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The Polestar 4 Electric SUV Coupe
With its sleek and futuristic design, the Polestar 4 Electric SUV Coupe is set to challenge the status quo of the traditional SUV market.
2024 Polestar 3 To Be Built in USA
The brands first-ever EV SUV will be start production in China, and will also be built at their South Carolina plant from 2024.
WR TV: 2015.5 Volvo V60 Polestar
This week we’ve got the keys to the Volvo V60 Polestar. That last word in the title is a pivotal one – unlike the “Polestar Optimized” trim, this one get the full-blooded performance treatment. Think of Polestar as Volvo’s answer to BMW’s M or Mercedes-Benz’s AMG – a special group of engineers goes through the car from top to bottom in the interest of bolstering performance throughout the car and adds a dose of visual presence to fit the car’s new purpose. With only 60 examples of the V60 Polestar earmarked for the US in 2015, it’s not a car you’re likely to see on the road very often, but it is one that may foretell the potential for future Volvo products.
Preview: Volvo V60 Polestar
Fans of fast Swedish bricks, rejoice. Volvo has announced that the Polestar-tuned variants of its V60 and S60 models are coming to a showroom near you very soon. And they’re packing a whole lot more than an eye-catching paintjob.
Volvo To Compete In 2014 V8 Supercars Series
Australia’s V8 Supercar series has traditionally been a two-horse race, with Ford and GM’s Australian subsidiary, Holden, duking it out on the tracks of Oz. The 2013 season has seen the arrival of Nissan and Mercedes-Benz, although the ranks of the series are still dominated by Fords and Holdens. Next season, a fifth manufacturer will take to tracks like Bathurst, Sandown, and Circuit of the Americas—Volvo.
LA 2012: Volvo S60 Polestar Concept
Volvo, that company of safety minded Swedes and maker of cars for your professor, clergyman, and other banal and humdrum people in your life has gone absolutely mad. Why, you ask? Because Polestar, Volvo’s tuning division, has taken the comfortable and stylish S60 and stuffed 508 horsepower under its hood. There’s also 424 pound-feet of torque. The result is the S60 Polestar Concept.
Driven: 2012 Volvos With Polestar Tuning
Unless you’re an avid fan of Swedish speed machines, you could be forgiven for not committing the name Polestar to memory. Volvo has officially partnered up with the performance brand since 1996, and Polestar has mainly been known for its hand in Volvo racing development. Whether we knew it or not, we North Americans have been waiting since sales began in 2009 to flaunt the blue square badge on our own roads. Our introduction began when Volvo invited us out to Arizona to sample a handful of its models equipped with Polestar tuning: the XC60, XC70, C30, and C70.
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