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PolestarPolestar 4

The car that deleted its rear window and replaced it with a camera.

Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0

The story

A defining chapter in Polestar history.

Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the Polestar 4, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.

Origins

The Polestar 4 arrived in November 2023 with a design decision nobody else had been willing to make in a production car: it has no rear window. The roofline extends back over the rear passengers, and the interior mirror is replaced by a screen fed from a roof-mounted camera. The stated benefit is rear headroom and a more enclosed cabin; the practical consequence is that reversing and glancing over your shoulder now depend entirely on electronics.

Polestar Polestar 4 · JustAnotherCarDesigner · CC BY-SA 4.0

Design and engineering

Otherwise it is a compact luxury coupe SUV, offered with a single rear motor or dual motors and all-wheel drive, with exterior design credited to Su-bum Lee. It sits below the 3 in size and, awkwardly for the brand's numbering, above it in some specifications.

Polestar Polestar 4 · JustAnotherCarDesigner · CC BY-SA 4.0

In production

Production began at Ningbo in China, with additional assembly from the second half of 2025 at Busan in South Korea alongside Renault Korea, a move made to reduce exposure to tariffs on Chinese-built cars in Europe and North America.

At a glance

The facts that define it.

Produced

2023–present

Designer

Su-bum Lee (exterior)

Body

5-door coupe SUV

Technical specification

The Polestar 4, in detail.

Production: November 2023 – present
Class: Compact luxury crossover SUV (D)
Body style: 5-door coupe SUV; 5-door SUV
Layout: Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout; Rear-motor, rear-wheel drive ; Dual-motor, all-wheel-drive
Designer: Su-bum Lee (exterior)
Assembly: China: Ningbo; South Korea: Busan (Renault Korea; from H2 2025)
Manufacturer: Polestar