Polestar tunes Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine to 421 hp

Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine with Polestar Performance Optimisation

After the Volvo S90 and V90, Polestar has now diverted its attention to the other 90 Series model by the Swedish carmaker – the XC90 T8 Twin Engine. The SUV now gets the Polestar Performance Optimisation, which introduces upgrades to the drivetrain.

Starting with the power upgrades, the XC90’s T8 Twin Engine now provides 421 hp and 680 Nm, an increase of 14 hp and 40 Nm. Polestar say that this has resulted in a lower 0-100 km/h sprint time of just 5.5 seconds, a tenth of a second quicker than before.

Fuel consumption surprisingly, remains unchanged here at 2.1 l/100 km, as is the pure electric range of 43 km. Both figures are based on the European NEDC cycle. The tuning company also stated that the XC90 T8 “reaches a new level of driving pleasure” with an improved throttle response, gearshift hold, speed and precision, as well as overall engine performance.

”Just a week after the introduction of the S90 and V90 optimisation, we move forward by launching our optimisation for the exciting and technically advanced XC90 T8 Twin Engine. This gives customers who want a new level of driving pleasure with their XC90 an easily accessible and attractive performance increase,” said Niels Möller, CEO of Polestar.

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Gerard Lye

Originating from the corporate world with a background in finance and economics, Gerard’s strong love for cars led him to take the plunge into the automotive media industry. It was only then did he realise that there are more things to a car than just horsepower count.

 

Comments

  • Finally not proton…

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    • Finally lame comment

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      • Kunta Kinte on Jun 15, 2016 at 8:54 am

        Proton should write to Polestar to tune the new Perdana up. After all, Minister already said Proton is BETTER than BMW and Volvo.

        MITI should write to Polestar and Alpina and ask them to tune our Perdana up.

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    • tokmoh. on Jun 15, 2016 at 12:49 am

      Tongsan to the rescue, and look at those real exhaust vs painted fake exhaust on banana hewhewhew

      Here’s another trivia to burn bijan n cronies: this XC90 sold its first 1927 units online and sold out in 47 hours. This tongsan is the true game changer, raking rave reviews praising it better than Germans, even Land Rover Discovery. Banana? Hewhewhew

      Banana only got 900 bookings, not sale, over how many months booking was open, of which most surely came from govt agencies and DRB subsi. Good luck, look forward to massive year end discount!

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  • volvo on Jun 14, 2016 at 8:36 pm

    p1, pls rebadge volvo and sell 30% cheaper…

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  • Semi-Value (Member) on Jun 14, 2016 at 8:45 pm

    finally an article that isnt about the stupid perdana

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  • Anti-P1 = anti-Tun M = support Najib

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  • Mr Fakta on Jun 14, 2016 at 10:01 pm

    Finally something civilized and modern. At least the based model for this has ESC for sure.

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  • applegreen on Jun 14, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Not worth it. Pay 4-figure for tuning just to get century sprint 0.1 sec quicker??

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  • Sam Loo on Jun 15, 2016 at 12:01 am

    Better buy Hilux, got RV compared to this.

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  • Kancil Hybrid on Jun 15, 2016 at 9:49 am

    421 hp is common for tuned VR4.

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