Volvo Cars, a premium car maker, is launching a new upgraded electrified performance offer called Polestar Engineered, specifically developed for its new 60 Series T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid cars. Polestar Engineered is more than a performance tuner for Volvo. AMG/M are tuners for Mercedes and BMW but what sets Polestar apart is its commitment to electrified performance. Volvo (Geely Holdings) acquired the Swedish tuner motorsports to allow an in house team directing performance and electrification. Volvo and their team look forward to introducing more performance products under the Polestar Engineered brand.
Polestar’s performance engineering will enhance the car’s wheels, brakes, and suspension and engine control unit. Geely Holdings has owned the luxury brand since 2010 and their management worked with the different teams in Sweden and China to allow growth in the important electric automotive field. Volvo will be using 4 cylinder engines with electric motors positioned at the wheels offering “amazing torque”. Expect to see this formula to move into all future Volvo vehicles. Volvo was always known as the car to go to if it was safety you were looking for. Today we see performance, handling as the leading force at Volvo while keeping and adding more features to make the Volvo safe.
Polestar Engineered debuts on the forthcoming new S60
premium sports sedan. The offer is exclusively available on the top-of-the-line
T8 Twin Engine and is positioned above Volvo’s R Design versions.
Polestar Engineered will also be offered on the new V60
estate and XC60 SUV from next year, available globally in limited numbers via
Volvo dealerships and Care by Volvo, the company’s premium car subscription
service.
Volvo will reveal its new S60 premium sports sedan at the inauguration of its first US manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. The 1.1 Billion dollar plant is the sole production site for the new S60, which is the first Volvo car made in the US. The plant has been designed to allow for other vehicles to be added to the production lines. The XC 90 will be produced at the factory in a few years according to Volvo.
Polestar Engineered debuts on the forthcoming new S60 premium sports sedan. The offer is exclusively available on the top-of-the-line T8 Twin Engine and is positioned above Volvo’s R Design versions.
Polestar Engineered will also be offered on the new V60 estate and XC60 SUV from next year, available globally in limited numbers via Volvo dealerships and Care by Volvo.
New lightweight wheels have an open design to show off the eye-catching golden-painted brake calipers, the new hallmark color for Polestar Engineered components. Polestar emblems, black chrome exhaust pipes and golden seat belts also identify Volvo cars equipped with Polestar Engineered.
The Brembo mono-block brake calipers are cast in one piece and optimized for rigidity. The brake pads have increased heat tolerance while the brake discs’ slotted design further improves heat reduction.
The Polestar Engineered multi-link front and rear suspension incorporates premium Öhlins shock absorbers with a dual-flow valve that allows stiffening in the springs and dampeners while retaining comfort. The strut bar and adjustable shock absorber design are shared with the Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid performance car.
Fine-tuning of the engine’s control unit increases the S60 electrified T8 Twin Engine output to 415hp* combined, with 670Nm of torque – the standard T8 Twin Engine delivers 400hp* and 640Nm combined. The software upgrades improve fuel consumption and emissions-neutral performance, and refines the automatic gear selection. Volvo has tweaked the transmission to deliver all the power smoothly,
“The new S60 T8 Polestar Engineered is an electrified car that does what you want it to,” said Henrik Green, senior vice-president of research and development at Volvo Cars. “All components have been fine-tuned to work together, delivering a responsive and exciting driver’s car.”
The S60 T8 Polestar Engineered performance model displays on the exterior their badge.
We await a production model to do a full review of the Volvo S60 Polestar.
Bruce Hubbard
Bonnie Lynch
AUTO ADVISOR GROUP
Here is a photo of the 2016 Volvo S60.AS SOON AS WE ARE ALLOWED WE WILL RELEASE THE NEWEST VOLVO S60 POLESTAR ENGINEERED MODEL.
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