Audi A6, VW Golf designer takes reins at Polestar

Philipp Römers has been named arsenic Polestar’s caller caput of design, replacing Maximilian Missoni.

Römers was antecedently Audi’s caput of exterior plan and is credited with designing cars including the outgoing Audi A6, the A8 and E-tron GT, arsenic good arsenic the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf.

Missoni, who was Polestar’s plan main since it was hived disconnected from Volvo successful 2018, has near to instrumentality a caller relation astatine a antithetic company.

Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO, said: “I convey Max for his enactment and companionship during the inception of Polestar arsenic Europe’s lone pure-EV brand. Max established the innovative plan standards that harvester aesthetics, luxury and show successful a mode that is genuinely Polestar. We privation him each the champion successful the future.

“At the aforesaid time, I americium delighted to invited Philipp to Polestar. Philipp’s modern attack to automotive plan and acquisition from the luxury, show conception volition truly enactment america arsenic we instrumentality the adjacent measurement successful processing our exemplary line-up.” 

Römers arrives astatine a captious infinitesimal successful Polestar’s development, arsenic it expands from 1 model, the 2, to a broader line-up of luxury cars. It’s aiming for break-even cashflow and 155,000 income adjacent year.

Among the cars Römers is apt to beryllium charged with designing are the follow-up to the 2, arsenic good arsenic mid-life updates for the 3, 4, 5 and 6.