Who says Volvo is only interested in safe, boring cars? The Polestar Concept could take some fans by surprise.
Chinese-owned Volvo Cars is continuing its attempt to leave behind its staid safety image this weekend as the new Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype is revealed.
Volvo Cars and Polestar are now enter their  fifteenth consecutive motorsport season in the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) as reigning champions.
Polestar has a long and successful competition history with Volvo, racing with 850, S40, and S60. In 2009, Polestar won the STCC for Volvo Cars with the C30, a car they developed completely from scratch.
Volvo claims the objective with the C30 Polestar concept is to explore “what happens when racing engineers and designers get free hands to build a streetcar without any limitations set by a specific racing regulation.”
The all-wheel drive car is powered by the T5 2.5-liter turbocharged engine rated at a claimed 405 horsepower and 510 Nm of torque.
The car will premiere for the public at Gothenburg Motor show April 22-25.