Volvo Venus Bilo
The Volvo Venus Bilo was a concept car revealed by Volvo Cars in 1933. It was a design with rear hinged doors and conventional doors 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 compartments in the right front fender. A second spare tyre in the rear was used as a bumper. The design was done by Gustaf Ericsson. It was based on a Volvo PV655 chassis and the coachwork was done by Gustaf Nordbergs Vagnfabrik AB in 1932. The name was a pun, referencing Venus de Milo, with bil meaning "automobile" in Swedish.
The concept was a 4-door saloon with 4 seats and it led to the production model Volvo PV 36 Carioca 4-door saloon.
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 pick-up truck. It was used as late as 1956, but then it vanished.
