'I Want To Keep Them In The Family': Why The Polestar 2 Is Getting A Sequel

Polestar has just confirmed that it will follow up its most successful model, the 2, with another model in the same vein, also called Polestar 2.

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Andrei Nedelea

By: Andrei Nedelea

Sep 29, 2025 at 10:36am ET

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Polestar 2 will be reborn for a new generation and it won't morph into yet another amorphous crossover.
The new Polestar 2 will be built on the same new platform as an upcoming crossover, which will be designed and built in Europe.
Polestar will make another 2 because it doesn't want to alienate buyers of its most popular model by far.

The most popular model from Volvo’s electric spinoff brand is the Polestar 2. The electric sedan-like liftback accounted for four out of five Polestars sold around the world, or over 180,000 units sold, so its success can’t be contested. However, the Chinese-made EV's future wasn’t clear in a tariff-heavy industry increasingly shifting to producing crossovers and SUVs over sedans, hatchbacks and wagons.

But we now know Polestar is committed to having a compact model that isn't a mini-SUV in its lineup, which also includes a sporty fastback that’s more than just a Porsche Taycan rival, two crossovers and a future dedicated sports car.

Work on an all-new Polestar 2 was confirmed to Australia’s Drive at IAA 2025 in Munich earlier this month. Polestar's recently appointed CEO Michael Lohscheller told us as much at the beginning of this year, but now he has even more details about how its revival is going.

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Lohscheller acknowledged to the Aussie publication that a new model was on its way, as well as the fact that it would retain its current name.

“Let's word it like this: I want to have those current Polestar 2 customers back. I want to have those, because we built it up [the customer base]," Lohscheller said. "I think we did a great job, and I want to keep them in the family."

Polestar seems to be going through some sort of identity crisis, so dropping its most popular model, whose formula clearly worked, seems like a move that would hurt the company.

Lohscheller's statement seems to contradict what former Volvo design boss Thomas Ingenlath said a year and a half ago, when he stated that "we will not replace a Polestar 2 with a Polestar 2." This sounded like yet another crossover was in the works, and that’s likely still the case, but the new, similar-footprint high-rider will sit alongside a Polestar 2 rather than replace it.

The new Polestar 2 is still a few years away, and it’s not clear where it will be produced—it’s currently only made in China for all global markets. It gained plenty of fans in the United States, where it was sold until earlier this year when the 100% import tariff imposed on Chinese-made cars made its Stateside sale uneconomical.