Volvo S60 News
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Volvo’s first Polestar-enhanced models have finally landed, and they look particularly tasty in their signature Rebel Blue paint schemes. But with any good performance car, it’s what’s inside that counts most, and in this department the new S60 and V60 Polestar models certainly don’t disappoint. We’re looking at a performance sedan and wagon with a 345-horsepower turbocharged straight-six engine spinning all four wheels via a Haldex all-wheel-drive system. The cars also get Öhlins shock absorbers, Brembo brakes, 20-inch wheels and a fully functional body...
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2015 Volvo S60 And V60 Polestar Debut At 2014 Chicago Auto Show: Live PhotosVolvo’s S60 sedan and recently launched V60 wagon have just received some new performance variants from the automaker’s motorsport partner Polestar. The cars, labeled the S60 and V60 Polestar, made their global debut today at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show. Polestar, which competes in...
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2011-2012 Volvo S60 Recalled Due To Faulty Oil Pressure GaugeVolvo has issued a recall on certain versions of its S60 sedan due to a faulty oil pressure gauge. The recall affects S60s from the 2011 and 2012 model years, though only those examples equipped with a five-cylinder engine bearing the engine code B5254T5, and manufactured from June 22, 2010 through...
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2015 Volvo V60 Priced From $36,215Volvo’s V60 wagon which goes on sale across the country this month has been priced from $36,215, including $915 in destination fees. The vehicle has been on sale overseas for several years but was recently updated and now finally in local showrooms. The good news is that a high-performance...
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Polestar-Enhanced Volvo S60 And V60 Confirmed For U.S.Swedish motorsport and engineering firm Polestar is slowly establishing itself as the official performance arm of Volvo, starting off with running the automaker’s motorsport program and more recently dabbling in the world of tuning Volvo road cars. Polestar first launched a hotted-up C30...
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Volvo Starts Production Of Long-Wheelbase S60L In ChinaVolvo has started production of a new long-wheelbase S60, aptly named the S60L, but unfortunately the car will be limited to the Chinese market, as is the case for many of the smaller long-wheelbase sedans. Production is taking place at Volvo’s new plant in Chengdu, China. The S60L...
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In mid-2012, normally-conservative Volvo unveiled an S60-based concept, built with tuning partner Polestar, that was anything but ordinary. Boasting some 508 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque from its turbocharged 3.0-liter six, the car was a slap in the face of convention. Initially, it was thought the sport sedan was only a concept, built to highlight the tuning capabilities of Polestar when money was no object. However, a production version was eventually launched, albeit it detuned form and only for the Australian market. The land down under was used as a testbed for the sale of the...
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2015 Volvo S60: Preview DriveZooming upward on a ribbon of road, along a cliff wall, between tight hairpin curves and breathtaking views in the mountains of Southern France, I goose the accelerator from about 2,000 rpm and hear a series of sounds that’s entirely foreign, especially in a Volvo: the wail and whine of a...
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2015 V60 Is First Volvo To Offer New Drive-E EngineThe 2015 Volvo V60 wagon that goes on sale in January will offer one of the automaker’s new Drive-E four-cylinder engines. Drive-E is the name for Volvo’s next generation of engines, which consist of gasoline and diesel units and include power-boosting technologies such as direct fuel...
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2014 Volvo Lineup Priced: S60 T5 From $32,400While Volvo's range of vehicles does get a range of minor dress-up updates for 2014, the bulk of the range remains essentially the same as last year. Accordingly, the pricing remains much the same as last year, with the 2014 S60's base price rising $500, from $31,900 to $32,400, to cover the...
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Volvo And Polestar Confirm 2014 Entry For V8 Supercars: VideoFollowing initial reports a week ago, Volvo has now formally announced its participation in the exciting touring car series that is V8 Supercars. Raced primarily in Australia but with a handful of races held overseas, including one in the U.S., V8 Supercars pits family sedans turned race cars in...
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Driving Volvo's KERS Flywheel Hybrid Prototype: What It's LikeSure, hybrids don't have the greatest reputation for driving appeal. But would you feel better about saving gasoline if you knew that the hybrid system in your car used Formula One technology? That's just what Volvo has done in an engineering prototype it's now testing in Sweden, which adds an...
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Volvo has been teasing the world with its various Polestar concepts for some time now. We finally got word that the S60 Polestar was ready for production, and the limited edition vehicle is finally set for sale in Australia. Now, that's not exactly exciting news for those of us based here in the States, but it's always fun to see an exciting car hit the streets. To celebrate the impending arrival, Volvo has put out a video that features racecar driver Robert Dahlgren discussing his involvement in this project. From chassis development to cold weather testing, Dahlgren touches on a bit of...
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Volvo S60 Polestar Finally Enters ProductionAfter previewing it as a concept last year, Volvo’s S60 Polestar sports sedan has been confirmed for production, with the initial run of cars to be sold exclusively on the Australian market. The production S60 Polestar won’t be quite as extreme as the original 508-horsepower concept...
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Limited Run Of Volvo S60 Polestar Sedans Entering Production: ReportVolvo motorsport partner Polestar has recently dabbled in the world of tuning road cars, originally starting with a C30 concept back in 2010 and then unleashing the 508-horsepower S60 concept on the world just last year. Along the way, Polestar started selling dealer-installed ECU tuning software...
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Volvo V60 Confirmed For The U.S.Once, Volvo wagons roamed the U.S. landscape, shuttling families to and from soccer practice and Boy Scout meetings in the days before SUVs and crossovers. Volvo even managed to carve out a niche in the performance wagon segment with its Volvo Turbo Wagon, boasting that until Ferrari built a wagon...
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2014 Volvo S60 Up Close, Inside & Out: GalleryThough it might not immediately pop to mind the way some German and even American sport sedans do when you're thinking of a fast, luxurious, relatively affordable ride, the Volvo S60 has long been one of our favorites. It's not the fastest, but it's one of the best all-arounders on the market. For...
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Volvo Reinvents High Beams To Make Night Driving SaferIf you live in the city, chances are good you don’t use your high beams much for night driving, since you’re rarely in an environment where they can be employed without distracting other drivers. If you live in the country, on the other hand, high beams provide a welcome margin of...
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This week Volvo announced a series of updates across most of its 2014 model range, with only the discontinued C30 and soon-to-be-replaced XC90 remaining unchanged for the new model year. That means updated versions of the S60 and S80 sedans as well as updated versions of their respective XC60 and XC70 crossover variants. In other markets where Volvos are sold, the Swedish automaker has also updated the V60 and V70 wagons. At a recent launch event for the six updated models, Volvo execs explained that this was the most significant product launch in the company’s history. The changes were...
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Volvo Releases Details For Updated 2014 S60, XC60, XC70 And S80Following a quick video preview of its updated 2014 model range, Volvo has decided to release all the official details. The updated models include the S60 and S80 sedans, as well as the XC60 and XC70 crossovers, all of which are scheduled to be revealed to the public at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show...
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Volvo's S60 Polestar Concept Visits Jay Leno's GarageVolvos have a long-standing reputation as safe, practical and somewhat boring cars, with the possible exception of the old Volvo Turbo wagons. Sure, the S60 T6 R-Design sedan does what it can to liven things up, but its turbocharged 3.0-liter in-line six only puts out 325 horsepower, to all four...
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Volvo Quietly Reveals Retrofit Touch-Screen For The S60 And XC60Volvo used this week’s 2013 Consumer Electronics Show to unveil a new retrofit touch-screen interface for its S60 sedan and XC60 crossover, as well as the V60 wagon sold overseas. The new unit has been developed together with tech companies Ericsson and Parrot, and will be offered through...
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Volvo S60 Polestar Live Photos: 2012 Los Angeles Auto ShowWe’ll admit to being fans of the Volvo S60 T6 R-Design sedan, as it’s a near-ideal blend of performance and comfort. As much as we like the car, however, it’s Volvo’s uber-sexy S60 Polestar concept that we’d rather have parked on our garage. Rumor had it that Volvo was...
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Volvo S60 Polestar Concept Headed To 2012 Los Angeles Auto ShowVolvo will be presenting its 508-horsepower S60 Polestar concept car at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show next week, though the company is still no closer to announcing production plans. Of course, if you’re happy to fork over roughly $300,000, motorsport and engineering firm Polestar will...
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