightly confused Volvo in a turtleneck. Not the Polestar 4<\/a>, which is actually a DMARGE favourite. The 5 is the one that matters. And it just landed in Sydney.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polestar brought the 5 out for its Australian<\/a> debut earlier this month at Machine Hall in Sydney, ahead of local deliveries kicking off in Q3 this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We dropped in to check it out in person, and walking around the thing in that space, the proportions land completely differently than they do in press shots. It’s long. It’s low. And it has a presence that photos just don’t capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two variants are locked in for the Australian market: a Dual Motor at $171,100 and a Performance at $193,100. The car Polestar rolled out at Machine Hall was the Performance, naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

650kW And A Chassis That Shames Supercars<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Both versions sit on a bespoke bonded aluminium chassis that Polestar developed ground-up in the UK. This platform won’t be shared with anything else in the lineup, current or future. Torsional rigidity hits 51,000Nm, which puts it in genuine supercar territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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