Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60, Top Gear
Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60
Volvo’s safe, dependable family SUV gets even more power. Still safe, dependable. Now swift
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This is a hybrid SUV that offers up unspoiled electrical drive, safety, dependability… and 421bhp. Welcome, Internet, to Polestar’s take on the Volvo XC60.
Yup, the hot version of Volvo’s Audi SQ5 and Merc-AMG GLC forty three rival just a little bit sexier. Polestar is to Volvo what AMG and S are to both Mercedes and Audi, and gave the XC60 twin-engined T8 hybrid a boost.
“The fresh XC60 has provided us with an excellent base to work on with a dynamic chassis and a commence of the art powertrain,” explains Volvo’s Henrik Fries (he’s the VP of R&D). “With the Polestar optimisation, it makes the fresh Volvo XC60 a true drivers’ car.”
Fighting talk. Polestar has reworked the engine to provide more power and torque in the mid-range – the bit you use most in everyday driving – along with tweaking the throttle response and off-throttle response.
There are also tweaks to the gearbox: it’s been recalibrated to accompany the extra mid-range uplift, and there’s a fresh gear-hold function that, well, holds the gear you’re in “when cornering with high lateral g-force”. HIGH LATERAL G-FORCE FOLKS. In a Volvo XC60. We like.
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With that headline power output then, the Polestar XC60 T8 joins the Polestar XC90 T8 as the two most powerful Volvos ever built. No word on acceleration, but the ‘regular’ XC60 T8 with 407bhp will sprint to 62mph in Five.3s. Expect more fastness from this.
And here’s a little nugget for Polestar spectacle down the road: in the future, it’ll will become a separately-branded, ‘electrified’ high-performance car company. Its cars will no longer feature Volvo badges, and – as per Volvo’s mainstream line-up – will suggest electrification across the board.
“These synergies [with Volvo Cars] will permit it to design, develop and build world-beating electrified high spectacle cars,” Polestar said.
You ready for this electrified spectacle car future?
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Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60, Top Gear
Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60
Volvo’s safe, dependable family SUV gets even more power. Still safe, dependable. Now swift
Read more on:
This is a hybrid SUV that offers up unspoiled electrical drive, safety, dependability… and 421bhp. Welcome, Internet, to Polestar’s take on the Volvo XC60.
Yup, the hot version of Volvo’s Audi SQ5 and Merc-AMG GLC forty three rival just a little bit sexier. Polestar is to Volvo what AMG and S are to both Mercedes and Audi, and gave the XC60 twin-engined T8 hybrid a boost.
“The fresh XC60 has provided us with an excellent base to work on with a dynamic chassis and a embark of the art powertrain,” explains Volvo’s Henrik Fries (he’s the VP of R&D). “With the Polestar optimisation, it makes the fresh Volvo XC60 a true drivers’ car.”
Fighting talk. Polestar has reworked the engine to provide more power and torque in the mid-range – the bit you use most in everyday driving – along with tweaking the throttle response and off-throttle response.
There are also tweaks to the gearbox: it’s been recalibrated to accompany the extra mid-range uplift, and there’s a fresh gear-hold function that, well, holds the gear you’re in “when cornering with high lateral g-force”. HIGH LATERAL G-FORCE FOLKS. In a Volvo XC60. We like.
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With that headline power output then, the Polestar XC60 T8 joins the Polestar XC90 T8 as the two most powerful Volvos ever built. No word on acceleration, but the ‘regular’ XC60 T8 with 407bhp will sprint to 62mph in Five.3s. Expect more fastness from this.
And here’s a little nugget for Polestar spectacle down the road: in the future, it’ll will become a separately-branded, ‘electrified’ high-performance car company. Its cars will no longer feature Volvo badges, and – as per Volvo’s mainstream line-up – will suggest electrification across the board.
“These synergies [with Volvo Cars] will permit it to design, develop and build world-beating electrified high spectacle cars,” Polestar said.
You ready for this electrical spectacle car future?
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Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60, Top Gear
Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60
Volvo’s safe, dependable family SUV gets even more power. Still safe, dependable. Now rapid
Read more on:
This is a hybrid SUV that offers up unspoiled electrical drive, safety, dependability… and 421bhp. Welcome, Internet, to Polestar’s take on the Volvo XC60.
Yup, the hot version of Volvo’s Audi SQ5 and Merc-AMG GLC forty three rival just a little bit sexier. Polestar is to Volvo what AMG and S are to both Mercedes and Audi, and gave the XC60 twin-engined T8 hybrid a boost.
“The fresh XC60 has provided us with an excellent base to work on with a dynamic chassis and a commence of the art powertrain,” explains Volvo’s Henrik Fries (he’s the VP of R&D). “With the Polestar optimisation, it makes the fresh Volvo XC60 a true drivers’ car.”
Fighting talk. Polestar has reworked the engine to provide more power and torque in the mid-range – the bit you use most in everyday driving – along with tweaking the throttle response and off-throttle response.
There are also tweaks to the gearbox: it’s been recalibrated to accompany the extra mid-range uplift, and there’s a fresh gear-hold function that, well, holds the gear you’re in “when cornering with high lateral g-force”. HIGH LATERAL G-FORCE FOLKS. In a Volvo XC60. We like.
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With that headline power output then, the Polestar XC60 T8 joins the Polestar XC90 T8 as the two most powerful Volvos ever built. No word on acceleration, but the ‘regular’ XC60 T8 with 407bhp will sprint to 62mph in Five.3s. Expect more fastness from this.
And here’s a little nugget for Polestar spectacle down the road: in the future, it’ll will become a separately-branded, ‘electrified’ high-performance car company. Its cars will no longer feature Volvo badges, and – as per Volvo’s mainstream line-up – will suggest electrification across the board.
“These synergies [with Volvo Cars] will permit it to design, develop and build world-beating electrified high spectacle cars,” Polestar said.
You ready for this electrical spectacle car future?
Share this page:
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Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60, Top Gear
Polestar has built a 421bhp Volvo XC60
Volvo’s safe, dependable family SUV gets even more power. Still safe, dependable. Now prompt
Read more on:
This is a hybrid SUV that offers up unspoiled electrical drive, safety, dependability… and 421bhp. Welcome, Internet, to Polestar’s take on the Volvo XC60.
Yup, the hot version of Volvo’s Audi SQ5 and Merc-AMG GLC forty three rival just a little bit sexier. Polestar is to Volvo what AMG and S are to both Mercedes and Audi, and gave the XC60 twin-engined T8 hybrid a boost.
“The fresh XC60 has provided us with an excellent base to work on with a dynamic chassis and a begin of the art powertrain,” explains Volvo’s Henrik Fries (he’s the VP of R&D). “With the Polestar optimisation, it makes the fresh Volvo XC60 a true drivers’ car.”
Fighting talk. Polestar has reworked the engine to provide more power and torque in the mid-range – the bit you use most in everyday driving – along with tweaking the throttle response and off-throttle response.
There are also tweaks to the gearbox: it’s been recalibrated to accompany the extra mid-range uplift, and there’s a fresh gear-hold function that, well, holds the gear you’re in “when cornering with high lateral g-force”. HIGH LATERAL G-FORCE FOLKS. In a Volvo XC60. We like.
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Polestar is now a high-performance electrified car brand
Every fresh Volvo will be electrified by 2019
Volvo’s fresh concepts preview the 40-series
Observe out, AMG: Volvo gets sexier with Polestar purchase
With that headline power output then, the Polestar XC60 T8 joins the Polestar XC90 T8 as the two most powerful Volvos ever built. No word on acceleration, but the ‘regular’ XC60 T8 with 407bhp will sprint to 62mph in Five.3s. Expect more fastness from this.
And here’s a little nugget for Polestar spectacle down the road: in the future, it’ll will become a separately-branded, ‘electrified’ high-performance car company. Its cars will no longer feature Volvo badges, and – as per Volvo’s mainstream line-up – will suggest electrification across the board.
“These synergies [with Volvo Cars] will permit it to design, develop and build world-beating electrified high spectacle cars,” Polestar said.
You ready for this electrified spectacle car future?
Share this page:
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