POLESTAR · POLESTAR 1 · Cars
Genuinely rare — only 3 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 87% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 0 a year (2.8% of survivors). At that pace roughly 3 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2049.
Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC, or simply Polestar, is a Swedish automotive manufacturer that produces electric cars. Principally owned by Li Shufu's PSD Investment, Geely Holding and Volvo Cars, the company is headquartered in Torslanda, outside Gothenburg, Sweden. With an "asset-light" approach in development and manufacturing, Polestar does not have its own manufacturing facility; instead it produces cars in facilities controlled by Volvo or Geely in several countries, including China, the United States, and South Korea. The brand originated from Flash Engineering, a Swedish motorsport team...
As of 2025 Q4, 3 POLESTAR 1 were still registered in the UK — 1 licensed and on the road, plus 2 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The POLESTAR 1 is genuinely rare, with only 3 left, making it rarer than 87% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of POLESTAR 1 on UK roads fell by 2 (40.0%). At the current rate of decline, roughly 3 would remain in 5 years.
Most POLESTAR 1 run on plug-in hybrid — about 100% of those still registered.
The POLESTAR 1 peaked at 5 registered in 2024 Q1, and was first recorded in the data in 2020 Q3.