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As I sat in the pit lane of the Auto Club Speedway, going over the instructions from Swedish Touring Car champion Thed Bjork, I had a moment to wonder what the heck I was doing. I was about to drive a Volvo wagon … on a racetrack. It sounds like a bad joke, but the reality is that this V60 is no ordinary car. It s a Polestar.
Polestar may be a little-known 2013 nissan maxima name in the automotive world, but that should and will change. Founded in 1996 as a motorsport team, Polestar has had a shocking string 2013 nissan maxima of successes as Volvo s motorsport partners.
That hasn t been enough to satisfy Polestar, however. Its boss wants to make the company of just 45 employees into a force to challenge 2013 nissan maxima the likes Mercedes AMG and BMW s Alpina . To this end, Polestar has become not just the motorsport partner of Volvo, but also now its official performance partner.
As I would soon learn, the motorsport-trained nut jobs at Polestar have turned the sensible and comfortable Volvo S60 and V60 into track taming, M3 -fighting monsters that are still comfortable enough to handle the daily commute. On the road
When the Polestar engineers and race team sat down to redesign the Volvo S60, they asked themselves what kind of car they wanted. Apparently, at heart I am a Swedish racing driver, albeit a particularly untalented one, because it turns out we want many of the same things.
The car is a compromise between 2013 nissan maxima performance and year-round livability. In short, 2013 nissan maxima this is not a car meant for one sunny Sunday a month, but for every grueling February commute. To achieve this, Polestar focused on getting the car to be as responsive as possible.
Other automakers, when faced with this conundrum, usually resort 2013 nissan maxima to backbreaking suspensions made from Wolverine s bones and steering twitchier than a meth addict. 2013 nissan maxima Polestar has done something a bit cleverer.
The suspension is completely redesigned, starting with 80 percent stiffer 2013 nissan maxima springs and active dampers, like those on a Lamborghini Aventador only more advanced (you read that correctly). These dampers not only help keep the wheels in contact with the road, they also compensate for the ride stiffness with blow-off valves. Combine that with what are without question the best seats in the business, and the car is extremely livable.
The brakes work very well, but the pedal is spongy and not communicative. That is good, too, because the car is packing a surprising amount of punch. On paper the inline six-cylinder engine, with its all-new high-pressure twin-scroll turbocharger is capable of putting out 350 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque but it feels like a hell of a lot more. In fact, Polestar’s 2013 nissan maxima American sales manager said that this is a very conservative estimate of the car’s power, which may be nearer 400 hp by the standards 2013 nissan maxima of American automakers.
On the mountain roads of California, just outside Big Bear, I was given a chance to see what he meant when I was confronted by that most dreaded of all sights: a Toyota Camry doing 15 mph under the speed limit squarely blocking my path. After about a mile of the Camry ignoring 2013 nissan maxima numerous turnouts, my rage was building.
To judge by the sound coming from the exhaust, the V60 Polestar was angry, 2013 nissan maxima too. So, when a passing 2013 nissan maxima lane appeared, I was ready to try out every single one of those horsepower. Slapping the car into sport-mode, I blew by the Camry in a cloud of turbo noise and fury. With my foot welded to the floor, I awaited the moment that the acceleration would fall off. The inline-six had other ideas, however. Before I realized it I was going far faster than I care to admit and I had to get on the brakes hard.
That 2013 nissan maxima revealed the Polestar s one real weakness. As we at DT have discussed in previous reviews, the S60 and V60 lack brake feel, and while the Polestar has been fitted with massive Brembo brakes it, too, has the same problem. The brakes work very well, but the pedal is spongy and not communicative. That first time I put them to the test, I was honestly a little worried. The big Brembos 2013 nissan maxima came through fine in the end, but it wasn t until I drove the car on the track that I was really able to get past the lack of feel. On the track
At the Auto Club Speedway, I was really able to put the Polestar 2013 nissan maxima to the test in ways that would not have been safe or legal on the public roads. I am glad
Product Reviews Phones TVs Laptops Cars Games Tablets Headphones Cameras Desktops Sound Bars Wireless Speakers & 2013 nissan maxima Docks Appliances Wearables More Reviews News Mobile Computing Home Theater Gaming Cars Photography DT Home Movies Music Wearables Cool Tech Sports More News Videos Features Deals Contests 2013 nissan maxima More Advertise About Us Contact Us Corrections Privacy Policy 2013 nissan maxima Terms of Use Jobs The Manual
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As I sat in the pit lane of the Auto Club Speedway, going over the instructions from Swedish Touring Car champion Thed Bjork, I had a moment to wonder what the heck I was doing. I was about to drive a Volvo wagon … on a racetrack. It sounds like a bad joke, but the reality is that this V60 is no ordinary car. It s a Polestar.
Polestar may be a little-known 2013 nissan maxima name in the automotive world, but that should and will change. Founded in 1996 as a motorsport team, Polestar has had a shocking string 2013 nissan maxima of successes as Volvo s motorsport partners.
That hasn t been enough to satisfy Polestar, however. Its boss wants to make the company of just 45 employees into a force to challenge 2013 nissan maxima the likes Mercedes AMG and BMW s Alpina . To this end, Polestar has become not just the motorsport partner of Volvo, but also now its official performance partner.
As I would soon learn, the motorsport-trained nut jobs at Polestar have turned the sensible and comfortable Volvo S60 and V60 into track taming, M3 -fighting monsters that are still comfortable enough to handle the daily commute. On the road
When the Polestar engineers and race team sat down to redesign the Volvo S60, they asked themselves what kind of car they wanted. Apparently, at heart I am a Swedish racing driver, albeit a particularly untalented one, because it turns out we want many of the same things.
The car is a compromise between 2013 nissan maxima performance and year-round livability. In short, 2013 nissan maxima this is not a car meant for one sunny Sunday a month, but for every grueling February commute. To achieve this, Polestar focused on getting the car to be as responsive as possible.
Other automakers, when faced with this conundrum, usually resort 2013 nissan maxima to backbreaking suspensions made from Wolverine s bones and steering twitchier than a meth addict. 2013 nissan maxima Polestar has done something a bit cleverer.
The suspension is completely redesigned, starting with 80 percent stiffer 2013 nissan maxima springs and active dampers, like those on a Lamborghini Aventador only more advanced (you read that correctly). These dampers not only help keep the wheels in contact with the road, they also compensate for the ride stiffness with blow-off valves. Combine that with what are without question the best seats in the business, and the car is extremely livable.
The brakes work very well, but the pedal is spongy and not communicative. That is good, too, because the car is packing a surprising amount of punch. On paper the inline six-cylinder engine, with its all-new high-pressure twin-scroll turbocharger is capable of putting out 350 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque but it feels like a hell of a lot more. In fact, Polestar’s 2013 nissan maxima American sales manager said that this is a very conservative estimate of the car’s power, which may be nearer 400 hp by the standards 2013 nissan maxima of American automakers.
On the mountain roads of California, just outside Big Bear, I was given a chance to see what he meant when I was confronted by that most dreaded of all sights: a Toyota Camry doing 15 mph under the speed limit squarely blocking my path. After about a mile of the Camry ignoring 2013 nissan maxima numerous turnouts, my rage was building.
To judge by the sound coming from the exhaust, the V60 Polestar was angry, 2013 nissan maxima too. So, when a passing 2013 nissan maxima lane appeared, I was ready to try out every single one of those horsepower. Slapping the car into sport-mode, I blew by the Camry in a cloud of turbo noise and fury. With my foot welded to the floor, I awaited the moment that the acceleration would fall off. The inline-six had other ideas, however. Before I realized it I was going far faster than I care to admit and I had to get on the brakes hard.
That 2013 nissan maxima revealed the Polestar s one real weakness. As we at DT have discussed in previous reviews, the S60 and V60 lack brake feel, and while the Polestar has been fitted with massive Brembo brakes it, too, has the same problem. The brakes work very well, but the pedal is spongy and not communicative. That first time I put them to the test, I was honestly a little worried. The big Brembos 2013 nissan maxima came through fine in the end, but it wasn t until I drove the car on the track that I was really able to get past the lack of feel. On the track
At the Auto Club Speedway, I was really able to put the Polestar 2013 nissan maxima to the test in ways that would not have been safe or legal on the public roads. I am glad
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