Voisin C28 Aerosport

Made to Order. 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 example remains today. Equally sad, the 1935 Aerosport was the very last vehicle designed personally by Gabriel Voisin even though he lived until 1973. Luckily the C28 Aerosport is not only his finest product but his most important. The C28 Aerosport came equipped with a 3.3-liter, 102-hp, sleeve-valve straight-6. Obviously, that's not a lot of power. The reason the car was fitted with such a relatively small motor was because it was produced at the height of the Great Depression. Faced with the awful choice of toning it down and building less wonderful cars, or staying the course, Voisin chose the latter br> If power was to be sacrificed, another aspect must then make up for it. Enter advanced aerodynamics but despite previous radical but less aesthetically pleasing attempts by other manufacturers, the C28 Aerosport gets it right and even though it is more than 80-years-old, the face looks surprisingly contemporary. The resulting low weight and sophisticated aerodynamics make it an actual performer (100 mph in 1935 isn't shabby). All the modern touches are present, from the way the body is integrated with the fender wings in a pontoon form to the fastback rear end. Voisin raised the catwalks (the space between the fender peaks and the hood) further than anyone before him dared. The headlights were in turn buried in the catwalks. Other notable features include a vacuum controlled sliding roof, driver adjustable front and rear dampers and a preselector gearbox.