The Polestar Volvo C30 Performance Concept Prototype has been announced today with the company releasing the first teaser image. Polestar Performance, championship-winning Swedish Touring Car Team, has developed the Polestar Volvo C30 Performance Concept to show what happens when a race team designs its own car.
The Polestar Volvo C30 Performance Concept develops 400 PS which are all sent to an all-wheel-drive system. The car also received aerodynamics based on the team's race car.
The developers announced they will unveil the Polestar Volvo C30 Performance Concept at the Gothenburg Motor Show between 22-25 April when they will also release the full specifications of the car.
Polestar Press Release:
Polestar Performance, the team behind Volvo's championship-winning Swedish Touring Car Team, has announced their first complete road car project – the C30 Performance Concept Prototype.
Developing 400PS and transferring the power to the road via an all-wheel-drive system, the C30 Performance Concept Prototype was designed to evaluate what happens when a Championship-winning
team of race engineers and designers get free-reign to design and engineer a car rather than developing it to fit very specific race regulations.
"We love the Volvo C30 - it’s a great car with huge potential for development with its low weight and low center of gravity. It’s also a fantastic road car. But now we go much further by combining the road car with cutting edge racing technology," says Robert Dahlgren, race and development driver at Polestar.
"It’s particularly inspiring to develop this
specific C30. This car is built just in the way we want to do it. Polestar has probably spent more time than anyone else in the world to get speed out of the C30, and this time we can realize ideas without being halted by specific race regulations," says Jan Andersson, technical director at Polestar Racing.
The concept includes a 400 PS-engine, all-wheel-drive, and aerodynamics based on Polestar's race car data. Further updates on the project, including the announcement of technical specifications,
will be posted on the company's web site www.polestar.se. The first public appearance of the C30 Performance Concept Prototype will be at Gothenburg Motor Show between 22-25 April.
Polestar – developing road car performance
The announcement of the C30 Performance Concept Prototype follows the launch of a range of performance enhancements for D5-engined Volvo cars. Volvo XC90 owners can now specify a retrofit engine software enhancement that adds 20hp and 50Nm of torque to the standard car, enhancing performance and drivability. The Polestar upgrade is also available on S80, V70, XC70, XC60 and outgoing S60 models. The enhancement is now available at all Volvo dealerships priced at £640.
