VENTURI or Venturi Automobiles is a French manufacturer of sports cars born under the name of MVS (Manufacture de Voitures de Sport / sport car manufacture). From the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s they built mid-engined coupés and roadsters with turbocharged PRV engines and Renault gearboxes. Engine power ranged from 210 to 260 hp for the Atlantique series. A limited edition 400 GTR was built for racing homologation requirements, and later used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Venturi has also built the 1992 chassis for the Larrousse Formula 1 team. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car 1963 Chevrolet Corvette was based upon European sports cars A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ... The Peugeot 406 Coupé, designed by Pininfarina 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC coupé, noted for its large, angular design 1980s Volvo 480 two-box coupé 1997 Rover Vitesse Coupe, club coupe Mercedes CLS, a modern four-door coupé Gala-Coupé of Leopold II, Brussels 1970s Sunbeam Alpine fastback coupé A coup... 1923 Ford Model T roadster 1950 Jaguar XK120 roadster This article is about the roadster car body style. ... The PRV engine is an automobile petrol V6 engine that was developed jointly by Peugeot, Renault and Volvo Cars and sold from 1974 to 1998. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. ... Transmissions provide a speed-power conversion known as gear reduction (in speed) to a higher torque (rotational force) using gearsets. ... Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologos (ομόλογος) for agree, which is generally used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... The Larrousse-Calmels Formula One team was founded in 1987 by Didier Calmels and former racer Gérard Larrousse. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...

Venturi Automobiles was created as France's answer to Italy's Ferrari. The first Venturi came out in 1984, created by Claude Poiraud and Gérard Godfroy, two former engineers at Heuliez. The goal was to present the only “Grand Tourisme” French car capable of competing with the French Bugatti, the Italian Ferrari, and the German Porsche. The headquarters of the company were located in the Pays de Loire in Coueron (44) where almost 700 cars were produced in 20 years. Ferrari Enzo. ... Heuliez is a French company that works as production and design unit for various automakers. ... Bugatti is one of the fastest marques of automobile and one of the most exclusive car producers of all time. ... This article is about the auto company. ... Image:PLlogo. ...

The 400 GT remains the best performing French car ever produced, it is in fact the very first car in the world to have standard carbon brakes. It was particular for its light weight of 850 kg for a cylinder capacity of two litres. True to that claim the Atlantique 400GT with a 400 bhp V6 delivered blistering performances to put it on par with great Ferraris of the early 90s. The 400GT could hit 60 mph in 4.67seconds and top 183 mph topspeed, while the 300GT with a 310 bhp V6 did 4.9 seconds to 60 mph and went all the way to 175 mph. There were even claims that the 400GT could do 300 km/h.

High level competition has also brought fame to the brand. Venturi was at the origin of the memorable “Venturi Gentlemen Drivers Trophy”, which gathered an impressive array of 75 drivers. Venturi has also won fame through its brilliant performances in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, particularly in 1993 with Christophe Dechavanne and Jacques Laffite on Venturi Jaccadi team, and in 1995 with Paul Belmondo racing on the 600 SLM. The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... Christophe Dechavanne is a popular French radio host and program producer. ... Jacques-Henri Laffite (born November 21, 1943) is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1986. ... Paul Belmondo (born 23 April 1963 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-de-France) is a French former Formula One driver who raced for the March and Pacific teams. ...

However it is in the BPR Global GT Series races that Venturi established its pedigree defeating Porsche and Ferrari on several occasions. In 1994 in Dijon, with Ferté and Neugarten on the 600 LM Jaccadi, at the 1000 km of Paris with Pescarolo and Basso on the 600 LM, and finally at the 4 hours Spa race, once again with Ferté and Neugarten. The BPR Global GT Series (sometimes refered to as the BPR Global GT Endurance Series or simply abbreviated as BPR.) was a grand tourer-based sports car racing series which ran from 1994 to 1996 before becoming the FIA GT Championship in 1997. ... Dijon ( , IPA: ) is a city in eastern France, the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Côte-dOr département and of the Bourgogne région. ... Henri Pescarolo was a Formula One driver from France. ...

In 2001 the Monegasque millionaire Gildo Pallanca Pastor bought Venturi and decided to focus on electric powered engine, leading to the Fétish model. More recent models are the Eclectic, the worlds first energy-autonomous vehicle, a low speed vehicle which has solar panels, a built in wind charger, and can be plugged in and the Astrolab, the worlds first solar-electric hybrid car. Motto Deo Juvante(Latin) With Gods Help Anthem Hymne Monégasque Monaco(circled in inset) on the European continent() Capital Monaco-Ville (de facto)1 Largest Most populated quartier Monte Carlo Official languages French2 Demonym Monegasque Government Constitutional monarchy (Principality)  -  Prince Albert II  -  Minister of State Jean-Paul Proust... The Venturi Fétish is the worlds first production two-seater electric sports car. ...

List of Cars

Venturi 300 Atlantique in 1998

Fétish in a Show-Room

• Coupé 160 Ch BVA
• Coupé 180 Ch
• Coupé 200 ch
• Coupé 210 ch
• Coupé 260 SPC
• Coupé 260 APC
• Coupé 260 Atlantique
• Transcup 160 Ch BVA
• Transcup 160 Ch BVM
• Coupé 260 LM
• Transcup 180
• Transcup 200
• Transcup 210
• Transcup 260
• 300 Atlantique
• 300 Atlantique Bi-Turbo
• 300 GTR
• 400 GT
• 400 Trophy
• Venturi 500 LM|500 LM
• Venturi 600 LM|600 LM
• Venturi 600 SLM|600 SLM
• Fétish
• Eclectic
• Astrolab
• GT3

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External links

Officials

• Brand Website
• Designer Website
• Owners club Website

Others

• (More Info on Atlantique 400GT)
• (French) (15 400GT were built)