Polestar 3 detailed for 2025 model year

The luxury electric car maker Polestar has announced a series of pricing and spec alterations for its new 3 large SUV and locked in the starting price of the new-for-2025 single-motor variant.

The Polestar 3 Long Range Single Motor is priced from $118,420 plus on-road costs and is available for order now with deliveries staring in early 2025.

It will join a pair of dual-motor Polestar 3s, one of which is now rolling out in Launch Edition form, and help close the gap to the smaller and cheaper Polestar 4, which will soon launch with a top-out price of $88,350 plus on-road costs.

The 2025 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor meantime drops $180 – compared to the Launch Edition – from $132,900 to $132,720 plus on-road, whereas the 2025 Long Range Dual Motor with Performance Pack rises $2520 from $141,900 to $144,420.

Both dual motor models continue to come with the safety-oriented Pilot Pack, however the Plus Pack will go from being standard to a $9000 option, meaning the MY25 Polestar 3 dual motor with Performance Pack has climbed in price by $11,520 when compared like-for-like against its predecessor.

On top of that, the $7500 optional Nappa leather trim is only available if the Plus Pack is fitted.

Key features of the Plus Pack include a 25-speaker Bowers & Wilkins stereo system, a head-up display, soft close doors, power-operated steering column, a heated steering wheel, heated rear seats and even heated wiper blades.

The Pilot Pack, that will also be standard with the single-motor, includes pilot assist lane centring, lane change assist and a 360-degree camera with 3D view.

However, there is another new-for-2025 Pilot Pack available for the Polestar 3 that adds Lidar for an extra $7500.

Privacy glass swaps from being standard to a $700 option in 2025 while 21-inch alloy wheels become a $2500 option.

The Pro Pack which adds gold trimmings costs $3200 and $2300 premium paint is added.

Standard single-motor Polestar 3 equipment mostly reflects that of the dual-motors and includes active LED headlights, flush door-handles, a panoramic glass roof, and 20-inch aero wheels, but forgoes the dual-motors’ active air suspension in favour of a passive coil set-up.

Inside it gets the same 14.5-inch multimedia touchscreen as the dual-motors, full smartphone integration, triple-zone climate control and electrically adjustable and heated seats.

The rear- drive single-motor produces 220kW/490Nm, has a 7.8-second 0-100km/h time and a claimed WLTP range of up to 700km thanks to a large 111kWh battery pack.

The dual-motors meantime output 360kW/840Nm (standard) and 380kW/910Nm (Performance Pack), stopping the clock from 0-100km/h in 5.0 seconds and 4.7 seconds respectively.

They share the same 111kWh battery and have claimed WLTP ranges of 631km and 561km respectively, though all Polestar 3s have a maximum DC fast-charging rate of 240kW.

Top speeds range from 180-210km/h depending on the variant while the braked towing capacities vary between 1500-2200kg

Polestar Australia chief Scott Maynard defended the deletion of standard features from the Polestar 3 for 2025.

“The way I’d like to frame it is the introductory offer is exceptional and when we revert to normal trading terms that is where the car will sit,” he said.

“It should be an encouragement to get in and buy the car in model year 2024.”

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