The Swedish company took the motorsport community by surprise two days. Volvo is according to Swedish news outlets cancelling all of its sports sponsorships apart from its own Volvo Ocean Race.
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Volvo quits v8 supercars. These regulations include 18-inch wheels transaxle gearbox and independent rear suspension. The 38-year-old has 443 Supercars race starts 15th all-time and 202 round starts 18th all-time to his name along with 16 Bathurst 1000 appearances finishing 3rd in 2017 and 4th in 2020. Volvo has unveiled the new V8 engine that will power the Volvo S60 V8 Supercars in next years season.
This is a significant day said Christian Dahl owner of Polestar. Visser has been critical of motorsport in the past despite claiming to be a serious fan. Volvos motorsport arm Polestar has announced it will not extend its contract to race in V8 Supercars beyond the end of this year.
The engine will be fitted to a new S60 bodied COTF chassis ahead of its first public outing this weekend. If Volvo elect not to build their own V8 engine there is still a generic engine based on a Chevrolet LS3 block that V8 Supercars could make available for their use. At the launch of the S60 Polestar production car in 2013 it was announced the Swedish brand would back Garry Rogers Motorsport GRM with a rear-drive Yamaha V8-engined version of its medium-sized sedan.
The engine has made its debut at the Sydney 500 event which takes place this weekend. The 44 L V8. As the first luxury car manufacturer to enter V8 Supercars with a factory team were delighted to reveal our Volvo S60 race car to meet the.
Its the bigger-picture trendline that is the worry. Volvo began offering a 44 L 4414 cc V8 engine in its large P2 platform automobiles in 2005 - It was initially offered only for the Volvo XC90 but later found its way in the second generation Volvo S80 and was mated to a six speed Aisin Seiki AWTF80-SC transmission of Japan also with a Swedish Haldex all wheel drive system AWD. Volvo Polestar Racing unveiled its 650 HP Volvo S60 that will debut in the 2014 V8 Supercars by driving it across the Sydney Harbour Bridge under police escort.
In 2015 the brand will contest the STCC and V8 Supercars a BTCC or WTCC campaign had also been rumoured. In brief the Car of the Future COTF aims to broaden the appeal and ensure thelong-term viability of the Championship by introducing new cars and eventsimproving driver safety and. V8 Supercars Car of the Future strategy which debuted in 2013 helped openthe door for Volvo to go V8 Supercar racing.
Volvo Polestar Racing has unveiled the S60 racecar which will take part in this years V8 Supercars Championship. Volvo performance division Polestar is pulling factory support for V8 Supercars just three years after its entry to the local racing series. Volvo Polestar Racing has revealed details of its new V8 Supercars engine.
So after a week of soul-searching the 47-year-old has ignored the counsel of his team-manager brother. The five litre eight cylinder unit is based on the Volvo B8444S aluminium block and produces 650bhp. The S60 is currently used in motorsport both in Scandanavia and in the United States.
Volvos pull-out came barely a week after V8 Supercars announced a new naming-rights. This is a significant day Dahl said. The pair of Volvo S60 racecars driven by Kiwi flyer Scott McLaughlin and Australian Robert Dahlgren will finish out the 2016 season the factory team said in a statement.
12 Photos. Volvos motorsport arm Polestar is not renewing its contract with V8 Supercars. Utilising the resources of Volvo Polestar and GRM the Volvo Polestar Racing S60 V8 Supercar has been designed and built to V8 Supercars New Generation regulations.
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Volvo Australias managing director Matt Braid said. It was the S60s second V8 Supercars race win but first in a championship race. V8 Supercar driver Brad Jones just cannot find it in himself to be selfish enough any more.
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