Avions Voisin was an advanced French luxury automobile marque by Gabriel Voisin. Image File history File links Voisin. ... Henry Farman, left, and Gabriel Voisin. ...

Gabriel Voisin was an aviation pioneer and manufacturer who in 1919 started produced cars using Knight sleeve valve engines at Issy-les-Moulineaux, an industrial suburb to the South West of Paris. Reflecting his aeronautical background, Voisin's uncompromisingly individual designs made extensive use of light alloys, especially aluminum. The distinctive vertical hood ornament (called the 'cocotte') was assembled from aluminum slabs. The Knight Engine was an internal combustion engine, designed by Charles Yale Knight (1868-1940), that used sleeve valves instead of the more common poppet valve construction. ...

Voisin engine layouts used:(Knight engines)

• Inline four
• Inline six
• Vee eight (prototype)
• Vee twelve - 7.2 liter, 1921 (prototype)
• Inline twelve
• Seven-cylinder radial (prototype)

Notes Usually found in 4 and 6 cylinder configurations, the straight engine (often designed as inline engine) is an internal-combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row, with no or only minimal offset. ... Usually found in 4 and 6 cylinder configurations, the straight engine (often designed as inline engine) is an internal-combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row, with no or only minimal offset. ... A V engine is a common configuration for an internal combustion engine in which the pistons are aligned so that, if viewed along the line of the crankshaft, they appear to be in a V. Usually, two opposing pistons share one crank on the crankshaft. ...

• Near the end, Voisin was forced to use Graham 3.5 liter engines, the only exception to the Knight.
• A 1934 C-15 Ets. Saliot Roadster won best of show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for 2002

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is an automotive charitable event held each year on the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. ...

External links

• Voisin on Ultimatecarpage.com