Polestar 4 making its debut on April 18 with fastback-like roof line

Polestar's model expansion is in full swing. Just a few months after the Volvo-backed brand unveiled the 3, its first entry into the lucrative luxury SUV segment, it will travel to the biennial Shanghai auto show to introduce a more stylish high-riding electric model called 4.

The preview image released by Polestar shows part of the 4's front end viewed from above. It's not much, but it's enough to tell that parts like the headlights fall in line with the firm's design language. Polestar promises some of the model's other defining styling cues will draw inspiration from its concept cars, though it stopped short of revealing what's making the jump from the show floor to the showroom floor.

Although this is our best look yet at the upcoming crossover, we've seen it under a sheet before and we know it will be characterized by a fastback-like silhouette; Polestar calls it a coupe. It's too early to tell what's under the sheet metal. The only thing certain is that the 4 will be entirely electric, it won't spawn a gasoline-powered variant, and that it was designed as the fastest production-bound Polestar to date.