Year: 2021

The 2023 BMW M2's angular faceOn the cusp of the electric car age, BMW is known for two things — extraordinary driver’s cars and exaggerated designs that put off some of the fanbase that loves them.

The famous BMW M division takes everything BMW does and turns it — on a scale of 1 to 10 — a little past 12.

So, if we told you to predict the spirit of the last purely gas-powered M car, you’d probably sketch out something pretty close to this: the 2023 BMW M2.

Teh 2023 BMW M2 from the rear

Extraordinary Performance Specs

Everything M builds from here on out will be either all-electric or electrified (a term that encompasses hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles). The high-performance team’s designers have always been master artists with fire and grunt as their medium. So, you knew their last pure example of the form would be special.

The M2 gets its grunt from a turbocharged inline 6-cylinder engine

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The 2023 Polestar 3 from an overhead angle
  • The Polestar 3 will start at $83,900, plus $1,400 for delivery.
  • It includes some of Volvo’s most advanced safety tech packed into a shapely body with up to 517 horsepower.

Electric automaker Polestar today revealed its third product — a sleek, sporty SUV with up to 517 horsepower and a targeted range of 300 miles between charges. The Polestar 3 will start at $83,900, plus $1,400 for delivery.

It will be Polestar’s first vehicle built in the United States, though its starting price will prevent it from qualifying for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit.

What Is Polestar?

Polestar is an all-electric automaker that started out as a tuner shop building high-performance Volvos. The company struck out on its own to build electric cars.

So far, it has offered two cars. The Polestar 1 is a luxury hybrid performance coupe that has sold out and ended its production run. The

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