So, I took delivery of a Sport Premium this week, coming from a Polestar 2 Performance Launch Edition.
My first impressions are:
Interior build quality is so-so. Doesn't *look* bad ( aside from all the chrome and piano black) but surely doesn't inspire long-term confidence. LOTS of flexing and creaks around the cup holder area.
The infotainment screen is snappy, and has a lot of nice features, but the CONSTANT pop up reminders and bongs are too much. I don't need a pop-up notification to tell me the e-brake is engaged RIGHT NEXT to the parking brake light. I can see both. I don't need the car to tell me my blinker is on for too long, I have eyes and ears. I don't need a pop-up reminder that I selected the memory seat position. I pressed the button and *noticed* the seat moving in response.
The drive is *almost* ideal, it just needed a bit lower, a bit firmer springs, a bit thicker rear sway bar, and a bit more aggressive throttle map. Maybe once the lease ends, I might try and find an used V, although I really dislike its blue interior accents...
Overall, it's a competent car, and the lease pricing coupled with the aggressive discounts here in Canada make it far more tolerable (I'm paying less than half monthly than I did the P2)
Cadillac could have a perfect premium "compact" SUV if they just addressed those areas. And most of them would be cheap to implement.
I'll dearly miss the Polestar, but I can't stand the service in the only shop in the area where I live, so, before I move out, I won't have another one.
But I can clearly see the Optiq becoming a nice used platform to tinker around in the future. I only hope GM doesn't mess this one up, and leverage their service network against the upcoming deluge of other Chinese brands.