May 30, 2016 11:43 AM
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The steering wheel is the same as the standard however the Polestar edition gets three adjustments soft, medium and hard to suit your driving style, but more on that later. Behind the wheel, the 3-pod instrumentation is neat, easy to read and informative.
Moving onto what matters the most in a performance car – the engine. Volvo has given the older 3.0-litre 6-cylinder motor the boot and has fitted the 2017 S60 Polestar with the Drive-E 2.0-litre 4-cylinder unit. Despite its lower displacement this engine makes 367 horses as opposed to the 345 from the six pot motor. Volvo and Polestar haven't just revamped the ECU for the higher output though, the 2017 S60 Polestar gets a bigger turbocharger and intake, new cam shafts and a larger fuel pump. Peak torque though has gone down from 500Nm to 467Nm.
The dashboard feels well built with textured hard plastic on the upper half. The layout of the centre console is identical to the standard model with the only difference being the use of carbon fibre in the Polestar version. I am not a huge fan of this layout though as it has too many buttons for my liking. Buttons/knobs to control the 7-inch MMI, dual zone climate control as well as a few other features are all placed too close to each other.
