Polestar Reviews
The Polestar 4 shipped with no rear window at all — just an aluminium panel and a roof-mounted camera feeding the rearview mirror. Here's what independent road tests actually made of a decision that genuinely divided opinion.
A Genuinely Bold Call, Not Just a Gimmick
Polestar was spun out of Volvo's performance division in 2017 and now sits under Chinese parent company Geely, sharing engineering with both Volvo and Geely's wider group while carving out its own identity. Nowhere has that willingness to diverge been clearer than on the Polestar 4, which replaced its rear window entirely with a solid panel, extending the glass roof back over the rear headrests for extra space and a cleaner silhouette, while a roof-mounted camera feeds a screen where the rearview mirror would normally sit. Polestar's own reasoning centres on rear passenger headroom and aerodynamics — genuinely functional justifications, not styling for its own sake.
Reviewers have been honestly split on whether it works in daily use. Several testers report adapting to the camera feed within days and even preferring it, since it shows a wider field of view than a conventional mirror ever could, while others admit lingering unease about relying entirely on a screen and camera rather than glass. Away from that headline feature, reviewers are more consistently positive about Polestar's driving dynamics and performance across the range, inheriting a genuinely sporting edge from its Volvo racing heritage. The summaries below cover what several independent testers actually found behind the wheel of each model.
Every Model, One Place
Rather than picking a single opinion and running with it, each review here pulls together several independent road tests and highlights where they agree — and where they don't. Pick a model below to see the full breakdown.