Polestar News

Volvo’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...

Volvo plans to enter the competitive world of V8 Supercars, Australia’s premier touring car series, in 2014 using a racing version of its S60 sedan. There are currently four other makes competing, one of which isn’t backed by any manufacturer. Come next year, however, the Volvo brand...

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...

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...

Volvo has launched its first model built by its performance partner Polestar, a tuned S60 sedan limited to just 100 units and of which half will be sold exclusively in the Australian market. The land down under is serving as a testbed for the sale of Polestar-enhanced Volvos and if the results are...

After being dominated for years by Holden and Ford, Australia’s V8 Supercars this year opened up the series to more brands. This saw Nissan with its Altima and a private entity racing a Mercedes-Benz quickly sign on, and at one point there was talk of Chrysler joining too. While the Chrysler...

After 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...

Volvo 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...

Late last year Volvo quietly discontinued its C30 hatchback from the market, with nary a mention of a reason why or a possible replacement. It’s likely the fact that Volvo only managed to sell around 4,500 C30s annually in the U.S., which, understandably, is not nearly enough to justify its...

Volvos 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...

Volvo 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...

If you like the Volvo C30’s looks but aren’t sold by its performance, step away from the lutefisk, as we’ve got some good news for you. For 2013, the automaker best known for building safe but conservative cars is releasing a Polestar-tuned version of its compact hatchback. The...

Volvo and its performance partner Polestar will build more of its 508-horsepower S60 sedans should anyone--with a spare $300k lying around--require one.

Volvo is set to unveil a new performance concept based on its 2012 Volvo S60 TTA race car. Could a production version be just around the corner?

Most people are unlikely to associate Volvo with performance, but the Swedish automaker has offered several notable sporty variants of its regular lineup in the past under the R performance range. The S60 R, for example, was introduced in 2003 and boasted a 300-horsepower turbocharged engine mated...

For the uninitiated, Polestar is a Swedish firm whose core business is focused on research and development through motorsport. In the past, Polestar has successfully raced a range of Volvo models in various competitions, the most recent being the C30, which it currently uses to compete in the...

Just weeks after launching performance software for its five-cylinder models, Volvo has announced a similar upgrade for its T6 six-cylinder models.

Volvo's tuning partner, Polestar, is launching a line of performance software for Volvo C30, C70 and S40 models.

For 2012, Volvo R-Design models are offered for the C30, S60, XC60, and XC90

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s report of a new high-performance division brand being considered by Volvo, comes this concept car that was unveiled late last week at the 2011 Australian auto show. Based on the Volvo S60 R-Design, the new concept car is called the S60 Performance Project and...