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'Avions Voisin' name revived with new supercar concept

'Avions Voisin' name revived with new supercar concept

Ralph Hanson March 28th, 2008 Ralph Hanson By Ralph Hanson Author March 28th, 2008
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December 31st, 1969 Just as Volkswagen Group’s Veyron supercar revived the longstanding Bugatti label, Portuguese-based designer Ernesto Freitas from Luso Motors envisages his new Voisin Concept injecting some life into France’s forgotten carmaker, Avions Voisin. At the moment his new Voisin Concept remains just a 3D simulated model but Freitas has plans to create a full scale model and hopes to display it at several international car shows. Avions Voisin was a carmaker based in Paris, which built a number of luxury cars from 1919 up until 1939. During its prime Voisin was competing with the likes of Bugatti and Bentley but the label eventually experienced some financial strife and a number of its key engineers were lost to fellow French carmaker Renault. Freitas’ latest design draws obvious inspiration from the Bugatti Veyron and has been designed to accommodate a V12 powerplant in its engine bay. The designer’s choice would be a V12 Audi diesel but for now it remains just a dream. Some of Freitas’ previous works include last year’s Ferrari Dino and Hansen GT concepts, which you can view by clicking here. Via: Autoblog.nl
'Avions Voisin' name revived with new supercar concept

'Avions Voisin' name revived with new supercar concept

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Just as Volkswagen Group’s Veyron supercar revived the longstanding Bugatti label, Portuguese-based designer Ernesto Freitas from Luso Motors envisages his new Voisin Concept injecting some life into France’s forgotten carmaker, Avions Voisin. At the moment his new Voisin Concept remains just a 3D simulated model but Freitas has plans to create a full scale model and hopes to display it at several international car shows.

Avions Voisin was a carmaker based in Paris, which built a number of luxury cars from 1919 up until 1939. During its prime Voisin was competing with the likes of Bugatti and Bentley but the label eventually experienced some financial strife and a number of its key engineers were lost to fellow French carmaker Renault.

Freitas’ latest design draws obvious inspiration from the Bugatti Veyron and has been designed to accommodate a V12 powerplant in its engine bay. The designer’s choice would be a V12 Audi diesel but for now it remains just a dream.

Some of Freitas’ previous works include last year’s Ferrari Dino and Hansen GT concepts, which you can view by clicking here.

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Via: Autoblog.nl

Tags: Supercars, Design

Posted in: News, Concept Cars


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  1. By chris #1, Posted: 3/28/2008

    so basically its an R8-S with a bugatti body kit. and the front looks a little ferrari to me... the 599?

    anyways.... who would be more money for an R8 that looks like a veyron? personally i think the R8 looks better than the veyron in the first place. if the veyron was *only* as fast as the R8, which would you chose? so then why an R8 that looks like a veyron?

  2. By germandude #2, Posted: 3/28/2008

    The back looks quite striking, but the front is a little generic... nothing to set it apart from the other supercars coming in the near future

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