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A mild 10kW shy of matching the Mercedes A 45 AMG as the most powerful 2.0-litre 4-cylinder engine but the 270kW Volvo S60 Polestar engine recently received praise by winning the 2016 Wards Engine category. “Not long ago, a newly designed engine that could achieve 100 horsepower (75kW) per...

A true Polestar model from Volvo South Africa. Currently the S60 is also the only one of its kind on sale and available in limited numbers. The lines between Polestar Performance Parts and Polestar (WTCC flavour, for lack of higher praise) becomes less blurred with the arrival of the Volvo S60 Polestar...

Polestar, Volvo’s performance division, has found a way to spice things up for its tired and wrinkled S60 model. Volvo S60 Polestar – which is different to Polestar Performance Parts – is available in South Africa as a limited run of just 45 units. For the 2017 model year, the...

Volvo V40 T5 R-Design with Polestar Performance Parts is the fastest V40 you can currently buy in Africa In South Africa the little blue square denoting Volvo’s Polestar emblem is downright confusing. Stuck somewhere between fully fledged Polestar, only available in the S60, and Polestar Performance Parts fitted to...

Living with the weight of expectation following the phenomenal XC90 (SA Car of the Year) and S90, the updated Volvo V40 has become Volvo’s oft forgotten (at least in the media) yet accomplished elongated hatchback.  Volvo has however taken time out from pushing technological boundaries to spruce up the 2016...

Swedish carmaker Volvo has yet again revealed a performance-inspired R-Design version of the new S90. This comes days after Volvo introduced a Polestar Performance Software for its XC90 T8. Central to the Volvo S90 R-Design is an advanced sports chassis which provides a spirited, road-hugging drive. According to Björn...

Volvo’s flagship SUV in the range-topping T8 version runs to 100km/h in five and a half seconds. Volvo’s performance division, Polestar, recently upgraded the D5 diesel engine of Volvo’s flagship S90 and V90, but now it is time for the newly launched XC90 T8 to receive special treatment –...

Hard to review a car that’s already been replaced. Yes, you read correctly. The Volvo S60 Polestar which launched in South Africa towards the end of 2015 and quickly sold every one of the 28 units, is making way for a new 4-cylinder version that’s supposedly better in almost...

Although South Africa is only now getting to grips with the current Volvo S60 Polestar which made its local debut towards the end of 2015, a new 270kW version has been confirmed with 32 models headed our way. With such a limited number of models coming in Q3 of...