Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid gets Polestar upgrade

Thu, 14 Aug 2014

The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid is proving a big sales success for Volvo – and no wonder. The V60 Plug-in Hybrid takes the already very good Volvo V60 and plants a hybrid plug-in under the skin which offers Volvo’s 215bhp 5-cylinder diesel engine – which drives the front wheels – mated to a 70bhp electric motor at the back, making the V60 Plug-in a 4WD Estate with a decent turn of performance, a range of up to 621 miles and a BIK-busting 49g/k emissions.

Not only that, but you can now have the V60 Plug-in with Volvo’s R-Design spec offering the usual Volvo ‘go faster’ updates which make the V60 look more purposeful without looking silly.

But the only problem is that the R-Design spec doesn’t actually come with any more power, a problem that’s now been solved with a Polestar upgrade.

Sadly, the Polestar upgrade doesn’t offer the sort of performance the Volvo V60 Polestar offers, but it does up the power and torque without affecting the economy or emissions.

The Polestar upgrade increase power available for the V60 Plug-in by 15bhp and torque by 22lb/ft, which doesn’t sound a lot but should make the V60 feel a bit livelier.

Hans Baath, Polestar’s Marketing Director, said:

The Polestar optimisation for the V60 D6 combines a strong fuel economy with performance. We are happy to be able to offer the Volvo customers with more driving pleasure in combination with the latest hybrid technology, a very interesting area for the future.

The optimisation makes the car more fun to drive, at the same time as it increases the safety in situations where you need extra performance, for example during an overtaking maneuver.

The Polkesta upgrade for the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid is available in the UK, although we don’t yet have a price.

The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid

By Cars UK