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Video: Volvo S60 V8 Supercar Confirmed for 2014 Season | SA Car Fan

Volvo has made an official announcement that it will be competing in the V8 Supercars touring car series in 2014. Predominantly an Australia-based formula, but with a handful of races …

Video: Volvo S60 V8 Supercar Confirmed for 2014 Season

Volvo has made an official announcement that it will be competing in the V8 Supercars touring car series in 2014. Predominantly an Australia-based formula, but with a handful of races held overseas, including one in the U.S., the V8 Supercars championship sees V8-powered family sedans turned into race cars for some of the toughest four-door racing on the planet.

The Volvo Polestar Racing team will be on the starting grid come 2014 with the Volvo S60. ‘But the Volvo S60 doesn’t have a V8 engine’ we hear you say. Correct, however, new regulations entitled ‘Car of the Future’ regulations, dictate that a single ‘control’ chassis to be used by all teams. Rear-wheel drive is still the order of the day, while engines and styling are unique, and don’t have to be featured in a production car model.

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