Its revival time for the Scandinavian car maker’s offering in the small luxury hatch segment. First hitting Australian shores in 2013, the mid-life Volvo V40 update has been tweaked with some needed touch ups, and now we are offered an energising Polestar Performance pack option. Earlier this year, we saw […]
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Polestar works its magic on new Volvo V90 Cross Country
Volvo has confirmed the new V90 Cross Country is the next model to receive the high-performance Polestar treatment. The 2017 V90 Cross Country equipped with D4, D5 and T6 engines are all set to be offered optional Polestar treatment, consisting of more power and faster gear shifts. In the most […]
Polestar Volvo S60 WTCC racer getting ready for 2017 season
Polestar Cyan Racing has begun testing its entrant for the 2017 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), with a race variant of the Volvo S60. Better still, during testing and development, teams aren’t obliged to slap on stickers and liveries for the crowds; which means we can bear witness to […]
Polestar announces upgrades for new Volvo S90 & V90
Volvo has barely stamped out a handful of its sexy new executive S90 and V90 models, but in-house tuning arm Polestar is already offering power upgrades for the diesel-engined D5 variants. The 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel already belts out 175kW and 354 Thor-hammering Newton metres. The Polestar Optimisation Program brings that […]
2017 Volvo S60 Polestar gets 2L twin-charged 4cyl, quickest Volvo ever
Volvo has revealed initial details and specs of the 2017 Volvo S60 Polestar and V60 Polestar. These become the quickest production cars the company has ever made. The biggest news comes from what sits beneath the bonnet. Gone is the 3.0-litre turbo inline six-cylinder from the previous Polestar models, and […]
Next Volvo S60 Polestar could come with tri-turbo 4cyl – report
Following Volvo’s switch to an all-four-cylinder powertrain philosophy, its performance arm, Polestar, is reportedly ready to introduce a new triple-turbo four-cylinder for the next lineup of performance models. The news stems from an Auto Express report in the UK, that says a new prototype triple-turbo four-cylinder will eventually make an […]
New Volvo S90 Polestar performance variant in the works?
Volvo boss Håkan Samuelsson has hinted its latest model, the S90, could receive Polestar treatment in the future, with reports suggesting a performance hybrid powertrain. Volvo’s latest flagship model, revealed last week, is based on the company’s latest Scalable Platform Architecture (SPA), shared with the new XC90. It will face […]
Polestar working on Volvo’s 2.0L Drive-E engine, around 260kW
Volvo’s in-house performance division, Polestar, is currently tuning and tweaking the new 2.0-litre Drive-E turbo and supercharged four-cylinder engine. The division is also looking at all models in the showroom to transform into sports versions. Confirmed in a recent Autocar report, the new project for Polestar is the 2.0-litre four-cylinder […]