Polestar 2

Well, the website doesn't appear to want to take a newsletter subscription or test drive enquiry from me at the moment. Not a great start to my relationship with Polestar.

I requested a test drive but got no email response.

Their website is poor vs even a budget brand like Dacia as its trying to be too fancy

Is this Polestar the reason the new extended range S60 doesn't seem to be on sale in Ireland, looks like the Volvo would be a lot more expensive going by UK prices.

I tried again this morning and it went through, but just got the 'thanks - we'll contact you when we have test drives available' message on screen.

I find it very odd that they are making a big marketing push in Ireland (demo day splashed about on various YouTube channels, display advertising all over websites etc.) but don't have the information let alone product to back it up.

It seems a lot of brands have very poor, or at least quite variable, integration between online and reality. For example, I filled a pre-launch 'keep me informed' for Kia EV6 and have heard ner a peep since. On the other side, I filled a Nissan enquiry form about the Ariya a few weeks ago and had a genuinely interested and helpful sales rep from my closest dealership on the phone to me within the hour.

Did they actually announce the locations, times and dates for that roadshow.

I requested a test drive and haven't heard a word.

Bit stupid on their part as I've since worked out that I can own TWO EVs instead of one Polestar.

If I was buying a Polestar id have to trade in my car and add money on top. All very normal...

But instead I can keep my current car and buy something for under 30 k straight deal instead.

Oh well - the idea was fun while it lasted

If their marketing is an indication of how they are going to do business in Ireland then I can’t see a great future.

since I filled in a request from for a test drive, I am bombarded with ads from them but got told on email no test drives available. Their pricing is incomplete and there was no follow up from them except for the polestar newsletter sent to my email that directs me back to the same homepage.

very poor.

it’s like they committed to a marketing campaign without having any product availability or test drive infrastructure organised.

Actually the Polestar emails are buried in the promotions emails that I usually just ignore because its (usually) just hotels I've stayed in and Easons etc.

Got the same "no test drives available" that Carsfan2 got

They’re going to be rare on our roads with their current business model.

They should have sorted all these things out before launching the marketing campaign.

I would have thought Volvo dealers are the obvious choice for taking trade ins.

Polestar now offering Dublin test drives according to emails me and my brother got.

So things are moving along.

Drove it this morning in Sandyford; lovely, lovely car to drive. Think I was in the dual motor, longer range spec. The map behind the steering wheel and the big central tablet screen are cool. Definitely a bit smaller than the Volvo XC40 Recharge I drove recently. Overall the quality was great (much better than I'm used to anyhow), felt very premium coming from a 2016 Peugeot 2008.

Chap I was dealing with seemed relatively confident that the shipment of cars they have been promised will arrive in late August, but of course couldn't really make a true commitment.

Need to have a think about this vs the XC40 Recharge I've a deposit down on (or rather the company, will be a company car so the €60K limit isn't important excepting the fact that the lower the cost the better for my wallet via BIK). The Volvo isn't due to be here until late September/early October, but who knows with the current lead times and delays.