Most powerful Volvo cars
Top 40 most powerful Volvo cars ever made. Updated September 2025.
The key to performance is power. Even heaviest sedans and SUVs can beat lightweight sports cars, if they have enough engine power.
Advanced fuel injection systems and high precision manufacturing is allowing for ever increasing power output and higher performance.
Advancement in battery technology and power electronics also brings electric cars amongst the most powerful of all time. Some examples are claimed to produce over 2000 horsepower - well over a megawatt!
# | make & model | Power (hp)▼ | Image |
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1. | 2025 Volvo ES90 Twin Performance AWD | 680 | ![]() |
2. | 2024 Volvo EM90 | 534 | ![]() |
3. | 2024 Volvo EX90 Twin Motor Performance | 510 | ![]() |
4. | 2022 Volvo S60 T8 Recharge | 455 | ![]() |
5. | 2021 Volvo V60 T8 eAWD Polestar | 455 | ![]() |
6. | 2020 Volvo S60 T8 Recharge | 455 | ![]() |
7. | 2024 Volvo XC90 Plug-In | 455 | ![]() |
8. | 2021 Volvo S90 T8 Recharge AWD | 449 | ![]() |
9. | 2021 Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge | 449 | ![]() |
10. | 2023 Volvo XC90 T8 Recharge | 449 | ![]() |
11. | 2023 Volvo V90 T8 Recharge | 449 | ![]() |
12. | 2025 Volvo ES90 Twin AWD | 443 | ![]() |
13. | 2024 Volvo C40 Twin Motor Performance | 436 | ![]() |
14. | 2024 Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin Motor Performance | 435 | ![]() |
15. | 2023 Volvo EX30 Twin Performance AWD | 422 | ![]() |
16. | 2023 Volvo EX90 Twin Motor | 402 | ![]() |
17. | 2020 Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge | 402 | ![]() |
18. | 2021 Volvo C40 Twin Motor | 402 | ![]() |
19. | 2016 Volvo S90 T8 Recharge AWD | 401 | ![]() |
20. | 2017 Volvo XC60 T8 Twin Engine | 401 | ![]() |
21. | 2015 Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine | 399 | ![]() |
22. | 2018 Volvo S60 T8 Polestar Engineered | 399 | ![]() |
23. | 2019 Volvo V60 T8 Polestar | 399 | ![]() |
24. | 2021 Volvo XC60 T6 Recharge | 393 | ![]() |
25. | 2018 Volvo V90 T8 Twin Engine | 385 | ![]() |
26. | 2018 Volvo XC60 T8 Twin Engine | 385 | ![]() |
27. | 2018 Volvo V60 T8 Twin Engine | 385 | ![]() |
28. | 2018 Volvo S60 T8 Twin Engine | 385 | ![]() |
29. | 2018 Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine | 385 | ![]() |
30. | 2016 Volvo V60 Polestar | 362 | ![]() |
31. | 2016 Volvo S60 Polestar | 362 | ![]() |
32. | 2021 Volvo V60 T6 Recharge | 345 | ![]() |
33. | 2021 Volvo V90 T6 Recharge | 345 | ![]() |
34. | 2015 Volvo V60 Polestar | 345 | ![]() |
35. | 2014 Volvo S60 Polestar | 345 | ![]() |
36. | 2019 Volvo V60 T6 Twin Engine | 336 | ![]() |
37. | 2019 Volvo XC60 T6 Recharge | 335 | ![]() |
38. | 2017 Volvo S90 T6 Polestar | 329 | ![]() |
39. | 2025 Volvo ES90 Single ER | 328 | ![]() |
40. | 2011 Volvo S60 T6 R-design | 325 | ![]() |
Sources
All data sourced from manufacturer's official figures.
List authored by Christian Zelcs. Last updated on 09/01/2025, last addition - Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge.