2017 Volvo V60 & S60 POLESTAR get 362bhp 2.0 litre Drive-E engine

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The 2017 Volvo V60 Polestar (and the S60 Polestar) arrive with Volvo’s new 2.0 litre Drive-E engine delivering a healthy 362bhp.

When we revealed a few days ago that the Volvo V60 Polestar is to be the WTCC safety car for 2016, we did question why Volvo would headline a car that still uses ‘old’ Volvo engines – a 3.0 litre six-cylinder – rather than a car with one of Volvo’s new Drive-E engines. But now we have the answer – the 2017 Volvo V60 Polestar.

The V60 Polestar (and its saloon sibling, the S60 Polestar) has been updated for the 2017 model year, and it comes with a Polestar take on Volvo’s latest T6 petrol engine, which means a 2.0 litre turbo and supercharged engine delivering 362bhp, 17bhp up on the old 3.0 litre, and cutting weight by 24kg in the process.

Polestar has tweaked Volvo’s T6 with a bigger turbo, new cams and conrods, bigger air intakes and a meatier fuel pump, as well as tweaking the eight-speed auto ‘box and four-wheel drive, fitting bigger brakes, re-calibrating the steering and fitting new 20″ alloys.

That extra power and weight reduction means the V60 Polestar can hit 62mph in 4.8 seconds, on its way to a limited 155mph top speed, despite which it comes with official economy and emissions of 34.9mpg and 186g/km.

The last Volvo ’60’ Series Polestar cars were limited to just 750 cars a year, but Volvo are doubling that for the new version. Prices haven’t been revealed yet, but they’re going to be circa £50k and we’d expect around 250 a year will be available in the UK.

2017 Volvo V60 & S60 POLESTAR Video