Voisin Concept - high performance sportscar
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The Voisin Concept is a high performance sportscar inspired by the Avions Voisin French brand from the 1920s and 1930s. It was created by Portuguese Design Studio LusoMotors.
Developed by Ernesto Freitas, founder of LusoMotors, the Voisin project is currently in the virtual 3D model stage.
The studio aims at producing a full-scale model in the next future that would virtually compete in the same exclusive segment as that of the Bugatti Veyron. The Voisin was designed to accomodate large capacity longitudinal V12 engine at the rear. The new V12 Audi diesel engine would be the ideal choice, as Ernesto explains: “Huge amounts of torque and power can be used with no regrets!”
The sportscar has generous dimensions - especially the wheelbase - and sits on 20-inches wheels with ultra low profile tires.
LusoMotors started the project as a homage to classic Fench Cars and to Gabriel Voisin and is currently looking for potential investors to further develop it into a production reality.
Note: the Voisin brand is property of its owner, and it’s being used by LusoMotors solely as a mere design exercise and a way to pay homage to classic French cars and their history and to Gabriel Voisin.
About LusoMotors
Despite being active for just a few years, Voisin brand made some of the most fantastic and luxurious cars of the time. Lots of technological advanced details were incorporated in their cars, using the knowledge from the aviation world.
Avions Voisins LogoFounded by aviation pioneer and manufacturer Gabriel Voisin, Avions Voisin produced cars from 1919 to 1939.
1934 Voisin c27 Aerosport
Among the technical highlights of these luxury and original vehicles were the extensive use of aluminum and the Knight-type sleeve valve engines.
The design of the bodies was created by Gabriel himself, who said he was helped by architect Le Corbusier. Voisin’s cars were lightweight, with central weight distribution, ample luggage boxes and angular exterior lines. The 1923 Laboratoire Grand Prix was one of the very first cars with a monocoque structure.
Source: Car Body Design
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