GTP Cool Wall: 1991-2000 Venturi Atlantique

1991-2000 Venturi Atlantique

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1991-2000 Venturi Atlantique nominated by @ThrasherDBS
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Engines: 2.8L Turbo V6, 3.0L V6 (Peugeot/Citroen), 3.0L Turbo V6 (Peugeot/Citroen), 3.0L Twin Turbo V6 (Peugeot/Citroen)
Power: 2.8: 260 hp; 3.0: 210 hp; 3.0 Turbo: 281 hp; 3.0 TT: 310 hp
Torque: 2.8: 299 lb-ft.; 3.0 TT: 291 lb-ft.
Weight: 1110 kg
Transmission: 5-speed manual
Drivetrain: Mid engine, rear wheel drive
Body Styles: 2-door coupe
Additional Info: "Despite praise from critics of the time, sales of this car were abysmal. Venturi sold fewer than 700 units in the car's nine year run. Production was discontinued when Venturi filed for bankruptcy in 2000. The Atlantique 260 was capable of a 0-60 mph time of 5.2 seconds and a top speed of 167 mph. When the Atlantique 300 replaced it, the biturbo variant was capable of 171 mph and a 0-60 mph time of 4.9 seconds."​
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Such a nice,simple shape. I remember these were very highly praised by the press at the time.

Cool
 
What, no 400GT here?
That looks like a wannabe Ferrari F40 in red. That's not so good. But in yellow it looks like a really nice piece of cheese which is excellent. Also very French.

The normal one just looks boring though.
 
Famine
The 1989 Ferrari 348? I don't know much about time travel, but here's the 1986 MVS Venturi:
And the car was first shown at the Paris Salon in 1984.
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I had no idea they were built that early.It still looks like a Ferrari clone to me. Kind of a mix between a 348 and 288GTO.
 
Substitute the organised chaos of the 400GT for some good-old period French sports car styling, and you still end up with something that just about slides into Sub Zero.
 
It's trying to be an exotic, but it lacks the speed to be taken seriously in my opinion. The styling it good, but not very exciting. It was a good effort, but a Lotus Esprit would be more preferable to this. Meh.
 
Another unknown sports car you would need to explain to people to let them know what it even is.

Uncool.
 
Not necessarily sure what to really say. So far as sports cars go, the styling is kind of bland. Though I feel it works for this car. It's not too overstated like some sports cars of the time. Besides, I'd actually be pretty surprised if I ever saw one.

C-ZETA
What, no 400GT here?
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The 400GT was already polled. Just wanted to poll the... I guess we can probably call this the base model. I think this is different enough from the 400GT.
 
I love these but not entirely sure why. Pretty much the French Esprit, so maybe a soupcon classier, even more reliable? But perhaps that's a stretch. Lucky enough to have seen one of these on the road, in pretty much BRG, ironically. Love the 400 too. SZ.
 
This is one of the cars that have an unexplainable charm to me. They look barely good -I can totally see where those that say it looks like a kit car for a Fiero come from- and have somewhat bad detailing, come from an obscure brand, have acceptable performance but nothing to write home about, and yet it's about the coolest french car I can think of this side of the Alpine A310 or the Citroen SM. Freaking things.
 

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