Polestar 4 SUV lands in Australia with its rear window back

Key highlights

• Rear window is back. No more camera-only setup. More boot space too, up to 1,665L.
• Starts at $73,900. Cheaper than the coupe. Orders open now, deliveries from Q4 2026.
• New tech highlights: Camping mode and Google Gemini. V2L powers a proper basecamp mode. Gemini handles voice, trip planning, translation.

Polestar just fixed the one thing everyone couldn’t stop talking about with the Polestar 4, and no, it’s not the performance. It’s the rear window.

The original Polestar 4 coupe made global headlines for ditching a physical rear window in favour of a camera and a screen. It was a genuinely bold move, and honestly, kind of a cool one on paper. But a lot of buyers just wanted to look over their shoulder like a normal car. So Polestar built them one. Meet the Polestar 4 SUV, same DNA, same platform, a proper rear window, and a wagon-style body that trades a bit of coupe swagger for a lot more everyday usability.

It’s landing in Australia by the end of 2026, and here’s everything that you should know.

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Polestar 4 SUV price in Australia

The SUV undercuts the coupe across the board, which is the kind of thing that makes a spec sheet genuinely exciting to read:

Orders are open now in Australia. First deliveries are pencilled in for Q4 2026, and cars are already being built at Polestar’s plant in Busan, South Korea. Australia is one of the first markets to get right-hand-drive cars off that line.

Range and performance: which one should you actually want?

There are two variants, and they’re built for genuinely different drivers:

• Rear motor – 200kW/343Nm, single-motor rear-wheel drive, 0-100km/h in 7.3 seconds, and the range king of the lineup at up to 630km WLTP. If you’re clocking up highway kilometres and don’t need to embarrass hot hatches at the lights, this is your pick.
• Dual motor – 400kW/686Nm, all-wheel drive, 0-100km/h in a genuinely quick 3.9 seconds, with a still-very-usable 600km WLTP range. This is the one for people who bought an EV and secretly still want to feel it.

Both run the same 100kWh battery, with 200kW DC fast charging and up to 22kW AC charging. Nothing revolutionary on the charging front, but solid, dependable numbers that won’t leave you stranded.

What’s actually new: space, tech, and a genuinely clever camping mode

This is where the SUV earns its name. The straighter roofline and more upright tailgate aren’t just styling, they translate into real numbers:

• 530 litres of boot space to the seatbacks
• 655 litres measured to the roofline
• 1,665 litres with the rear seats folded down
• An extra 2.5cm of rear headroom over the coupe
• 100kg dynamic roof load capacity thanks to standard full-length roof rails

Then there’s Camping mode, and that is genuinely one of the more likeable features in the Polestar 4. Tap the screen and the parked SUV turns into a climate-controlled little basecamp, using the car’s Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) system to power lights, devices, even camping gear, up to 3.3kW through a certified adapter. It’s the same idea Ford and Toyota have been selling with ute-based power outlets, just wrapped in a much plusher package. For a brand that started out obsessed with lap times, it’s a fun sign Polestar knows exactly who’s actually buying these things.

Inside, there’s also a new panoramic glass roof as standard (99.5% UV protection), with an optional electrochromic version, electric tint you control from the touchscreen, available only on the SUV.

Google Gemini is now your co-pilot

Every Polestar 4 SUV gets Google Gemini built in, replacing the older Google Assistant. This isn’t just a voice-command upgrade, Gemini can hold a proper conversation, handle multi-step requests, help plan a trip, and even translate in real time through Gemini Live. It’s one of the more genuinely useful “AI in the car” rollouts we’ve seen land in a mainstream EV so far, rather than a gimmick bolted on for a press release.

Sustainability: the numbers behind the marketing

Polestar’s sustainability claims are backed with actual figures this time, not just green branding. The SUV’s cradle-to-gate carbon footprint sits at 20.2 tCO2e for the Rear motor and 21.1 tCO2e for the Dual motor, among the lowest in Polestar’s current lineup. That’s helped along by 100% renewable electricity in battery cell production and aluminium sourcing where 34% comes from renewable-powered smelters, 23% of it recycled. Interior materials follow suit: standard upholstery uses recycled PET backing, the optional Tailored Knit fabric is 89% recycled PET, and the Nappa leather option is a traceable, chrome-free by-product of the food industry.

Options worth knowing about

• Comfort pack ($1,200) – heated wheel, powered steering column, 12-way seats
• Plus pack ($6,500) – Harman Kardon sound, head-up display, Pixel LED headlights, powered tailgate, tri-zone climate
• Nappa upgrade ($5,700–$6,100) – leather, ventilated/massage front seats, requires Plus pack
• Performance pack ($7,200, Dual motor only) – 22-inch wheels, Brembo brakes, Polestar Engineered chassis tuning
• Standalone extras: 22kW AC charging ($900), electrochromic roof ($2,200), digital rear-view mirror ($1,000), rear privacy glass ($700), electric towbar ($4,070)

The bottom line

The Polestar 4 SUV is Polestar’s way of saying: we hear you. It keeps everything that made the coupe genuinely exciting, the performance, the design language, the tech, and quietly fixes the one thing that put buyers off, while throwing in more space and a lower price tag for good measure. For Australian buyers cross-shopping the Tesla Model Y or BYD Sealion 7, this just got a lot harder to ignore.