2019 Audi A7 vs 2024 Polestar 2

What's the difference?

Audi is known as a design-led brand, and arguably no model in the line-up embodies that ethos more than the Audi A7 Sportback.

This all-new version of Audi's largest swoopy five-door hatchback takes the concept of the original first-generation version and, rather than reinventing the idea, reimagines it with a more modern and even more style-focused look, inside and out.

And it's a very convincing execution, indeed.

The Polestar 2 arrived to a warm welcome in Australia just a handful of years ago, as an outstanding electric car, and a worthy European-branded rival to the Tesla Model 3.

Despite this, there were a few things we wished the original car had. Some of these were reasonable. For example, we wished key safety items weren't optional. Others were decidedly less so, like, wouldn't it be great if it was rear-wheel drive?

Imagine our surprise when this new 2024 version was announced, with so many of our wishes, unreasonable and otherwise, catered for.

So is the new Polestar 2 the car it always should have been, or is it too good to be true? Plus, with a significant number of rivals - both cheaper and more expensive on its hands - does this Swedish-Chinese pioneer still make sense?

Read on to see what we found.