Volvo Venus Bilo

Made to Order. Volvo Venus Bilo was a concept car revealed by Volvo in 1933. It was a streamlined design with rear hinged doors and door in the side to access the engine bay. It was designed to have a great loading capacity. Nine specially designed suitcases could be fitted into spaces in the back and a compartment in the right front fender. The left hand fender contained a spare tyre and tools. A second spare tyre in the rear was used as a bumper. The Swedish company was not sure how the public would react to a closed sedan with no fender lines or running boards. So they commissioned Gustaf Ericsson to build a car and gave him full credit. Instead of being a Volvo, it was given the name Venus Bilo The design was done by Gustaf Ericsson and it was based on a Volvo PV655 chassis. The coachwork was done by Nordbergs vagnsfabrik in 1932. It was Volvo's timid attempt at streamlined styling. The fate of the car itself is unknown. After World War II it was sold to a person in Denmark. In the mid 1950s it was owned by a Danish scrapyard owner who rebuilt it into a pickup truck. It was used as late as 1956, but then it vanished. The concept led to the production model Volvo PV 36 Carioca