The Volvo Philip was a one-off concept car that Volvo built in 1952 with the American market in mind. Jan Wilsgaard, who later designed the Amazon, gave it a look inspired by American cars of the day and similar to the 1951 Kaiser, with whitewall tires and a hint of tailfins. It carried a prototype V8 engine, the B8B, making 120 hp at 4000 rpm. The car was hand built in great secrecy and thoroughly tested, but the board cancelled the project and it never reached production. The single car was used for several years by the board at Bolinder-Munktell in Eskilstuna and is now kept at the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg. The V8 itself entered production in 1956, powering the Volvo Snabbe truck and boats until about 1973.
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a concept car built by Volvo in 1952
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a concept car built by Volvo in 1952
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never reached production, with only one car being made
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is now preserved at the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg
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with only one car being made
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which produced 120 hp (89 kW) at 4000 rpm
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It was designed especially for the United States market, and so was fitted with a prototype V8 engine called the B8B, which produced 120 hp (89 kW) at 4000 rpm along with whitewall tires and a hint of tailfins.
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