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r000 Gabriel 19XX voisin was Make an eccentric Model genius who walked his own path through
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
the 20th century.
offered without reserve
His education was at the École des Beaux arts. The influence of his
architectural studies would be seen throughout his many works, particularly
in the modular approach to car design, where separate components, each
with their own function, were skilfully arranged to form a whole. His first
sight of an early airplane, the steam-powered Eole, which had flown 50
yards, convinced him that he must work with dynamic objects, not static
ones. He built airplanes, which were chosen by the French military, and he
was a millionaire by the end of the First World War.
voisin abruptly left aviation and began the manufacturing of automobiles
at his factory in Issy-les-Moulineaux, along with engineer andré Lefebvre,
who would later go on to design the 2Cv and DS/ ID for Citroën. They
built their cars according to a number of principles, which emphasized
chassis dynamics and aerodynamic stability, with disregard and even
contempt for conventional thinking.
manufacturer The voisin cars Manufacturer of the twenties and thirties production rank as # some of the most
original, origin inventive, City, Country and brilliantly conceived ID no. automobiles # ever built, and
they motor are amongst motor the most highly prized collector displacement cars of cc today. The Knight
sleeve-valve power engines hp were favoured. Cars length were fitted with mm Dynastarts, and
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