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Today's poorly researched topic is the MVS Venturi, a French supercar. Don't worry, I'd never heard of them either. In fact, I probably would have never even known about them had I not had a ride in one when I was about 13. I was on a French exchange at school and the kid I was exchanging with had a show-off ******* father who had left the mother for some Gauloise-smoking peasant tart and disappeared and bought this sports car. I seem to remember he wasn't a very good driver either, but the car had plenty of beans and that's what counts when you're 13.
So. They started making them in about 1984, fibreglass body, mid mounted turbo V6 (not sure what from) and Renault gearboxes. The one I got a ride in would have been a very early 90's example, it was red and looked like this:
Later on they decided they wanted to go racing and made a new model on crack and steroids called the 400GT, thus:
Note the spoiler carved out of pure caffeine with added chemical sweetner.
The later car was the Atlantique by the look of it. Never saw one, or the mad 400GT unfortunately.
They went bust in 2000 apparently. I don't think I've ever seen another one so there can't be many about. I do remember it being a shameless copy of the crap Ferrari at the time which would have been the 308. A real piece of junk at the time and you can pick them up for next to nothing these days, so the Venturi would have been able to give it a proper run for its money. Go the French!
Have some more pictures, all stolen, no credit to sources, none hotlinked:
Bit of not very helpful info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi_Automobiles
So. They started making them in about 1984, fibreglass body, mid mounted turbo V6 (not sure what from) and Renault gearboxes. The one I got a ride in would have been a very early 90's example, it was red and looked like this:
Later on they decided they wanted to go racing and made a new model on crack and steroids called the 400GT, thus:
Note the spoiler carved out of pure caffeine with added chemical sweetner.
The later car was the Atlantique by the look of it. Never saw one, or the mad 400GT unfortunately.
They went bust in 2000 apparently. I don't think I've ever seen another one so there can't be many about. I do remember it being a shameless copy of the crap Ferrari at the time which would have been the 308. A real piece of junk at the time and you can pick them up for next to nothing these days, so the Venturi would have been able to give it a proper run for its money. Go the French!
Have some more pictures, all stolen, no credit to sources, none hotlinked:
Bit of not very helpful info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi_Automobiles
