Volvo isn’t really associated with high performance cars, not even of the affordable kind, but it looks like the Volvo XC90 Polestar may fit the bill. COO of Polestar Niels shares that Polestar only wants to follow in the trend of the SUV as an urban cruiser; they’d only like to put one on a race track as well.
Polestar will showcase a new four-pot petrol engine on the Volvo XC90 Polestar, which will replace the straight-six turbo ones in the S60 and V60 Polestar models. The company is also putting a 2.0-liter Drive-E is also under consideration for future showcasing. It’s set to be on the lighter side of their car roster, with more power and half the CO2 emissions. Polestar hopes to put in a supercharger and a turbocharger to get the best of these features.
Volvo bought out Polestar in July of 2015, and if cards are played right, the Volvo XC90 Polestar and its subsequent models could bring Volvo back to the race tracks. Two S60 Polestar TC1 units will be competing in the World Touring Car Championship in 2016, and it’ll start the spin of changes that will come from the partnership between Volvo and Polestar for future years.
