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    Aug 01, 2019 3 minutes
    Ollie Marriage
    “IT’S THE COMFORT/ CONTROL BANDWIDTH THE CAR HAS THAT’S DOWNRIGHT AMAZING”

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    FOR An interesting and rather beguiling take on a luxury GT

    AGAINST LHD-only, sensitive brakes

    This is Polestar’s first car, and it seems Volvo’s future-tech/luxury offshoot is keen to do things differently. It’s a super GT – that much is obvious. Given its price (R2,183 550), power (448kW), weight (2,350kg) and exclusivity (only 1,500 will be sold globally, across only nine countries), you might be thinking

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