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Volvo built a 362-horsepower, all-wheel-drive wagon with Öhlins dampers and Brembo brakes, and almost nobody noticed. This 2018 Volvo V60 T6 Polestar is live on Bring a Trailer right now, with only 21,000 miles on it, a sticker that reads #30 of 1,500, and a current bid of just $10,000 with the auction closing Monday, October 26 at 5:03 p.m.
That price will climb, but it is still a striking number for a car that stickered at $62,595 new. And unlike most used performance wagons, this one has never had a previous owner in the usual sense. According to the seller, a dealer who picked it up in August, the V60 was owned by Volvo Car USA, used at Swedish car shows and for training, and then held onto until this year. It has never been titled.
A Volvo With a Racing Partner's Fingerprints on It
Polestar was Volvo's racing partner long before it became an electric brand of its own, and the V60 Polestar was the road-car expression of that partnership. Under the hood is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder that is both turbocharged and supercharged. Volvo rated it at 362 horsepower and 347 lb-ft of torque, which is sent to all four wheels through an eight-speed Geartronic automatic with paddle shifters and a torque-vectoring system.
The hardware goes well beyond an engine tune. The car rides on adjustable Öhlins DFV dampers, stops with six-piston Polestar/Brembo front calipers over slotted rotors, and wears 20-inch Polestar wheels with 245/35 Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season tires. Outside, carbon-fiber pieces include the front splitter, mirror caps and side skirts, and a rear diffuser frames the dual exhaust outlets. It is finished in Bursting Blue Metallic, which makes the whole thing look like a wagon that quietly knows what it can do.
Inside: Nubuck, Microsuede and Blue Stitching
The cabin is just as purposeful. The heated, power-adjustable sport seats are trimmed in black Nubuck leather with microsuede inserts, Polestar logos on the backrests and blue stitching, and the same treatment carries over to the rear bench. Aluminum pedals, a heated leather-and-microsuede steering wheel and a driver’s seat memory function round out the sport-luxury setup, along with navigation, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring and a collision-avoidance system. The door sill plates identify this example as number 30 of 1,500.
The Fine Print Worth Reading
Because the car has never been titled, it is being offered with a Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin that carries a “Duplicate” notation, and the sale will be processed through a retail Volvo dealer. The seller has also said the car comes with no warranty, though separate warranties are available for purchase. The Carfax report shows no accidents or damage, and the car sits in New Hampshire.
Recent work is documented: in September the dealer fitted new Goodyear tires and replaced the front pads and rotors, spark plugs, battery and oil. Original window-sticker paperwork, manufacturer’s literature and two key fobs will go with it. Bidders should still read the full listing and comments, as always, and weigh the title situation before getting too excited.
Why It Deserves More Attention
If the idea of a quick Volvo wagon sounds familiar, it should. Motorious has been following this corner of the market for a while, from the Volvo 850 T-5R that proved family cars could run with sports sedans to a wild SR20DET-swapped Volvo 240. We also recently looked at a low-mile 2015 V60 Polestar on BaT, the earlier six-cylinder version.
This 2018 is a different animal: a smaller engine, more power, and a production run of just 1,500 for the model year. It also lives in a segment where the competition is expensive. Performance wagons from the German brands tend to carry a premium that the Volvo has never commanded, and plenty of buyers will pass over a four-cylinder Swedish wagon without a second look. That is exactly why it qualifies as a sleeper. Compare it with other practical oddities we have flagged, like a turbodiesel, all-wheel-drive Mercedes wagon or a BMW 328d sports wagon, and the Polestar’s spec sheet and rarity stand out.
With about six days left and bidding still in the low five figures, this is the kind of car that tends to get more attention as the clock winds down. If you want a wagon that looks calm in the grocery-store lot and does not behave that way on a back road, keep an eye on it.
View the 2018 Volvo V60 T6 Polestar on Bring a Trailer
