Venturi, a Ferrari à la Française?

Jan 01, 2023,11:20 AM
 

Aesthetically, there is something... Mechanically, the engine is a french 3.0 liter, 6 cylinders, so not that much. But the fun was there, at the rendez-vous. 


2 cars. 

The Venturi 300 Atlantique, from 1997:  Doesn't it remind you the Ferrari 456 GT?





And this 400 GT Trophy... 





A cool odometer. wink



Credit: Artcurial. 

Best,

Nicolas


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Remarkable top speed

 
 By: Weems@8 : January 1st, 2023-11:54
to 320! Amazing speed, with a 6 cylinder a good value. As a 911 can do it, it is no border for 6 cylinders to reach high speeds. The odometer is maybe the only Jaeger which has a 320 km/h on it.

+1

 
 By: APROchrono : January 1st, 2023-15:52
+ a touch of Jaguar XJ220 on the first and clearly F40 on the second?

Yes, right you are.

 
 By: amanico : January 1st, 2023-15:55

Thanks, Lars.

 
 By: amanico : January 1st, 2023-15:55

This definitely looks like a 2+2 version of the 2nd gen MR-2 but I'm quite sure that Toyota came out first. 1st gen ended in '89. 2nd gen came out in 1990. So the obvious next

 
 By: InDebtButOnTime : January 1st, 2023-17:22
question would be what was the 1st year for this Venturi? Somehow I managed to completely miss this car and this brand! My "car-dar" failed me!

I didn't know this one!

 
 By: amanico : January 1st, 2023-18:52

The VDO at tachometer reminds me...

 
 By: stere : January 2nd, 2023-08:44
...that VDO owns a lot of years ago VC, IWC, JLC & Lange. VDO was a subsidiary of Mannesmann AG which founded a Telecommunication Company called D2. This one was akquired by Vodafone in 1999 for 100.000.000.000,- Euro. The Management board didn't know tha... 

great topic

 
 By: psfparis : January 5th, 2023-14:06
i'm a huge fan of Venturi one of the last fairytale in the car industry ! For french speakers www.youtube.com M The 400GT is one of my ultimate grail cars (even if i do not have the skills to properly drive it (& the free cash to buy one))

Were they connected to MVS?

 
 By: Blue and White : January 16th, 2023-17:31
I remember a company called Manufacture de Voitures de Sport …(or something similar) from that era. Was the Venturi their child? In any way, many thanks for bringing back memories from that time, Nico. I don’t know how well it was driving but I’m sure it ...