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Swan song for a Voisin Eagle (Update: Cocotte)
On World Animal Day we asked you to send us your best combination of an animal with a car photo. We received several, some of which we will publish in the next few months. But the one you see here stood out from the rest: Voisin’s stylizes Eagle mascot being kowtowed to by a swan (click main pic for an enlargement). Well done, Ryan Noble. The PreWarCar reporters cap will be sent to you. While on the subject of Voisin’s Eagle we have a question for you. We’ve seen this stylized Eagle being nicknamed as “La Cocotte” which is French slang to describe a woman of loose morals… Who can tell us why?
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zaterdag oktober 16th, 2010
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17 October 2010, 22:55
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17 October 2010, 10:04
Voisin’s "Cocotte" has also been a "floozie". I don't know the etymology, but let's remember Voisin was one of the more prolific writers among great designers, and when Peter Hull so colourfully rewrote in English our Gabriel's multitudinous autobiographical escapades with the fair sex, he must have been sorely tempted to translate "Mes mille et une voitures" as "Men, Kites and 1,000 Women"
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la mascotte Voisin dans la famille (NOEL TELMON) s'appelle un Pigeon, la ressemblance existe, c'est une ébauche faite par André NOEL dit NOEL NOEL,(Arts et Métiers) ami de Gabriel et créateur des carrosseries avec GV. Suite à cette ébauche, Gabriel le surnommé "le pigeon". Mais "La Cocotte" est une appellation plus valorisant qui correspond mieux au personnage de GV.