{"id":538891,"date":"2010-04-21T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/21\/volvo-teases-c30-polestar-performance-concept\/"},"modified":"2010-04-21T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T23:31:00","slug":"volvo-teases-c30-polestar-performance-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/538891","title":{"rendered":"Volvo teases C30 Polestar Performance Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype – Click above for high-res image<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nVolvo<\/a> and Polestar are set to officially unveil the C30<\/a> Polestar Performance Concept Prototype this weekend. Designed to be an exercise in what would happen if a race team was allowed to do what they do best without the burden of a regulatory body looming over them, the wicked hatch is about as far from what’s available at your local Volvo dealer as you can get.<\/p>\n

The base C30 gets its power from a 2.5-liter, 227-horsepower turbocharged five-cylinder, and the Polestar version bumps that same mill up to a heavenly 405 ponies thanks to a larger turbo, massive intercooler and custom internals. The pistons, connecting rods and camshaft are all unique units build just for the project. <\/p>\n

The Haldex all-wheel drive system stays in place, though mechanical differentials, front and rear, have been fitted to add a little control to the chaos. Polestar also dropped in a quick-ratio steering rack and an Ohlins suspension. Brake work gets handled by epic Brembo six-piston calipers up front and four-piston units out back.<\/p>\n

Obviously Volvo doesn’t have any plans to bring a Polestar C30<\/a> to production, though it is cool to see a road-going version of a Swedish touring car come to life. Hit the jump<\/a> for the press release.<\/p>\n

[Source: Volvo]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Aftermarket, Performance, Europe, Hatchback, Volvo, Racing Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype – Click above for high-res image Volvo and Polestar are set to officially unveil the C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype this weekend. Designed to be an exercise in what would happen if a race team was allowed to do what they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6487,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}