Volvo Beat A 'Ring Lap Record But Kept It Secret For A Year
We all know what happens at the Nurburgring. A manufacturer borrows the old North Loop circuit for a day or two, smashes out a record-breaking lap time and throws out a florid press release about it.
But not so with Volvo. In understated style typical of the Swedes, Volvo took a lap record with the S60 Polestar and then didn’t tell anyone about it. For an entire year.
After finishing the 2016 Nurburgring round of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), the Polestar Cyan Racing team elected to stay in Germany for a few extra days. It conducted a secret test of its road and race cars, essentially for no better reason than to see how fast they could go on the demanding Nordschleife.
Unexpectedly, the team recorded a 7’51.110 time for the S60 Polestar, beating the fastest time set by a road legal, production four-door car at the time.
So why did it keep quiet? Volvo says that the test revealed important information that it then incorporated into both its racing cars and the Polestar road cars. It’s only safe to let the secret out now, as the WTCC returns to the ‘Ring for 2017.
Comments
I believe this Polestar isn’t stock. but a hybrid between the Concept and the 2015 Polestar. 1. Car is Manual in the video, Production car was never sold as a Manual. 2. It uses a 6 cylinder, but the new Polestar uses a 4cyl (So does the WTCC Car) and 3. WHERE DID YOU FIND THESE PHOTOS!! I looked everywhere and somehow you found them before me. Tell me! haha (Friends S60R being thrashed when it was a press car)
S60 R has a 2.5L Inline 5!!! If this is a 6-Cylinder, it’s been engine swapped.
Also for Polestar
The 2016 models come with a turbocharged 6-cylinder engine
The 2017 models are faster as they come with a turbocharged and supercharged 4-cylinder. Better for the environment too!
Guess Trump could take some pointers…
It’s keeping alive the Volvo “x-factor”. Many owners feel there is something special with those cars, but can’t put a finger on it. Keeping the “mysticism” alive by not babbling about the record :P
Welp…Volvo just broke my heart xD
complete opposite of aventador
Yes!
Goal for Forza 6 has been set…
Is the s60 polestar FWD aswell?
Wait, this was a record at the time, but now the civic holds it by 8 seconds or so right?
AWD
This just makes me want a V60 Polestar more now…