Venturi Atlantique 300: The MOST Underrated 90s SUPERCAR?

[@classicracecar]

“The best way to make a small fortune in F1 is to start with a large one" - feels apt!

[@Mentioum]

😂

[@Opie..]

This car aged like wine -- it's gorgeous.

[@86drive86]

neat, it's like a French SW20 MR2!

[@custodianclub]

It got a lot of attention when we were filming this

[@SuperSenis]

Thank you for making this video. It's seriously one of those cars that most people will never know about.

[@custodianclub]

Thank you, it was a lot of fun to make! Such a wild story behind the company too

[@ajlark1]

Gran Turismo memories! 💯

[@ajlark1]

Who's got a Venturi Fetish 🤣

[@custodianclub]

Gran Turismo always bringing the vibes

[@Mentioum]

​@ajlark1 😂

[@ozzysht]

It's beautiful

[@VerdoVeri]

I drive in one ot this back in 1995 stil remember when turbo kicked in, it was the fastest thing I have been for a long time.

[@custodianclub]

Love that 😆

[@arjungopal2365]

Brother, please don't stop posting, this channel is drastically Underratted.. 🙇🏻‍♀️♥️ if you ever start feeling to stop because of view, please don't we all are with you 🤜🏻🥂

[@robotube7361]

This car is so measured and so on point its insane. Nothing sticks out like a sore thumb. Everything is on its right place. Its design is neither too weak to be considered pathetic nor too powerful to be considered vulgar. Its V6 - just the right measured ammount. Also the interior is minimalist but busy enough to not resemble a spartan feel. A little bit of wood, the necessary gages and a very normal looking sterring wheel. The seats are leather but black and deliberately subdued and nothing that pops up. The exterior is all elegeant with fine lines. No sharp prouding edges. it doesnt need to have defining and recognizable symbols that scream "look at me". Nothing is ever over the top. This is what a gentleman with refined taste coming from old money would drive.

[@siouex]

25-30 years back, I was drooling as a teen over photos in auto catalogue of this car. Later, I saw a few in the wild, and my heart dropped. Now, watching this, nothing changed. It's still one of the most gorgeous French cars ever It's pity I don't have extra £50k in my pocket. Otherwise, it would be no brainer

[@custodianclub]

We had a lot of people wanting to take pictures of this car when we were filming. Such a beautiful design!

[@siouex]

@custodianclub no surprise there! From that era, I think only DB7, maybe a Cerbera, would be pretty enough contenders in beauty pageant, not much else

[@Mentioum]

Great new content structure, nice one Archie!

[@custodianclub]

Thank you!

[@romainlesterptbh-assurance92]

Bravo et merci pour cet hommage de la France ! de la part d'un propriétaire et passionné de la marque.

[@JEANAIMARE-kc1vd]

The exact production figure of the Venturi 300 was 73 units. Venturi factory total production during 14 years, 1986/2000, was a little bit less than 700 cars, in the historical factory located near the city of Nantes, on the French Atlantic coast. In 2000, the brand was purchased by the Monegasque billionaire Pastor, and transferred in Monaco, southern France. Today, the company still exists but produce only electric cars, mainly for records.

[@romainlesterptbh-assurance92]

73 Venturi 400 Trophy pour le circuit - 44 exemplaires pour la 300 ;-)

[@JEANAIMARE-kc1vd]

@@romainlesterptbh-assurance92 Non. Je sais parfaitement que la Trophy a été produite à 73 exemplaires, dont un certain nombre ont été homologuées pour la route, auxquels il faut rajouter les 15 Venturi 400 officielles de route, soit un total de 88 Venturi 400, tous modèles confondus. Et le nombre de chassis de Venturi 300 produits est bien de 73, et non de 44. Tous modèles confondus, turbo, bi-turbo, et automatique. Chiffre confirmé par un des sépecialistes de la marque, qui a travaillé sur ces voitures. A savoir Christophe Bihr. D'ailleurs, le chiffre lui même de production totale des Venturi de tous types, qui est officiellement de 641 voitures, est sujet à caution. En effet, on a identifié par exemple 2 Venturi 210 de plus, que les 8 produites officiellement. Même chose pour la 260 LM, produite officiellement à 33 exemplaires, alors qu'une exécution N°34 a été identifiée à la vente chez un marchand. Il faut rajouter à cela le flou lors du rachat par Pastor en 2000, alors que des autos étaient encore en cours d'assemblage à l'usine de Couëron. Donc on peut raisonablement tabler sur un chiffre de production supérieur à 650. Sans parler en plus, de la Venturi Paris/Dakar, qui à ma connaissance n'a jamais été comptabilisée dans le chiffre de production de l'usine, et dont on peut voir une vidéo sur You Tube.

[@JEANAIMARE-kc1vd]

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[@dragosi8980]

Beautiful car

[@custodianclub]

Gerard Godfroy nailed this one!

[@equinoxe8628]

Great video about a great car. Thank you! :)

[@pppcorn]

🔥🔥🔥

[@OTTOMATT-me9cp]

I want this car. Gorgeous.

[@ciaranburke3243]

Timeless design looks beautiful today 😍👍

[@RomainSandt]

This car still looks great. Only thing I never liked... The Citroen CX mirrors. Also found on Aston Martin.

[@haiderimtiaz2254]

❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@rupertsmedley4210]

excelent - I wonder how it compares to the GTA which I sold in the day and have always loved?

[@custodianclub]

I think there’s an old video on KZbin somewhere of Clarkson comparing the two

[@rupertsmedley4210]

@@custodianclub Thanks - found the A610 comparison - I`ll watch that . A colleague at Renault London smashed up an A610 at Hangar Lane on a testdrive....oops!

[@deanthefish314]

Yo ! Your channel is cool as fuuuuuuck, I LOVE what you do

[@jamesstaggs4160]

Really neat cars. Too bad the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the cars.

[@Mentioum]

I think he mentions there are a few with right hand drive. Including the one in the video.

[@JEANKOURAGE]

This one is an export model, for English, Australian, or Japanese markets, where the driving is on the left side of the road, but most Venturi's were manufactured with the steering wheel on the "right" side.

[@matthiasbalke9089]

Looks like a Ferrari and a Toyota hooked up and made baby 😂😂😂

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

I lost interest when you mentioned PRV engine, yeah thanks but no thanks.

[@JEANKOURAGE]

For your information, the 300 BHP version of this engine mounted on the Venturi, had absolutely nothing to do with the original PRV. Everything, or almost everything, had been modified or changed by the factory, pistons, connecting rods, camshaft, new injection unit developed by the firm E.I.A, etc... So much so that Venturi had it approved as their own engine. More powerful versions of 400, 500, or 600 BHP, and even more, had also been developed for their racing cars. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqXbq6yqfZ6gpLs kzbin.info/www/bejne/enabYZR4iLNjppIfeature=shared kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4ndqaujfMaKoZIfeature=shared Before to write comments, Try to inform you a little bit more.

[@zubairhaffejee1707]

The Taillights look like they come from a Ford Sierra/Sapphire 😊

[@JEANKOURAGE]

Right.