Slinky exterior styling and a stunning interior that has switches.

NEXT year’s new-generation Polestar 2 and a sporty wagon equally critical to Sino-Swede’s future are informed by a just revealed concept.

The Formula 2030 concept car expresses as the future of the firm, but how much of the finer detailing from this striking, low-slung elongated hatchback, with massive wheelarches stretched across body-colour 22-inch alloy wheels, comes to road has yet to be shared.

The first to benefit from its design direction is the second-generation of the Polestar 2, which was the brand’s first model here and its cheapest. It didn’t have a good run, being just anther victim of the EV market’s almost three year collapse when rebates were pulled and left here a year ago. But the new Polestar 2 has been confirmed for re-introduction next year.

Also influenced by the concept is the Polestar 7, a new compact SUV which will sit in the lineup below the newly-launched Polestar 4 SUV and taking on the likes of the BMW iX1 and iX2, plus the Mercedes GLA and GLB.

Attendees at the design study’s unveiling reckon the front end informs what we can expect with the ‘2’ while the rear lends insight to how the ‘7’ will present.

Said one: “…. (they) will form a final break with the influence of Volvo styling on Polestar products. This is very much a brand striking out on its own.”

As striking as the exterior is, it’s the interior that had involvers particularly excited.

This confirms Polestar is making a welcome move away from the all-digital interfaces of the current lineup towards something that mixes digital and physical controls.

Now there’s a mixture of rotary controls and pushbuttons, as well as a large sliding control that changes the driving mode.

As you change those modes, the main touchscreen — much smaller than in any current Polestar — either stands up from the centre console or lays back for less distraction, such as when you pick the ‘Performance’ driving setting.

This is what Polestar calls its ‘mechatronic’ layout, and it’s said we’ll see the beginnings of the production reality of this in the new Polestar 2.

The interior layout also delivers a high centre console which frames a large, high-set, wraparound instrument panel with a ‘yoke’-style cut-down steering wheel. That’s designed for the dual demands of steer-by-wire and autonomous driving.