Polestar: full-size design winner 🎥
COMPETITION Electric car manufacturer Polestar has brought the winning design from its recent design competition to life as a 1:1 scale model. Polestar is also launching a partnership with Mattel's Hot Wheels.
The Polestar Synergy fantasy supercar brings together three winning designs that prevailed from more than 600 entries in the recent competition. Entrants were tasked with designing a Polestar vehicle that focuses on the experience of performance while offering a technically advanced solution.
The jury ultimately selected one winner each for the exterior and the interior. The resulting Polestar Synergy is the result of collaboration between the winners and the Polestar design team.
Super sports car silhouette
The final design of the fantasy supercar features a floating single-seat interior. It was displayed at the IAA 2023 in the Polestar Space in Munich before being seen at other locations.
Maximillian Missoni, Head of Design at Polestar: "This year is as much about collaboration as it is about performance. I'm proud that the team was able to help the winners realize their dream as a scale model."
The two winning exterior designers, Devashish Deshmukh and Swapnil Desai, live in Paris; interior designer Yingxiang Li, who designed a cabin with a performance-oriented seating position, in China. With a height of just 1.07 meters and a length of 4.56 meters, the car has proportions not previously seen at Polestar.
Series vehicles as collector's items
Following its debut, the model will make its way to the U.S. and be featured as a feature model on the Hot Wheels Legends Tour in El Segundo, California, beginning October 7. Hot Wheels will kick off by providing inspiration for the next Polestar Design Contest, which will draw on the outlandish designs from the American brand's 55-year history. Polestar's production cars will be immortalized as Hot Wheels and Matchbox collectibles in the future. Details of the next Polestar Design Contest are yet to be announced.
