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Dubonnet Xenia - 1932
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Dubonnet Xenia - 1932

Dubonnet Xenia - 1932

In the twenties, andre dubonnet heir to the aperitif fortune was a motorboating enthusiast and a dedicated amateur racing driver who entered his huge tulipwood-bodied hispano-suiza in the targa florio. But more mature duties prevailed in the thirties, and dubonnet began to dedicate his considerable fortune to automotive research.

Specifications performance
Top speed not measured engine typedrivetrain: Water-cooled, overhead-cam, 6-cylinder displacement 7,982 cc (7.98 l) power rating 160 hp transmission 3-speed manual + reverse chassis: Channel-steel; Front independent suspension by steered swing arm; Rear non-independent suspension; Servo-assisted, 4-wheel drum brakes; 3,960 lbs.

About vehicle
The perfect couple he hired an engineer named chedru, an articulate and inventive technician who expressed his sense of personal style in nearly every aspect of his life. The daring entrepreneur and his brilliant engineer may have seemed too individualistic to cooperate, but the couple worked together in perfect harmony. experimental excellence their first collaboration resulted in the dubonnet xenia, a kind of rolling test bench for an original design of independent front suspension created by chedru but inevitably christened dubonnet suspension. Never a man to do things by halves, dubonnet made the xenia a potent road car suitable for setting new records on the highway from paris to nice. Its heart was the finest six- cylinder engine of the day, the hispano-suiza. The xenia was a perfect manifestation of the advantages of the dubonnet suspension, and the collaborators took it to the United States, where they licensed the suspension to general motors.
With its futuristic lines, the dubonnet xenia was the epitome of an experimental car.


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