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Volvo's new STCC car breaks cover

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New front end and two whole STCC seasons covered in testing even before the first race of the season

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Volvo and Polestar will commence this years STCC season on April 24 April at Jyllandsringen in Denmark. The ambition is to defend both the driver and team championship titles. At center stage for this ambition is the new race car.

"This is the fastest Volvo I have ever driven" says driver Robert Dahlgren.

The most distinctive feature on the new car is its new front end. Just as on the road going version, the front end is longer, lower, wider and meaner looking. Most important, it creates a higher degree of ground force in the front and improves the airflow around the whole car.

"We have worked very hard to gain maximum advantage from the face lift on the new C30, spending countless hours in Volvos wind tunnel to do so" says Jan Andersson, Technical Director for the Volvo team Polestar.

Intensified track testing to secure new titles

Volvo and Polestar were quickest in all qualifying sessions and won half of all race heats in 2009. The key to success was an extensive pre season testing program. Ahead of 2010, the testing program was intensified even further. The team has now clocked 3000 kilometers of track testing to be compared with the total 150 kilometers every driver does during a regular STCC race weekend.

"We have looked in at every aspect of the car – front and rear suspension, engine and aerodynamics. We want to be sure and get a receipt on all improvements and also confirm reliability on all new and reworked components" says Christian Dahl, Team Manager for the Volvo team Polestar.

Victory, regardless

Volvo recently prolonged its cooperation with Polestar through 2012 where Polestar was given extended responsibility as Volvos official partner in developing and running Volvos official cars in STCC. Next on the agenda now are 18 very tough races for 450 points in total. However, Volvo Car Corporation Motorsport Director, Derek Crabb, feels victory is already at hand:

"In 2007 we proved together that a race car can win using a greener fuel when we pioneered bio-ethanol in racing instead of petrol. In 2008 we proved that the fastest car does not arrive in a box from Germany or the UK. In 2009 we proved that our green DRIVe technology for the street also outperformed everything on a race track. All employees together with Volvo and Polestar enthusiasts have a proud confirmation today that we dare and that we can. This is worth more than points."
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