Autos

The much awaited Volvo S60 Polestar made its official debut on the weekend at the Gothenburg City Race in Sweden. At the moment, the S60 Polestar is a one-off model developed by Volvo and its racing/tuning partner, Polestar. The car is apparently developed for a very persistent and unnamed client (Jay Leno??). But the vehicle has generated so much interest that there are rumors of the car actually being produced in the near future.

The stock Volvo S60 produced 300hp thanks to the 3.0 liter turbocharged inline six cylinder and completes the 0-100km/h in 6.1 seconds while achieving a top speed of 250km/h (155mph). But in order to keep up with the big boys like BMW and Mercedes, Volvo had to make some drastic changes to the stock S60. Engineers re-tuned the car and made changes to the cylinder head, intake manifold, and installed a larger Garret 3170 turbo.

At the 2012 Detroit Motor Show, Nissan showed off the latest Pathfinder as a “concept” but based on the design and how “production ready” it was – people suspected it was the final package that would be hitting the showroom floors. Well, those suspicions can be put to rest because Nissan just revealed what the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder will look like.

Sure enough, the concept and the images Nissan released look identical.  The Pathfinder concept had more chrome accents than the images released by Nissan yesterday, but those could very easily be an option on the premium models.

The Audi A5 coupe is one of my favorite cars currently being produced, I love its elegant design and I think what attracts me most is the roof, especially the area around the C-Pillar.  Now if you chop off the roof, the A5 turns into just another A4 with two missing doors and a missing roof, or an A4 Cabriolet, which is not bad looking but not as appealing as the A5 Coupe (to me, at least).  However, I’ll forgive Audi for chopping the roof off of the RS5 because it makes up for the looks with LOTS of power!!

First came the cute Hyundai Veloster which was fuel efficient but a little on the slow side with only a 138 horsepower. Hyundai took notes and listened to the people which resulted in the Veloster Turbo producing 201 horsepower from the 1.6-liter turbo motor. And now that the SEMA show is coming up, there is the Hyundai Veloster ‘Velosity’ Concept in the works and it’s going to put down some pretty serious numbers.

The Hyundai Veloster Velocity Concept is a joint effort between the design and engineering divisions of Hyundai America Technical Center with input from renowned British tuner, Cosworth. The technicians from Cosworth brought their decades of automotive tuning experience and were able to turn the decently powered Veloster Turbo into a 400 horsepower beast.