---
title: "Polestar Wants to Make a 600 HP Coupe as its First Bespoke Model, Report Says"
description: "It's rumored to be revealed at Frankfurt this September."
date: "2017-07-13"
modified: "2017-07-13"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/12421/polestar-wants-to-make-a-600-hp-coupe-as-its-first-bespoke-model-report-says"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Polestar"
  - "sports cars"
  - "Swedish Cars"
---

# Polestar Wants to Make a 600 HP Coupe as its First Bespoke Model, Report Says

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Shortly after [announcing its (electric) independence from Volvo,](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/11758/its-electric-volvo-spins-off-polestar-into-performance-ev-brand>) Polestar is already looking to take its newfound liberty a couple steps further with its own bespoke models—[echoing a similar sentiment also found with the folks at Jaguar Land Rover SVO.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12019/jaguar-land-rover-svo-wants-to-do-its-own-bespoke-model>)

Apparently not content with [optimizing relatively humdrum Volvo crossovers,](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12298/polestar-pushes-volvo-xc60-to-421-hp-with-new-performance-pack>) the Swedish tuners now want a car or two of its own, starting with a 600-horsepower coupe, according to [*Autocar*](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/polestar-plots-600bhp-coupe-inaugural-model>). The layout of a possible second model was not disclosed. That inaugural coupe, however, may show its face as soon as September of this year at the Frankfurt Motor Show, if a tip given to *Autocar* is to be believed.

While details on the future two-door Polestar product are scant, expect hybrid electric power and possible chassis and suspension tuning, [courtesy of Volvo corporate step-sibling Lotus.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10764/volvo-polestar-could-use-lotus-chassis-suspension-tuning>)

As to what its former Gothenburg overlords think of all this, Volvo is suggesting that Polestar's "bespoke" cars may still carry some of its former parent company's DNA. In a Volvo statement, "Polestar will enjoy specific technological and engineering synergies with Volvo Cars and benefit from significant economies of scale as a result of its connection to Volvo. These synergies will allow it to design, develop and build world-beating electrified high-performance cars."

The idea of a former, big-name in-house tuning arm going rogue and creating its own custom-made sports car is not unprecedented. Mercedes-AMG did the very same thing with the birth of the widely-lauded GT. We don't know about you, but a Scandinavian take on the AMG GT dish sounds awfully appetizing to us.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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