Aussies lining up for $300K Polestar 6 roadster

Australian new-car buyers are clearly not shy about spending big bucks on EVs, with several Aussies already putting down significant cash deposits for the exotic $US200,000 (circa-$A300K) 2026 Polestar 6 electric roadster, which was previewed earlier this year by the Polestar O2 concept.

Powered by twin e-motors pumping out a tyre-shredding 650kW of power and 900Nm of torque, the sharply-styled Polestar roadster will be a genuine Porsche 911-slayer according to the Chinese-Swedish electric car maker.

Despite many unknowns and a four-year wait, several Aussies have plonked down $37,000 ($US25,000) to reserve one of the first available limited-run Scandinavian scorchers and carsales can now confirm more Australians are seeking to join the waiting list.

Following the confirmation the Polestar 6 roadster will enter production in 2026, pre-order deposits for just 500 examples of the LA Edition Polestar 6 roadster maxxed out in just one week.

Polestar Australia managing director Samantha Johnson told carsales at the local debut of the Polestar electric roadster concept this week that it was heartening to see such enthusiasm from Aussie customers.

“Yeah, it is. The interest in that vehicle has been so strong that within the first week the first 500 allocations sold out,” said Johnson.

Polestar is showcasing the sleek roadster concept in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over the next two weeks to whet the appetites of local electric sports car fans.

The Polestar chief wouldn’t divulge how many Australians have put down pre-orders but said “it’s more than one” and confirmed there were many more customers in the offing.

“So now we’re getting people coming in and seeing the concept edition here and they’re wanting to put orders down and we’re having to put them on a waitlist. There’s huge demand,” she said.

Several details of the Polestar 6 convertible have been revealed via the prototype (which is no longer called the O2 following a complaint from the telecomms company of the same name), such as its twin e-motor AWD powertrain, battery capacity and the bespoke platform it will share with the Porsche Taycan-rivalling Polestar 5 sports sedan.

That means the Polestar 6 will deliver a 650kW/900Nm wallop – enough to propel the two-door drop-top to 100km/h in around 3.2 seconds on its way to an electronically-limited top speed of 250km/h.

The low-slung speedster is expected to have a power-operated metal folding roof, but the in-built drone seen on the concept will be axed for the production vehicle.

However, the wing cameras (replacing wing mirrors) are likely to stay and carsales understands the silent speed demon will deploy an innovative suspension system designed to address what is expected to be a hefty kerb mass and make it a true apex predator.

It’s understood the strikingly-designed concept car won’t be dramatically changed by the time it reaches production in 2026, with both its huge 22-inch alloy wheels and aluminium-intensive construction expected to remain.

Currently only the Polestar 2 electric fastback (priced from $63,900) is sold in Australia, where it’s currently the nation’s third best selling EV, but it will be joined by the Polestar 3 large electric SUV (from $145,590) in early 2024.

The Polestar 4 – a smaller mid-size electric SUV aimed directly at the top-selling Tesla Model Y – and Polestar 5 grand tourer will follow, before the flagship Polestar 6 sports car joins the fray in 2026.

Polestar has also flagged the possibility of an electric supercar and says it’s working to deliver the world’s first ‘climate neutral’ electric car by 2030, on its way to becoming a fully-sustainable zero-emissions car-maker by 2040.

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