1991 Venturi 260 APC: A Father And Son's French Connection

[@trefod]

I like that he is driving the snot out of it instead of careful rolling beauty shots.

[@75cochese]

Like a true Frenchman! Don’t recall seeing a car being driven so hard before in this channel. Reminded me of this classic piece of French driving kzbin.info/www/bejne/goPZlKKYjJJ_hJY The money shot is at 12 mins

[@mercoid]

75cochese x

[@aaron5222]

trefod I had the same thought. This is how I drive my STI but I also love and take care of it

[@simullane7836]

LOL My mother in law how is French drives like that all the time!

[@cristianodettori]

It's always touching to hear a son pleasing his father's work.

[@dalton-at-work]

"appreciating" i think, is the word you need friend :)

[@laulau_rie]

I'm always surprised by the quality of Petrolicious' video... But this one is very special : THAT'S MY BRO !!!

[@diecer50]

Do you marry me?

[@fredericgourgues95]

Haha bravo bravo!

[@TimsEnthusiastGarage]

A true hidden gem. These are so lovely and receive so little praise. Great work here!

[@erichakanson7010]

Tim's Enthusiast Garage absolutely. This is one of a myriad of cars that you don't ever see in the U.S. so you're right, they don't get the acclaim they deserve. Good to see someone, especially a young person, appreciate and care for these cars.

[@TimsEnthusiastGarage]

YES!

[@georgesfusi4884]

merci a vous ..Thank you has you

[@TimsEnthusiastGarage]

Oui, C'est tres tres bon Venturi et la tres bon Enthusiast propriétaire du venturi. Cheers!

[@JohnBarrow1961]

Absolutely.

[@michelcourtoy3084]

Ton témoignage est très touchant et ton Papa peut être fier de son fils.Venturi représente une magnifique aventure humaine faite de passion .Bonne route …

[@rjs2005]

I have many subscriptions on KZbin, but none of them gets me as excited as when a new Petrolicious video is posted. I absolutely adore watching these videos and learning of the connection between the machine and owner. Another gem!

[@erichakanson7010]

Petrolicious is great at these types of stories. So many of us (hopefully) have similar stories with our fathers and try to create these connections with our children. Often the car itself doesn't matter, whether it's a Pacer or a Porsche, the time in the garage with family that's important. I never get tired if saying great job again petrolicious!

[@spencergrubb5153]

My E36 was bought by my father as a project for us. It was not driveable, but we spent many nights and weekends lying on the cold driveway putting in a new clutch and transmission, among other small things. He drove it to work sometimes for about 9 months before he bought an E39. I was then handed the keys to the E36 and have been driving it for coming up on a full year. It's a 318iC, so not fast by any means, but I love it because I know I helped get it back into shape. Starts up 100% of the time and has never given me a major issue. It's one of the best daily drivers a college student could ask for, in my opinion.

[@bunter6]

I'm British and it's great to see Petrolicious showing that it's not just English speaking countries who are mad about cars unlike a lot of other car channels content.

[@tomsawyer480]

Ähm... check out German car channels and you will know what car madness means. Never realized that English speaking countries are known for their love of cars. You are only allowed to go 90 km/h - why bother?

[@martinmartin5904]

www.icon4x4.com/derelict : could build you a car who look harmless .

[@dlb83082]

FINALLY someone who loves AND knows how to drive their car! Bravo Monsieur!

[@Vampirebear13]

Another Oscar worthy video. It's nice to see a car I'd never heard of but the best part of this is hearing a son's love and admiration for his Dad.

[@georgesfusi4884]

merci a vous ..Thank you has you

[@Sylvere13]

Magnifique voiture et très belle vidéo...

[@frankh5769]

Très belle video, merci de nous faire connaître cette belle voiture!

[@Tracertme]

Geordan, your dad is a great man and a great Father.... don't feel embarrassed, just be grateful that both of you have the opportunity to share something you love....together.... the Venturi name is deep in your family heritage and rightly so. The car looks like new and probably better than factory as your father had more time to finish it... make sure you learn his skills... new cars are so lifeless....

[@Chuck59ish]

According to Wikipedia, the Venturi 260 APC was a French make built from 1991 to 2000, this is re-badged as the Venturi Atlantique, it was powered by a 2.8 liter Turbo V-6, with a 5-speed gearbox, it weighed 1,110 kgs and had a top speed of 167 mph. Only 700cars were built by Venturi before the company went under.

[@Chuck59ish]

As do a lot of small manufacturers, government regulations kill them off.

[@Kookanoodles]

The ill-advised F1 program certainly didn't help.

[@erwinlommer197]

Stupid people blame the government for their own mistakes but take all the credit themselves if hey succeed.

[@richardcovello5367]

Charles, Thanks for the details. With such a low production, they must have used another company's engine, gearbox, suspension etc. Do you know what they used, or where further build details can be found?

[@francoismontresmecaniques7082]

Engine on this one is Turbocharged PRV so "Peugeot Renault Volvo", a 90° V6 derived from a V8 project that never came in and equipped high end version of Renault 25, Peugeot 604, Alpine, some Volvo and so on. I think Gearbox comes from Renault afaik, classic manual 5 speed, I have also read Citroen CX. Chassis was developped at the beginning by no less than Rondeau, who is a LeMans winner, on his own prototype in 1980. Before the V6 came in, the first one had a 4 cylinder of the Peugeot 505 turbo, less powerful but lighter. read more here on Jean Rondeau en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rondeau It has a lot of outside component froem the french production, but the finish was high end (wood, leather and so on). The late version of the 300 Atlantique had another engine the ES9 of PSA (Peugeot-Citroen) with twin turbo.

[@MisterDillPickle]

Nice to see a left-field choice instead of the usual Porsche/Ferrari. Also nice to see an owner who realizes how fortunate he is and is humble enough to admit it. And bonus points for driving the car harder than the usual owners featured here on Petrolicious!

[@kevins7093]

Great video as always, very moving. No-one should EVER be embarrassed they can afford something, especially something they've purchased with money earned from hard work. If you have a good relationship with your Father, be wise and spend time with him. I miss my Dad, I would love to have a cup of coffee with him just one more time and talk about cars, old times and let him know how much he meant to me and how very much I loved him.

[@miurasvlamborghini]

I would call myself very rich in knowledge of cars, but yall got me this time. I have never seen or heard of this car or brand in all of my 29 years I have lived on this earth. Kudos my dude, kudos. (claps)

[@MisterDillPickle]

I take it you don't play Gran Turismo then?

[@andrewmatusiewicz7546]

A lovely story of a special car and of a son's love and admiration for his father. Well done Petrolicious and bravo Geordan!

[@georgesfusi4884]

merci a vous ..Thank you has you

[@garethkhill]

a lovely story - here's to all the unsung hero dads out there - I know my dad got me into cars and he is a legend!!

[@kosmos_marichuanovitsch]

I don't understand a single word this guy is saying.. but since it's Petroulicious i stay for passion and pictures

[@paulelverstone8677]

I remember the Venturi 260. It was the only French pocket-supercar at the time - the only bloodline ever as I can recall. It is so nice to see this car again and being driven in a manner inwhich it was intended... :o)

[@videoshares]

Lovely car, and i like how the owner drives is with passion and skill

[@joshsmyth4848]

We need more of this in the automotive community! Great car, great story.

[@markwoodrow281]

Stunning car, great to see it being driven tastefully as well!

[@FezzaYT]

I was always fascinated by this brand. I've never seen one in person though. Would have liked to have seen some shots of what looked like a beautiful interior. Lovely video and story, thanks!

[@azypk]

Fezza Best name account in the world

[@banzairunner9997]

If a Lotus Esprit and Ferrari 348 had a baby this would be it

[@alecwalker449]

Banzai Runner build quality of lotus, reliability of a ferarri 😂😂😂 all rolled into a body that still makes it worth wanting!

[@sethw4569]

I think esprit and Mitsubishi starion. Seriously looks like they just smoothed the edges on one. It even sounds like the 2.6 turbo four from Mitsubishi.

[@alecwalker449]

Seth W for sure then again I'd own ever car in this thread haha

[@banzairunner9997]

Seth W ..good call on the Starion...agreed

[@Kookanoodles]

Venturis were known for excellent build quality, much higher than anything by Lotus at the time.

[@ciscoseparate]

Elle est sublime ta voiture, la plus belle tout simplement, tellement chic dans sa ligne, tellement belle à l'intérieur, continue de préserver cette merveille absolue. Et l'histoire est tout aussi belle, merci pour la vidéo :)

[@geordanfusi6912]

Merci beaucoup ça me fait super plaisir :)

[@aldi9101]

Très belle vidéo. Merci à Petrolicius et à Geordan Fusi d'avoir permis de raconter cette belle histoire.

[@georgesfusi4884]

bonsoir je suis le papa de Geordan merci a vous

[@Countrysideboy247]

People keep hating these cars because these were some knock -offs of Ferraris,but let's be honest,it has got it's own French taste and it looks better than most modern super cars!

[@6thGearGarage]

Anyone else have this car in Gran Turismo 2?

[@Kookanoodles]

It wasn't this particular model in GT 2 but the 300 Atlantique and 400 Trophy. This is an earlier one.

[@6thGearGarage]

The PS2 graphics didn't do it justice - this car looks amazing in the video. I've never seen any Venturi in real life. (In the US)

[@Kookanoodles]

Yeah I don't think any made it to the US. GT2 was on the PlayStation though, not the PS2.

[@mockngbrdy]

That's where i first learnt about the brand

[@LegendaryGauntlet]

To be fair they are very rare here in France too. I saw just a few in my whole life, usually parked near a racetrack, in the south of France. Otherwise they are pretty much unknown to the population, everyone knows about Alpine but not about Venturi.

[@CarlosOliveira-cj3iz]

Another day...another excelent video. Good choice this Venturi. The first series are the most beautiful and the 260 is special...

[@Dutub2000]

I consider myself fairly well versed when it comes to obscure makes, but this one has completely passed me by even though I still felt like I had heard it somewhere some time. That's when I saw a comment about Gran Turismo 2, and it suddenly struck me. I have heard about the make, almost 20 years ago and since then it's been removed from my memory. Thanks for bringing that back.

[@geewizwow4889]

Bring back 4k :'( Edit: Great content as always, not just here to wine

[@cattrounity4437]

Was only uploaded a few minutes ago tbf

[@geewizwow4889]

fair, hadn't thought of it

[@HazewinDog]

I've loved this car ever since I first heard of it

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Lovely looking car. I've seen pics of the Venturi 260, but I've never seen one in person.

[@armoredangel01]

This is where a car is not a car anymore, but a member of the family

[@IamJay]

*_Petrolicious_*

[@TheDuckumz]

Never heard of them before today, but damn is that a beautiful car...

[@jo05dk]

They still look really bloody good. Great and unsual choice for a young guy. Much love for that :)

[@charwinchris]

Magnifique témoignage, magnifique voiture!

[@DriversSide]

Such an intriguing car that I've never heard of before. Great video!

[@KoenigF50]

Superb ! The car has a very strong Ferrari 348 vibe to it design wise, and the allows are pretty much the same design too. Still lovely though, and really really rare.

[@fadhelboukraa1927]

Wonderful car.wonderful video wonderful petrolicious 👏👏👏

[@caiocn44]

Fantastic car!!!!! Pure, raw... Red!!!! The disegn, the shape of it, perfec and the engine, just sublime!! Petrolicius, please, come over here in Brazil, we have sports car thart can be very nice to film....

[@alross1212]

Caio Nicolau I lived in Brazil for 6 years. Luxury cars are very very expensive there. My car now in Brazil is worth R$300000. In Europe I paid £10000

[@chrisb3017]

Great story. Thank you

[@arnaudduguet7877]

Quel belle hommage!

[@fredericgourgues95]

Très belle vidéo de grande qualité et très touchante. Bravo à vous!

[@fergal225]

I was lucky enough to go on a factory tour with some friends in the 90's and also to drive their private test track which the French government had built them. I think I still have some brochures in the loft. Happy days.

[@classlessbozo317]

My father left home in 1985, i haven't seen him since.

[@jamiegeen7170]

My father dind't want anything to do whit me and my sister sine my mother left him in 1983, and in 2014 he passed away and I have never known him

[@Turntohard]

i just discovered this youtube channel , its simply awesome !

[@Tootberzing]

Super vidéo Geordan ! La classe vraiment ! ;)

[@vkgiotis]

what a beautiful car. interesting people too

[@freeman31z]

Très belle histoire !

[@georgesfusi4884]

Bonjour a tous je suis le papa de Geordan c est une très belle vidéo merci a Petrolicious et a Maxance et c est une histoire vraie il a bien commence a travailler a 16ans en grande surface et puis après son bac pro logistique il a trouver un en emploi en logistique il a mis toute ces payes de cote et a fait un petit crédit et a l époque de l achat la voiture étaient encore abordable je suis carrossier et j ai travailler pour Venturi nous avons restauré la voiture cela a durée 18 mois vous pouvez voir sur le liens suivant www.communaute-venturi.fr/ ...............Hello has all I am the dad of Geordan c is a very beautiful video thank you has Petrolicious and has Maxance And c a true story is he has well begin has to work has 16ans in hypermarkets and then after his logistic vocational high school diploma he has to find one in employment in logistics he put quite these pays of quotation and made a small credit and has l time of l purchase the car were still affordable I am a coachbuilder and j have to work for Venturi we restored the car it has duration 18 months you can see on following links www.communaute-venturi.fr

[@Jul205Rallye]

Bravo pour cette vidéo, toujours aussi belle cette venturi et très belle histoire ! (Julien en 205 Rallye / Auto Moto) ;)

[@georgesfusi4884]

salut julien comment va tu

[@georgesfusi4884]

merci

[@gb139]

C'est une histoire magnifique

[@TheHugolob]

Saw this exact one at a local car meet in center france just before this video was uploaded, nice one, very interesting engine bay. A lot details are classic to this era very cool, would made awesome base for an autotrader tribune lol

[@roundlake96]

Once again you deliver a stunning video to us! What a lovely car, never heard of it before but after 15 mins off reading ty to this video I can say that would love to see on IRL.

[@COTTERO]

Beautiful video.

[@juliensenamaud9663]

Très belle vidéo et très touchante, une voiture peu connu mais qui fait partie de notre patrimoine automobile

[@mister_jon_jon]

Soooo jealous! Beautiful car! Thumbs up!

[@domdom8874]

Très belle vidéo..

[@MiscaTiberiuSorin]

Wowww !! A beautiful car and an amazing story !

[@toro514]

Lots of respect.

[@opheliia_2208]

Très belle video ❤️

[@Davidthorough]

What a great young guy!!!

[@hl9h]

Superbe auto , félicitations bravo !!

[@JohnRinton]

Beautiful video about a beautiful car; Need for speed told me about Venturi

[@grizzly9960]

Beautiful Car!

[@jester02k]

Wow Never heard of that brand sharp looking car.

[@richardcovello5367]

Thanks for introducing me to a beautiful sports car I hadn't heard of! But it doesn't look like it'd be much use as an APC.

[@SmallBlogV8]

Lovely story of a really cool car. Given that it sort of looks like a mis-proportioned Ferrari, it makes me think of licence-free video game cars that aren't allowed to be copies of real ones... but it _is_ a real one! I'm also jealous that someone my age has one of those, but to be honest he really deserves it. Very cool.

[@francoismontresmecaniques7082]

Une des plus belle voiture de son époque. Vive comme une Lotus , finie comme une Aston. Un rêve. One of the most beautiful car of ist era. Handles like a Lotus, finished like an Aston Martin. A dream

[@cvv911]

Nice video. The taillights are from a BMW E21.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

This is a really pretty car! But I would have liked to see a bit more of it, like the engine and such.

[@alfamonk]

PRV engine - also used in DMC DeLorean - but in NA smog-form it's about half as powerful.

[@slotec]

love the e21 tail

[@MrCarGuy]

Quite a find: even in France. I have always believed the designs superior to the Ferraris of the time. Interior and all.

[@aleoimpala]

Très belle voiture!

[@xboat06400]

j'ai eu deux 260 SPC dont le chassis n° 0001 en 1989. fantastique voiture. n°1 dans les souvenirs.

[@TheTheolm]

C'est vraiment très dommage que l'aventure Venturi ne s'est pas perpétuée. A cette époque de l'ère de la voiture-passion, Venturi avait sa place dans son segment de marché. Et c'était l'opportunité de relancer la superbe de la production d'automobiles d'exception française. J'étais gamin à l'époque et je rêvais de ça. Je me voyais déjà dans une Venturi 260 blanche intérieur cuir blanc et boiserie... que j'avais en poster.

[@viriatvsoflvsitania5422]

So, he started working in a supermarket at 16 and he bought a supercar by the time he was 21...??? Damn, I wanna work in that supermarket too. They must pay really well.

[@aaron5222]

Watching this guy really rip the car made me so happy

[@joedummers6860]

Holy Grail!!!

[@cosmopolitanranks3996]

Damn I love this car

[@cosmopolitanranks3996]

@LEBARON RAOUL thanks for the links

[@l3v4rt]

Are those BMW e21 rear lights?

[@geordanfusi6912]

Yes ^^

[@mdeissard]

Elle est magnifique

[@herrickmky]

It is a really good looking car

[@XcrissRS13]

BEAUTIFUL car!!! Also... It's funny how easy it is to get a car in certain parts of the world and doing just the same (or more) somewhere else would buy you maybe 1/10 of it :))) Oh darn... I hope I will be able to make enough dough soon enough to spend it all on youngtimers!!! :)

[@muhammadshofwan5309]

never heard that company before

[@BrickMuffin]

love

[@bahenbihen]

He worked in a supermarket for two years and was able to afford 2 driving tests and 2 vehicles? TIL gotta move to France

[@Kookanoodles]

Assuming he still lived at his parents and had no expenses, two years at minimum wage would mean 25k€ saved up or thereabouts.

[@bahenbihen]

Kookanoodles Holy shit. I’ve been working at KFC for 4 months now and I get ~$500 monthly. That’s about enough to buy one car in two years (84 000kn)

[@Kookanoodles]

Mind you, I totally forgot the he said he started working at 16. I have no idea how teenagers are paid, it might be less.

[@bahenbihen]

Kookanoodles Part time jobs usually get paid hourly and full timers have fixed pays. EU law

[@TheGasGas1300]

I've started to work at 16 with placement and sometimes salary. I was living with my parents, working as a store keeper (same level as supermarket) and I could buy my Austin mini at 18, my e36 this year at 21 and I have my 125cc motorcycle since 16/17 with big motorcycle licence. If I was not with my parents it could be impossible to afford a second car this year

[@Berenvacht]

It's a great story, but would have loved to learn more about the car...

[@monsieurb670]

I'm not crying, you're crying !

[@TobyWhiteUK]

Honestly thought this was another Ferrari when I saw the thumbnail. Hadn’t heard of this car before!

[@PDRo694]

Ton voiture est belle, tres jolie et fantastique a la fin!!! Pardon moi, pour mon mauvaise française.... Un grand salut d' Allemagne

[@georgesfusi4884]

merci ..danke

[@Thesaltyseafish]

What happened to the 10+ Minute videos :( beautiful but we'd always like more

[@knowyourroleRocky]

Don't tell me to enjoy turn on the captions, how do you know I don't speak french? IT should say: 'Turn them on if you haven't bothered to learn this beautiful language' -End of exaggeration.

[@leonmatthew7]

Love petrolicious, but I don’t speak French and surelyyyy, after going to all the trouble of making your amazing videos, subtitles should be standard!

[@reneporsche6884]

Who wants his dad ?

[@justkiddin1980]

first he talks about it....full of emotion.....and then he drives it like he stole it.....lol

[@wyxvt]

Very nice story and video. The Venturis are interesting cars. I think they are the closest thing to Japanese cars made in Europe, when it comes to copying other cars designs. This one looks a lot like a Ferrari 348 knock off. Even the wheels look basically identical. Then the Venturi 400 GT screams Ferrari F40. It looks like a F40 wannabe. In all honesty if it was not for the price they sold new and for how rare they are, they would be basically considered kitcars in the same way Lotus sometimes was. Not really kitcars but on that level of status if you know what I mean. Lotus took years to overcome that status and for some it still hasn't. By the way, this cars looks a lot like a Fiero too. The GT fastback ones. If one drove by on U.S streets I'm pretty sure people would think it was a Pontiac Fiero. But in the end that doesn't really matter much. It doesn't matter that the style is a blend and copied. It only matters how it drives. If it drives nicely and is exciting then it's worth it. Cars get reputations sometimes they don't deserve in both directions. Some cars have a good rep and are famous and then you drive it and it's crap. Others have a bad rep because of ignorance and are great to drive and exciting. The Fiero for example, which gets an undeserved rep but it's actually very nice to drive. I never bought one because of the rep and what all the ignorant people repeated like parrots. Then I drove one a few years back and was wondering what the heck were the people putting it down for. Wish I had bought one in my younger years. Then I drove a very legendary mid engine supercar, which shall go unnamed to avoid sparking the wrath in fanboys, and it was total crap to drive! I couldn't believe how bad it was and how quick I wanted to get out of it. It sucked on curves too. It was basically a straight line car. What's the point? People pay way too much attention to brand name and image. Show offs are normally not true petrolheads. So if the Venturi drives nice and is exciting, this is what matters in the end. I would love to drive one. He seemed like he was enjoying the heck out of his in the video.