Equipment
RHD. 2994/90hp sleeve-valve six-cylinder, 2-speed gearbox with electromagnetic overdrive, disc wheels, Excelsior tires, sliding roof, Jaeger gauges.
Condition
One of eight built and three known survivors. Unknown early history but entered collector ownership in 1963. Restoration finished in 2012. The fabric and leather interior was done by Hermès Paris after the consignor bought the car in 2013. Shown at Pebble Beach in 2022. Good older paint with a handful of blemishes behind the bumper. There are chips in the black painted grille as well. Chips in the tracks of the sliding roof. Good, lightly worn interior with a wild pattern cloth on the door panels. Nitpicking aside, this car is a rare Art Deco masterpiece and just so cool.
Market commentary
A pioneer in architecture, aviation and automobiles, Gabriel Voisin started building luxury automobiles in 1919. They were clever, distinctive, expensive, and clearly influenced by his experience in aircraft. The C25 and particularly the Aérodyne body style is arguably the pinnacle of Voisin's designs, with details like its electromagnetic gearbox and its retractable roof, which opens via a two-cylinder pneumatic suction motor in the trunk and has three porthole windows in it, because why not? It is about as Art Deco as a car can get, and it is hard to argue with the price paid for this one.