Volvo struck gold with the original S60 and V60 Polestar, which launched midway through the last decade. But as brilliant as that race-bred duo was, the performance clashed with the safety image Volvo had been cultivating over decades. As a result, they didn’t last long. Volvo spun off Polestar as a standalone brand for high-performance EVs in 2017, and the original Polestars exited shortly after. But Volvo wasn’t quite ready to give up on speedy sedans and wagons just yet.
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