This American-style sedan was powered by a newly designed prototype V8 engine called the B8B.
[1] The Philip did not go into production, but its V8 engine, redesigned and renamed the B36, did a few years later, when it appeared in the Volvo Snabbe and Trygge trucks.
[3][4] In March 1958, shortly after the end of production of the large PV830 model, Volvo started work on internal Project 358.
[5] The project's goal was to develop a replacement for that earlier, inline-six powered car using the V8 engine from the Philip showcar.
The intake manifold and a two barrel Carter carburetor are centrally located between the cylinder banks.
Because the B36 had exactly the same bore and stroke dimensions as the later B18 and the two engines also have some valve-train parts in common, some suggest that the B18 is one-half of the B36 V8.