jacques gardette headquarters fontvieille monaco parent venturi automobiles website www.voxan.com voxan is a french motorcycle manufacturer established in issoire france in 1995 . 1 2 initiated by jacques gardette the project was to build the first french motorcycle company in the global market involving different partners . 1 alain chevallier designed the chassis while sodemo moteurs focused on the engine . 1 the first prototype was shown in 1997 and the first production model released in 1999 . 1 all voxan motorcycles use the same engine a 72 996 cc v twin . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 models 2.1 former models 3 references 4 external links history edit voxan caf racer voxan black magic voxan charade racing founded by jacques gardette in 1995 and financially backed by the dassault group in 1996 voxan set out to become the first french motorcycle manufacturer in the modern era . 1 in 1999 the first model the limited production roadster was delivered to dealerships and sold exactly 50 units . 1 the company then launched the caf racer model in 2000 and the scrambler model a year later . 1 although voxan had garnered support for its products within france the company continued to struggle against the established japanese and italian brands . 1 in june 2002 didier cazeaux and soci t de d veloppement et de participation bought voxan to ensure its continuity and production restarted on april 1 2003 . 1 the street scrambler model was released in 2003 1 and the scrambler and black magic models in 2004 . 1 voxan opened its 23rd dealership and its first in luxembourg in may 2005 . in october 2007 voxan had an initial public offering on euronext 3 with both sodemo moteurs and fortune terres luxembourg considering takeover bids . 4 5 6 on december 22 2009 voxan was forced into liquidation and is now a subsidiary of the monaco based venturi automobiles . 2 7 upon acquisition voxan s manufacturing department ceased production and its engineering staff were relocated to venturi s headquarters in fontvieille monaco . 2 in june 2010 venturi announced voxan s new eco friendly corporate plan evolving the creation of an electric motorcycle by 2013 . 7 models edit former models edit year name production reference 1999 2009 roadster yes 8 2000 2009 caf racer yes 9 2001 2009 scrambler yes 10 2003 2009 street scrambler yes 11 2001 vb1 yes 12 2004 black magic yes 13 2004 black classic yes 13 2006 charade racing yes 14 2007 gtv 1200 no 15 2007 starck super naked no 16 2009 vx 10 no 17 2013 wattman no 18 references edit a b c d e f g h i j k l autoevolution 2008 2012 . everything about voxan voxan brand history . autoevolution . softnews net . retrieved 3 may 2012 . a b c d electro velocity 2011 . venturi buys voxan motorcycles . electro velocity . best green blogs . retrieved 16 may 2012 . voxan sccm european equities business liquidation guillaume maillard sodemo les liquidateurs de voxan n ont pas fait leur travail voxan en liquidation judiciaire faute de repreneur voxan le repreneur luxembourgeois confirme son int r t in french moto mag a b motorcycle.com 2010 . venturi automobiles buys voxan motorcycles . motorcycle.com . motorcycle.com forum network . retrieved 16 may 2012 . essai voxan 1000 roadster bluffant voxan caf racer essai voxan 1000 scrambler la moto plaisir essai voxan 1000 street scrambler street scrambler ou les deux voxan vb1 1000 2001 fiche moto motoplanete a b http web.mac.com fredoc2 iweb voxanblackmagic55 voxan charade racing news moto 2008 voxan gtv 1200 moto station a quick look at voxan s french v twin range and the starck super naked concept the biker gene moto infos essai du voxan vx10 voxan wattman becomes the most powerful production electric motorcycle ever external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to voxan motorcycles . official website philippe starck designed voxan super naked xv caf racer v t e automotive industry in monaco automotive industry economy of monaco transport in monaco active manufacurers 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