POLESTAR

AS POLESTAR, ORIGINALLY Volvo’s factory-backed touring car racing team and now a standalone EV brand, moves to realise a high-performance electric future, it’s worth looking back on its more skunkworks take on Swedish performance.

Few modern sedans offer as intriguing an option for the price as the Volvo S60/V60 Polestar. Costing a hair under $110,000 at launch, Australia acted as a test bed for the sporty Swede, receiving a limited run of 50 Polestar-tuned S60 T6 AWDs back in 2013.

Thanks to a BorgWarner turbo, intercooler and a stainless steel 2.5-inch exhaust system,