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Volvo ‘serious’ about S60 Polestar

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By Tim Beissmann
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Volvo is reportedly “in serious discussion” with tuning partner Polestar to create a production version of the ballistic Volvo S60 Polestar concept.

Revealed last month, the S60 Polestar concept boasted power and performance to blitz a BMW M3 or Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG but came with no promise of production.

But in an interview with Autocar, Volvo UK managing director Nick Connor says talks are ongoing between the safety-renowned Swedish brand and its tuning compatriot to try to make the S60 Polestar a reality.

If it does make it to production, Connor says the S60 Polestar will retain the concept’s wild 378kW/575Nm 3.0-litre turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine, which motivates the slick sedan from 0-100km/h in 3.9 seconds and on to a top speed in excess of 300km/h.

The S60 Polestar concept’s six-speed manual transmission delivers the power to all four wheels and also sports an electronic limited slip differential, a lower chassis and a wider track, 380mm front disc brakes behind 19-inch alloy wheels, modified air intakes and a 3.5-inch stainless steel exhaust system.

Connor said a production model would be made in very limited numbers and would command a price of over £100,000 ($152,000) – making it roughly twice as expensive as the BMW M3 coupe, which starts at £54,720 ($83,300) in the UK. The BMW M3 coupe is priced from $155,000 in Australia, which means the Volvo S60 Polestar could potentially be a $300,000 proposition if it became available down under.

Volvo Australia currently sells five models with Polestar performance and styling enhancements, including the $75,490 Volvo S60 T6 Polestar, which packs 242kW/480Nm of punch (up 18kW/40Nm from the standard car) for a 5.8-second 0-100km/h sprint.

  • dj

    …or you could just buy an XR6 Turbo and spend a bit of cash on performance mods to get a nice clean n tidy, high performance sedan that can fit the whole family and tow what ever you need….

    • Johnson

      Haha

    • Phunken

      Wrong demographic…

  • Chest Rockjaw

    Apparently Ford are rushing a special edition turbo Focus to compete, it will come with red velour lounge seats, mirror ball and will be called the Poledancer.

    • Robin_Graves

      VeeDud have one on the cards, it has a manscaping kit, a hairdryer holster and its called the Polesmoke

      • Johnson

        Genius! You must have been planning this post for ages….let me be the first to say it was well worth it!

  • Gerhard Schreiber

    Any right minded Mercedes Benz owner would not pay $152K for a Volvo no matter how supercar performance it turned out to be. On the other hand extensive research has shown car buyers would be willing to high extremely high amounts and blank cheques for any of our AMG vehicles. Sure Volvo might get a few enthusiasts but for legitimate performance cars Mercedes does it best amongst its peers.  Unlike Volvo we have a proven record for producing strong and high performing vehicles which handle and drive superbly even under extreme conditions. Mercedes is the best and the rest are nothing.

    • Chest Rockjaw

      Das ist correct Gerhard… Superior engineering from master engineers.

    • Mr.Quattroporte

      They have already confirmed the sales of the only 10 Polestar S60′s they had left over parts for which did go for $155k, and if they are making more, its only common sense that there is a market for them, much like there was when the Polestar C30 came out in 2009. FYI Polestar has a proven track record in the past ten years of its existence in which it has trounced your beloved Bavarian representatives on the racetrack, therefore its translation of racing knowledge into a daily driver results in this Volvo, which is still a prototype, though close to production ready and has been already praised by nearly every single media outlet that has tested it. Your last comment just proves your ignorance and blatant denial of the reality that MB is not the best, not even among German auto groups.

    • Phunken

      Insightfully eugenic bias.

  • ggg

    Looks a bit like a commodore.

    • Force-15

      What? How? Maybe because the paint is similar to the ‘Turismo’ shade Holden offered on their VZ Commodores. You have to admit that the S60 Polestar is a serious piece of machinery though. Even if production is limited, I reckon Volvo should put it into production.

      • Golfschwein

        One of Holden’s very best colours, I recall. 

    • Johnson

      Yes it does, and I look like George Clooney

  • Peter

    As one of volvo’s biggest fans (and the new s60T6 is awesome to drive) and an owner of the previous s60R  I’d have to say that even I wouldnt spend more on one of these than say an M5 (or a Jag XFR) no matter how limited the production numbers.  If I was 60 years old plus, I’d buy the AMG in preference as well.  It doesnt matter how good it is, it will depreciate like nothing else (they all do) and then you’d have a bugger of a time finding someone to buy it.  If it was $100K AUD, that’d be another story.