Polestar hasn’t exactly gotten off to a great start in the color selection category so far, offering a minimal palette for its otherwise exciting brand-new cars—the Polestar 1 hybrid coupe and Polestar 2 EV hatchback—in uninspiring shades of dull grey, white, blue, and black colors. Happily, the 2023 Polestar 2 will make some changes to its color lineup, continuing its space theme with new color names like, well, “Space” and “Jupiter.” Sadly, one of the colors is just black, and the other is some sort of clinical muted beige.
When you think about it, space, the universe, literally contains every color both known and unknown to man, so it’s a fair letdown that 2023’s color wheel doesn’t add anything unquestionably exciting to the brand’s color mix. Moving on from that sticking point, though, and the new shade of black, dubbed “Space,” does seem to have some serious metallic flake to it, perhaps to give it an astrological quality under the right light.
The Jupiter color is some sort of off-white, seemingly replacing the current “Moon” offering that’s a little more beige. We’ll have to reserve some judgement until we see it in person, of course, but we’re still disappointed with the overall selection available.
MotorTrend sourced the renderings of the two new colors from the Polestar 2 U.K. site, but the automaker has confirmed that the two new colors are also coming to North America, with more official updates for the 2023 model year to come soon. We’ve also learned that Magnesium grey has replaced the previously-available Void black paint selection as the standard choice included in the base price. For any other color—the U.K. site shows Magnesium grey, Snow white, a darker Thunder grey, Jupiter beige, Midnight blue, and Space black—it will be an upcharge. Currently, the fee is $1,200 for a non-standard color in the U.S. with the outgoing palette.
Polestar also confirmed new 19- and 20-inch wheel selections that are said to have improved aerodynamic qualities. The U.K. site shows a new “19-inch five-double-spoke black diamond cut alloy wheel,” a new “20-inch five-V-spoke black silver alloy wheel,” along with the “20-inch four-Y-spoke black polished forged alloy wheel” that’s been available already. Inside, a new interior color called Zinc comes with the available ventilated Napa leather with Light Ash trim accents. The automaker also teased updated range and pricing information will be announced for North America soon, so we’ll update you when more details are available.
Keyword: The 2023 Polestar 2 Reaches For Space With Two New Color and Wheel Options