Around the world in 15 days

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Before the Wall Street Crash Gabriel Voisin was already financially in bad shape, yet he was determined to be the first manufacturer to set a world record over 50.000 km. He received backing from the French Oil Company Yacco, but not enough to develop a complete new record machine. Gabriel Voisin entrusted the testing and preparation of the car to André André Lefebvre, who was his right hand at that time. André chose a production C18 chassis with a slightly modified V12 and fitted it with a “Chatelaine” series two-seater body, without the mudguards and running boards. Two enormous barrel-shaped fuel tanks were fitted in place of the luggage trunk. The attempt took place between September 7 and 25. Four drivers, César and Eduard Marchand, Leroy de Presale and Co van Doorninck took turns in driving the big car around Montlhéry track and in 15 days they had covered 43.737km, the equivalent of a trip around the world. Two days later, on the 17th day the big Voisin took the 50.000km mark with an average speed of 119.948 km/h. Mission accomplished!
(photos courtesy Album Yacco / Citroen Communications / Veloce Publishing)

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