Put away your Renoirs. Set aside your purebred horses. Leave Emma Watson at your country home. This Voisin C25 Aérodyne cruising around a British estate is about to classy the shit out of you.
One of the greatest (and strangest) car companies of all time was Avions Voisin. Their cars, particularly this this 1935 C25 Cimier, remain some of the most striking auto designs in history.
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The French might be struggling a bit with getting their mojo back
During the 1930s, Voisin
Sadly, most people know next to nothing about the 1935 Voisin C28 Aerosport other than the painfully obvious: it looks fantastic. As much a design study as it is a glimpse into the future, the C28 Aerosport was nonetheless actually built and driven. Eight vehicles in fact (some claim only 3-4), though only one blue…
Now and then, I wonder if this malaise is not a thirtysomething crisis, and then I take a step back and realize that it really isn't. Age is merely a tipping point, where the enthusiasm of youth is finally allowed to a step back in the face of a broader historical perspective. There is a transitional moment where it's …
We have to admit that Voisin was only an automotive name that hung somewhere in the back of our mind, along with Buick and Lincoln until we got to Pebble this year. A long-past-gone luxury marque with an illustrious history that ended long before we were born. That said, even the most incredible Lincolns and Buicks…