We are yet to get a fully kitted-out, production Volvo XC90 Polestar, but the Swedish car maker is ready to release the first stages of upgrades for the family SUV in form of power kits for D4 and D5 diesel and T5 and T6 petrol Drive-E engines.

The ‘Polestar Performance Optimisation’ are designed for real-life enhancement of the car’s drivability and joy of driving. They are not just about numbers. By boosting the power and torque figures of both the D5 diesel and T6 petrol Drive-E engines – especially at medium revs – and speeding up the gearshifts, the kits enable Volvo XC90 Polestar to accelerate faster, pull better, and overtake with more ease, thus making the experience of driving the car more effortless.

Developed by the engineers of Polestar and the racing drivers of Polestar Cyan Racing, Volvo XC90 Polestar performance kit for the D5 Drive-E engine gives out a total of 233 hp and 500 Nm of torque (up from 225 hp and 470 Nm), while the the T6 Drive-E is boosted to 334 hp and 440 Nm (from 320 hp and 400 Nm. As for the D4 diesel (available in the S60, V40, V40 Cross Country, V60 and XC60) it gets 200 hp and 440 Nm (up from 190 hp and 400 Nm), while the T5 Drive-E gets 253 hp and 400 Nm (from 245 hp and 350 Nm).

Polestar Performance Optimisation kits are priced at £835 and take about 30 minutes to install at an authorized Volvo dealer.