Blog: Volvo buys Polestar, what does it mean?

You must have noticed that an interesting acquisition took place in the past few days. The Scandinavian manufacturer of safe and boring road vehicles, Volvo, has bought the tuner behind, for example, the relatively beastly version of the Volvo C30 , which Jeremy Clarkson raced on the Top Gear circuit years ago.

Those with the memory of an elephant will surely remember that one of the former moderators of TG really liked the sharp Volvo, but unfortunately the brand did not think about the production of small "ballistic missiles" at the time, so the collaboration between Volvo and the North Star ended in this interesting engineering exercise . It's fair to say that Polestar is behind the modification of the Volvo cars for the Swedish Touring Car Championship, so it's no surprise.

We are not yet sure what Volvo's cooperation with the Polestar division will look like, but we will always welcome other competitors of the M3, M5, XFR-S and similar cars with open arms. It is also conceivable that the brand would offer two chassis tunings . One for those who don't want to lose buoyancy and comfort and the other, significantly more sporty. Your new Volvo would never have to be boring again. As you can see, drinking vodka doesn't have to be a bad thing…