Take that, Elon! New Polestar 6 to be concept-based electric sports car, but will it beat the Tesla Roadster to market?

Polestar says its next vehicle after the Polestar 4 mid-size SUV and Polestar 5 GT car will be a roadster based on the overwhelmingly popular O2 concept car revealed earlier this year.

Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath said: "With the overwhelming consumer and press response, we took the decision to put this stunning roadster into production."

Unlike the Polestar 2 and upcoming Polestar 3 SUV, the Polestar 6 will be built on a new bespoke Polestar platform not shared with its Volvo sister brand or Geely parent company.

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The platform will feature an 800-volt architecture, as well as the brand's signature 'P10' motor outlined in its 2021 investor briefing, with outputs said to be "up to 650kW and 900Nm" in dual-motor all-wheel-drive form. This motor is also understood to use a Porsche Taycan-style dual-speed transmission.

Polestar is targeting a 0-100km/h sprint time of 3.2 seconds, and a top speed of 250km/h for the Polestar 6. It has made no claims regarding the range or price of the 6 thus far.

In comparison, Tesla's Roadster claims to be able to accelerate from 0-100km/h in just 1.9 seconds and has an outrageous torque claim of "10,000Nm". It is also claimed by the brand to be able to drive almost 1000km on a single charge.

Since its reveal in 2017, however, few updates have been given on the Roadster, with the brand caught up in the reality of producing its existing Model 3 as well as its updated Model S and X.

Polestar says it is targeting a 2026 release window for the Polestar 6. As the brand follows a global launch and production schedule, if it can stick to this release date, it would not be out of place to see the 6 on sale in Australia by 2026 or 2027.

Polestar says thanks to overwhelmingly positive feedback, it will build a production version of its O2 concept roadster.

The O2 concept car will more or less make it to reality with the 6's initial arrival, which will be comprised of 500 limited-edition models, dubbed the 'LA Concept' which will share the colour scheme of the car shown in March of this year. It will be shown again at the Pebble Beach Concors d'Elegance.

Don't expect it to be cheap either, with Polestar historically quite transparent about targeting Porsche on the price-scale. Whether this means the 6 will target the 718 Boxster (currently from $124,800) or the 911 convertible (currently from $280,700) remains to be seen.

The Polestar 3 SUV will be the next car to arrive from the Swedish/Chinese brand after the updated Polestar 2 later this year. The 3 is a larger, sporty SUV understood to share significant components with the new-generation Volvo XC90. It is priced from the equivalent of $164,000 in Europe and is earmarked for a 2023 launch window.

Polestar says it is on track to sell 290,000 vehicles a year globally by 2025.

Meanwhile, the Polestar 4 mid-size SUV (targeting the Porsche Macan) will arrive in 2024, and the flagship Polestar 5 Grand Tourer (targeting the Porsche Panamera) is planned to arrive by 2025, rounding out a solid four-year launch calendar for the pure electric newcomer brand.

Polestar says it is on track to sell 290,000 vehicles a year globally by 2025, and has even set its sights on Tesla when it comes to volume.

Stay tuned as we learn more about the Polestar 6, 5, 4 and 3 closer to their respective Australian launches.