2026 Polestar 6 Roadster Launch Date, Price & Review

The Polestar 6 is a roadster that looks set to breathe fresh life into the electric car market. It will go on sale in 2026 and customers can reserve a place in line online from today. The first 500 units will be dubbed the LA Concept edition and will feature the ‘Sky’ blue paint, light leather interior, and unique 21-inch wheels from the O2 concept version. More details will be released closer to launch.

2026 Polestar 6 Review

Designed and built by Polestar (the electric-car spin-off from Volvo), the 2026 6 is a two-seat sports EV that’s intended to bring excitement back into the genre. It’s one of just a few dedicated EV sports cars scheduled to arrive in the next few years, and it looks set to do so with an emphasis on long-distance refinement and luxury as well as performance. It’s also based on the UK-designed bonded aluminum platform being developed for the Polestar 5 sedan and is expected to deliver supercar levels of body stiffness. The dual-motor, 800-volt powertrain is said to produce up to 650kW of power with a targeted 0-100km/h time of just 3.2 seconds and a 155mph top speed.

Polestar’s Edward Trinh recently told Australia’s Drive that the company will benchmark its drop-top against the Porsche Macan and Taycan in order to imbue it with class-leading driving dynamics. And it certainly has the right pedigree in that respect as its founder and chief executive, Bjorn Nelson, was once the performance director of McLaren.

2026 Polestar 6 Launch Date

Polestar may have only been established as a standalone electric car brand in 2017 (it was previously a Volvo performance sub-brand and race team), but it’s already planning to launch more cars. One of those will be the 2026 Polestar 6, which looks to be an exciting take on a two-door electric roadster. Unveiled back in March as the O2 concept, the roadster was designed to showcase Polestar’s bonded aluminum chassis and quirkier features like a rear-launching drone for aerial filming. While the autonomous cinematic drone sadly won’t make it to production, the Polestar 6 will still be able to hit a top speed of 250km/h and accelerate from 0-100km/h in 3.2 seconds.

Based on a shortened version of the same bonded aluminum architecture that will underpin the Polestar 3 SUV and flagship 5 sedan, the O2’s dual-motor layout is tipped to deliver 884 horsepower. This will allow the Polestar 6 to compete with Stuttgart’s finest dynamically, while a projected range of over 300 miles should help in terms of day-to-day usability. Potential buyers in all active Polestar markets will be able to reserve the 6 online from tonight, parting with a minimum of $25,000 to do so. Polestar will initially produce 500 numbered “LA Concept edition” models that will feature the Sky Blue exterior, light leather interior and unique 21-inch wheels of the O2 concept for an initial price tag of $200,000. A regular run of the Polestar 6 is planned to debut in 2026.

2026 Polestar 6 Price

The Polestar 6 will crown the brand’s electric vehicle lineup, above the forthcoming Polestar 2 SUV and 2024 Polestar 5 flagship sedan. Like those models, the new roadster will use a shortened version of the bonded aluminum unibody that’s been designed to accommodate a pair of electric motors at each end of the car. The production Polestar 6 will feature the 800-volt architecture that’s been confirmed for the Polestar 5, which is capable of charging a battery to 80 percent in under 20 minutes. It’s also expected to be one of the fastest electric cars on the market, with Polestar targeting a 0-to-60 time of just 3.1 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph.

Polestar hasn’t announced what the production 6 will cost, but it’s likely to be more expensive than rivals like the Porsche Taycan Turbo S and Audi e-tron GT. That’s not surprising, considering that EV sports cars tend to be quite pricey. Interested buyers can reserve a 2026 Polestar 6 LA Concept Edition via the company’s website, with only 500 examples planned to be built. These will be the first vehicles to debut with the car’s unique ‘Sky’ blue paint color, light-colored leather interior, and distinctive 21-inch wheels. Other details will be revealed as the production model gets closer to launch.