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LusoMotors Voisin Concept
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Unless you've got your automotive history books close at hand (or a Wikipedia bookmark), the name Avions Voisin won't spring to mind. The French bespoke automaker was established in 1919 and rivaled the likes of Bentley and Bugatti up until it's demise in 1939. Now, the Portuguese designer and founder of LusoMotors, Ernest Freitas, has decided to revive the deceased marque with the introduction of the Voison supercar concept.
Currently, it only lives in the CAD realm, but Freitas intends to build a full-scale model in the future to display at auto shows to gauge interest and public opinion. The technical details are scarce, but it's obvious that the concept is taking aim at the Bugatti Veyron, reviving the former rivalry, with power conceivably provided by a variant of Audi's V12 diesel engine.
Gallery: LusoMotors Voisin Concept
[Source: CarBodyDesign]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
eddy 4:54PM (3/28/2008)
Doesn't look bad but has nothing in common with real classical Voisins like the C28 or the Aerosport:
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z13509/Voisin_C28.aspx
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z13507/Voisin_C28_Aerosport.aspx
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Smeagle 7:00PM (3/30/2008)
Wow, that hood ornament looks like it would make you pretty popular with pedestrians.
Zeus.:God 5:03PM (3/28/2008)
Voisin = neighbor in French...
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Korona 10:56PM (3/28/2008)
not bad
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tomiii 1:31AM (3/29/2008)
Voisin= "I could" in Finnish...
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duffmanh06 2:44AM (3/29/2008)
uh. bugatti veyron?
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Ben 1:42PM (3/29/2008)
i was thinking the same thing.
cc 1:01PM (3/29/2008)
Is the option for the taillights leaving a Tron lightbike-like trail behind them going to be available on the production model? :)
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RayBanana 7:58PM (3/30/2008)
A correction: is name is Ernesto and not Ernest
More info on Lusomotors here: http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2007/06/14-lusomotors-car-design/
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