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02-28-2013, 09:37 AM
Filed under: Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Volvo (http://www.autoblog.com/category/volvo/), New Car Reviews (http://www.autoblog.com/category/reviews/)
Last Hurrah Comes and Goes In A Hurry
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It isn't very often that we drive a new car that's already out of production, but that's exactly what has happened with this 2013 Volvo C30 (http://www.autoblog.com/volvo/c30/). After just five years on the North American market, the last C30 quietly rolled off the assembly line back in December (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/12/volvo-takes-final-orders-for-c30-production-ends-this-december/). But before that happened, Volvo (http://www.autoblog.com/volvo/) decided to send its compact hatchback out on a high note with a little added performance and exclusivity courtesy of this R-Design Polestar Limited Edition (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/11/2013-volvo-c30-polestar-limited-edition-heads-to-u-s-only-250/) model.
The term "hot hatch" is admittedly tossed around a lot these days, but the combination of an R-Design (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/r-design/) styling package coupled with a good number of extra ponies under the hood should be more than enough to put the C30 in the mix with the likes of the Volkswagen GTI (http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/gti/) and its not-too-distant cousin, the Mazdaspeed3 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/mazdaspeed3). The chief problem with the Polestar Limited Edition, though, is that it's priced against sportier all-wheel-drive compacts like the Golf R (http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/golf+r/) and Subaru WRX STI (http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/wrx+sti/), so we decided to spend a week with the Polestar (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/polestar/) to see if its exclusivity and performance are enough to make up for its higher price tag.Continue reading 2013 Volvo C30 R-Design Polestar Limited Edition [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/28/2013-volvo-c30-r-design-polestar-limited-edition-review-video/)
2013 Volvo C30 R-Design Polestar Limited Edition [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/28/2013-volvo-c30-r-design-polestar-limited-edition-review-video/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Last Hurrah Comes and Goes In A Hurry
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It isn't very often that we drive a new car that's already out of production, but that's exactly what has happened with this 2013 Volvo C30 (http://www.autoblog.com/volvo/c30/). After just five years on the North American market, the last C30 quietly rolled off the assembly line back in December (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/12/volvo-takes-final-orders-for-c30-production-ends-this-december/). But before that happened, Volvo (http://www.autoblog.com/volvo/) decided to send its compact hatchback out on a high note with a little added performance and exclusivity courtesy of this R-Design Polestar Limited Edition (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/11/2013-volvo-c30-polestar-limited-edition-heads-to-u-s-only-250/) model.
The term "hot hatch" is admittedly tossed around a lot these days, but the combination of an R-Design (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/r-design/) styling package coupled with a good number of extra ponies under the hood should be more than enough to put the C30 in the mix with the likes of the Volkswagen GTI (http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/gti/) and its not-too-distant cousin, the Mazdaspeed3 (http://autoblog.com/mazda/mazdaspeed3). The chief problem with the Polestar Limited Edition, though, is that it's priced against sportier all-wheel-drive compacts like the Golf R (http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/golf+r/) and Subaru WRX STI (http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/wrx+sti/), so we decided to spend a week with the Polestar (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/polestar/) to see if its exclusivity and performance are enough to make up for its higher price tag.Continue reading 2013 Volvo C30 R-Design Polestar Limited Edition [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/28/2013-volvo-c30-r-design-polestar-limited-edition-review-video/)
2013 Volvo C30 R-Design Polestar Limited Edition [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/28/2013-volvo-c30-r-design-polestar-limited-edition-review-video/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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