RE: Spotted: MVS Venturi 200

[dobrowski 2007]

Ok this is my car folks.the author of this article needs glasses.it is a V6,and does NOT suffer cam wear as suggested unlike the 24V engine .
Parts are quite good to find apart from the original rear lights which are as rare as hens teeth !!!!
It goes round corners like you would not believe and has made me think i will never go round this bend at this speed (But believe me it can )

[LotusOmega375D]

Just a point on this: does no-one from PH actuall contact the vendor before they feature a "spotted" car?

Also top lurking sir.

[Podie]

Always fancied a 300 Atlantique

[dobrowski 2007]

LotusOmega375D said:

Just a point on this: does no-one from PH actuall contact the vendor before they feature a "spotted" car?

Also top lurking sir.

NO is the answer to your question !!!

[Podie]

dobrowski 2007 said:

Ok this is my car folks.the author of this article needs glasses.it is a V6,and does NOT suffer cam wear as suggested unlike the 24V engine .
Parts are quite good to find apart from the original rear lights which are as rare as hens teeth !!!!
It goes round corners like you would not believe and has made me think i will never go round this bend at this speed (But believe me it can )

What are the original rear lights taken from? Can't help but think the originals look better (sorry )

They look like E21 BMW 3 series...

[dobrowski 2007]

Podie said:

What are the original rear lights taken from? Can't help but think the originals look better (sorry )

They look like E21 BMW 3 series...

Yes they are off some obscure BMW and it would be an easy change over is the light
pod is bolted in and not a body mod so if anyone has any please let me know!!!!

[Podie]

dobrowski 2007 said:

Podie said:

What are the original rear lights taken from? Can't help but think the originals look better (sorry )

They look like E21 BMW 3 series...

Yes they are off some obscure BMW and it would be an easy change over is the light
pod is bolted in and not a body mod so if anyone has any please let me know!!!!

E21 was made from 73 to 83 (I think). Must be some classic car places about...

[TREMAiNE]

Does anybody else smell a 355?

[C36 Nico]

sc4589 said:

Big Fat Fatty said:

I remember these from playing Gran Turismo 2 but have never seen one in the metal. The 300 Atlantique was better looking imo

Yes! I love these cars. In my top 20 garage for sure, rare as hen's teeth and utterly gorgeous.

http://youtu.be/bCRWCdbXwlo?t=5m42s

VBH's review of one, way back when.

Cant stand VBH, slept her way into a career in front of the cameras..

[Justayellowbadge]

This was a PHer's car. It represents the entire rhd production run of 400GTs.

[LotusOmega375D]

Justayellowbadge said:

This was a PHer's car. It represents the entire rhd production run of 400GTs.

There was a thread on a Renault forum two or three years ago, where a guy said his Dad bought that car like this as a wreck for 5K! It was then sold on and repaired.

[C36 Nico]

5k? bargain

[McAndy]

Justayellowbadge said:

This was a PHer's car. It represents the entire rhd production run of 400GTs.

I saw that at le Mans in 2007. It's one of my 'unicorn' cars. Lovely!

[clee]

I can squeeze a bit more out of the lump if required ...2.5 or 3l turbos PRV's are very lazy lumps but with good torque .
2.5 l ala GTA 3L same as A610



Got a bigger brother Atlantique 300 in the workshop atm for a few fettles .Very nice car and exclusivity adds ??

[Dodgey_Rog]

Chrisw26 said:

Dodgey_Rog said:

Was this originally on an S plate? This was the pre-Peugeot engine i assume? I wonder if this was the same car!

No it was an R plate supplied by Nick Mee the Aston man. I think it had the plate VGN 1 for some publicity shots presale. He tried hard to get these cars the recognition they deserved and there was a write up in Car where it came out well against the 911. My car (single turbo) was thought to be a unique colour - a Rolls Royce paint sort of metallic grey with a hint of copper, but my wife used to say it was brown. Turns out there was another one which went to the Far East. For those interested there is a Venturi marque history by Pierre daubrosse. The interiors are indeed very nice - the seats were great and the Mercedes sourced wiper was a hoot. There is a small but enthusiastic UK group who are very nice people real car guys.

YES! I have a picture of your car somewhere, we were considering the franchise and had your one for a week for evaluation so i recall. That was a nice car, apart from the wind noise/squeal at around 155/160mph......

I stand corrected on the S plate, that was blue model with the Peugeot V6.

[Alfa159Ti]

This thread has fired my imagination.

I always thought I knew a ridiculous amount of useless information about cars, mainstream and obscure, but never even knew these existed.

Clearly I need to up my game.

I would be all over these in Classifieds right now pretending I was in the market. If the classifieds section was actually not still broken.

Ahem.

[F1GTRUeno]

clee said:

Got a bigger brother Atlantique 300 in the workshop atm for a few fettles .Very nice car and exclusivity adds ??

Please get some more photos of that when the work is done.

[C36 Nico]

Im not sure you can really top an Atlantique 300 for coolness...

[Podie]

C36 Nico said:

Im not sure you can really top an Atlantique 300 for coolness...

This is PH. Wait long enough and someone will turn up with a pair of them...

[Johnston]

Podie said:

C36 Nico said:

Im not sure you can really top an Atlantique 300 for coolness...

This is PH. Wait long enough and someone will turn up with a pair of them...

Just a pair? I'll raise you