When one thinks of a Volvo estate, sports car performance is not among the first thoughts that spring to mind. However, Volvo’s official tuner Polestar wants to change this perception with the new S60 and V60Polestar.
With 345hp from a 3.0-liter turbocharged six petrol engine, a sports suspension with adjustable dampers, uprated brakes and other modifications, the Volvo V60 Polestar doesn’t look like the usual Volvo estate at all. It doesn’t go like one either, as Autocar’s Steve Sutcliffe found out.
He reckons the V60 Polestar offers a level of performance somewhere between the Audi S4 and the Audi RS4, which is quite an achievement. Like the two Audis, the Volvo V60 Polestar is all-wheel drive, which means fathers will be able to deliver their families safely and quickly to their destination, while enjoying all the performance the car has to offer.
In the end, the V60 Polestar is found to deliver a good compromise between performance and practicality, which is probably what Volvo wanted it to be in the first place.
By Dan Mihalascu
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