The Precept comes across as a production car in-waiting in plenty of ways. It is a large four-door saloon with a tailgate that sits on 22-inch wheels spaced far apart – the wheelbase is as long as a Jag XJ’s – to ensure a lounging amount of cabin room, despite the low profile and curving roofline. Rear-hinged back doors and a missing B-pillar open up the sides of the car in impressive (if very concept-car) fashion.
The roof is almost entirely glazed, the glass extending far rearwards to where in a regular car there would be a separate rear screen. The Precept has no rear window; the only view out the back is on dashboard displays from cameras at the sides and the rear.
Hi-tech minimalism describes the front end where in place of air intakes there is a blanked “smart zone” for the car’s sensors and cameras. Future autonomous driving capability is supplemented by a roof-mounted LIDAR (laser scanning) pod mounted on the roof.
Polestar’s cool Scandi character is summed up by the new lights with their “Thor’s hammer” motif echoing the brand’s logo. The square-cut rear end with vertical “air blades” provides a very distinctive look as well as delivering efficient aerodynamics, according to Polestar.