Polestar Performance Upgrades
As an official partner of Volvo Cars, Polestar has been optimizing our cars for the racing circuits since 1996, and now we are making this technology available to you. Polestar Performance enhances throttle-response, torque and power in your Volvo, without increasing the certified fuel consumption or affecting your Volvo's Original Warranty.
Polestar engine tuning is standard on these models:
2012 - 2015 S60 T6 R-Design
2012 - 2015 XC60 T6 R-Design
2015 V60 T6 R-Design
Polestar engine tuning is available as an accessory on these models:
2010 - 2014 XC60 T6
2006 - 2007 XC70 2.5T
2009 - 2015 XC70 T6
2006 - 2009 XC90 2.5T
2006 - 2009 S60 2.5T
2011 - 2014 S60 T6
2006 S80 2.5T
2008 - 2013 C30 T5
2008 - 2013 C70 T5
2008 - 2011 S40 T5
2008 - 2010 V50 T5 AWD (Manual transmission only)
2006 - 2007 V70 2.5T
2015 XC60 T6 AWD
Polestar's fully integrated, sophisticated tune is not a "bolt-on" solution. For example the upgrade re-optimizes and keeps full functionality in all of the many built-in safety functions designed to save the engine in case of a partial system malfunction. It has been developed and thoroughly tested at the Volvo Engine Laboratories using the same elaborate testing procedures that Volvo uses for their standard engines.
The software re-calibrates hundreds of parameters that control the engine. The changes include:
- Increase of turbocharger boost pressure
- Re-optimization of ignition- and fuel-mapping
- Re-calibration of throttle-response
