1972 Voss 3500CSi
A car that I consider a nice semi-failure. Why failure? Well, it’s not really what I had in mind, when I decided to create it. I meant it to be some sort of an early 70s mix of the Gullwing SL and BMW E24 635CSi - basically a high-performance, flagship I6 sports car. Well, it turned out way more Mercedes than I wanted, basically a sportier C107.
Which, still, turned out somewhat nice IMO, that’s why I’m posting it 
It’s rather lightweight at just 1116 kg thanks to aluminium panels, but it’s not a small car - 2,74 m wheelbase, 4,60 m length (slightly smaller than both the C107 and the E24) and 1,76 m width. Due to the mass being so low it’s not distributed evenly - best I got is 56/44 F/R. Good that I stuck to the I6…
Speaking of which - at first I wondered whether I should put an I6 or a V8 in it, but decided against the 8-pot since it would be both too heavy and maybe overkill. I think it wouldn’t make much sense for Voss to have a small V8 in the 70s, but they’d surely have some large lump (like ~4.5 to maybe even ~6.5 litres I guess). So, what ended up under the bonnet? A fully aluminium, 3.5 litre with 2-valve DOHC, mechanical injection (very German, I thought) and throttle per cylinder. It’s a flagship sports car, remember? Even if it looks a bit like a coupe variant of a taxi.
here you can see badges boasting about the displacement and the injection
This engine makes 263 hp, which would be more than any 2-door BMW or Merc back then, and 340 Nm of torque. This propels the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 6,5 s and up to 261 km/h. Might sound mild for a sporty flagship, but remember that this is over 50 years ago and not in the US. Oh, and related to that note, it has a 5 speed manual. And re… whatever, it just has DW front suspension and semi-trailing arm rear, which I think fits the era, country and class pretty well. It could realistically have a solid axle as well I think.
Of course, on the inside, it’s a luxurious 2+2. But basically it’s full luxury only because it was light and expensive anyway I imagine there’d usually be another coupe in Voss’ range meant for pure luxury. Maybe not always, but this is not the primary purpose of the CS - yes, that’s the model designation.
Before the 90s Voss models are designated by their engine capacity and then optionally some letters. Voss 2000 would be some pretty basic sedan, Voss 4500Ri would be a luxurious one with an injected V8, (Voss 6000 would be… 
), 2800Ci some regular nice coupe with an injected I6 (based on the same chassis as the 2000 sedan), and then there’s the 3500CSi.
That’s all folks, sorry if it felt chaotic, but I didn’t really have much to say about this car in particular, more about the thought process of its design, and those can be somewhat chaotic. Here you can grab it and turn into a proper monster… or a luxury barge? Or just trash it in Beam if you like.
Voss_CS_-_3500CSi.car (38.7 KB)
heading off to the 80s! I guess it could still be made then?