But I want to return to the C30 Polestar's evident lack of behavior modifiers.
Like that old Saab 900 Turbo, the C30 Polestar has a mercurial temperament.
Consulting the stopwatch, the C30 Polestar is not particularly quick to 60 mph (officially, 5.9 seconds, 0.3 second quicker than the standard issue).
Volvo Car Corporation starts small-scale production of the Volvo C30 Electric this year, and next year the company will start selling the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid.
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The C30 Polestar's unprogressive behavior is by purely by design, and it raises a question all car buyers must answer for themselves: Where is the fatigue factor?
The focus is on the joint development of electrical drive technology, power electronics and charging technology as well as the integration of those systems into Volvo C30 Electric vehicles.
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With 30% firmer springs and more aggressive low-speed damping, the C30 Polestar is capable of putting its shoulder down and cornering fast and flat around country sweepers, generating respectable lateral grip.
Or would you more likely grow weary of the C30 Polestar, with its daily experiments in turbo'ed torque-steer, its girlie clutch, and its wildly over-assisted steering, as numb as a well-digger's bottom?
Volvo says the coming C30 will take cues from the recently unveiled concept coupe called 3CC, and the a safety concept car Volvo displayed in 2001, which included features like rearview mirrors that alert drivers when a car is in his blind spot or too close for comfort.
Some highlights of the show, for me, included a drive in the Volvo C30 electric, a ride from the airport in the Chevy Volt, a chance to see the Nissan Leaf on the brink of introduction, ambitious startups from Coda, Wheego and AMP Electric Vehicles, and a lot more.
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