RE: MVS Venturi 200: Spotted
Discussion
sr.guiri said:
Water Fairy said:
That interior is almost as nasty as my old TVR wedges lol
I love that interior, BECAUSE it's a bit nasty. Love those Ferrari style wheels too.RHD though, does that devalue this car??
I ask as where I live we drive LHD and usually the RHD equivalents in the UK seem cheaper.
He is, amusingly, the absolute stereotype of 'SAFE' lol
Turbobanana said:
I think that kind of confirms my point, re cotton wool.
To me it has nothing to do with cotton wool and everything to do with very rare mid engined japanese car that is usable every day.I fact I'd have Esprit over that french thing every time
btw. what's wrong with having a car that doesn't break down every time you're trying to enjoy it? Where's this weird notion that cars have souls if they break down coming from?
Bladedancer said:
btw. what's wrong with having a car that doesn't break down every time you're trying to enjoy it? Where's this weird notion that cars have souls if they break down coming from?
Nothing at all - I never said anything of the sort. Cars are a pain in the backside when the break down. It just frustrates me that people write off cars like this because they "think" it will be unreliable, based on assumptions about its proprietary parts.I maintain my cars, and they generally don't let me down. I have owned Peugeots, Renaults, Alfa Romeos, Citroens, a Mazda RX-7 and several classics from the sixties. The only car I've ever called the AA to was an Audi A6.
The UK concessionaire back then was Eurotec, East Lulworth (Dorset). He specialized in all the French fancies of the era. I remember the proprietor stopping by our house in Leicestershire in a second-hand Venturi 200 that he'd just picked up. It must have been one of the other two RHD ones supplied. I'd hold out for an Atlantique 300 personally: a much more resolved product.
pycraft said:
Couldn't you use the money to buy an Excel, and use the spare change to buy another three Excels?
Interior looks similar, so does the profile.
An excel SE would make for a much better car and owner experience than a Venturi 200. Personally i think the Venturi 200 isn't a looker, it isn't fast and its only saving grace is its rarity. The later 300 Atlantique was a much better car and i could understand someone wanting 35k+ for one of those. Interior looks similar, so does the profile.
The atlantique was pretty much the only french supercar. The Alpine was just a sports car and the supercar term wasn't used until the Miura and 33 Stradale. I guess you could also call the Axiom Mega Track another french supercar.
ruprechtmonkeyboy said:
jango said:
With owning a Venturi 300 and Alpine A610 can say these cars are a lot of fun to drive. I also work at lotus, tvr, Alpine and Venturi garage so get to drive all sorts of cool stuff but the Venturi out handles tvr and the lotus stuff easily 
I'd be interested to hear which one you prefer?I've always liked the A610.
Be great to see more photos and understand their foibles and running costs etc.
Podie said:
ruprechtmonkeyboy said:
jango said:
With owning a Venturi 300 and Alpine A610 can say these cars are a lot of fun to drive. I also work at lotus, tvr, Alpine and Venturi garage so get to drive all sorts of cool stuff but the Venturi out handles tvr and the lotus stuff easily
I'd be interested to hear which one you prefer?I've always liked the A610.
Be great to see more photos and understand their foibles and running costs etc.
Jango’s garage (broken dreams)
Turbobanana said:
Nothing at all - I never said anything of the sort. Cars are a pain in the backside when the break down. It just frustrates me that people write off cars like this because they "think" it will be unreliable, based on assumptions about its proprietary parts.
I maintain my cars, and they generally don't let me down. I have owned Peugeots, Renaults, Alfa Romeos, Citroens, a Mazda RX-7 and several classics from the sixties. The only car I've ever called the AA to was an Audi A6.
I'm not making this assumption based on proprietary parts but on the country of origin :P but I suppose that is no better I maintain my cars, and they generally don't let me down. I have owned Peugeots, Renaults, Alfa Romeos, Citroens, a Mazda RX-7 and several classics from the sixties. The only car I've ever called the AA to was an Audi A6.
French electrics from the period are almost legendary.In my defense, in an age long gone I watched my friends and their families struggle for years with their Italian and French cars while I drove a piece of boring Swedish tech that just worked day in day out.
And yes, that was years ago and things are better now, or so they say, and one of my friends is testing that theory out by driving a Fluence.
So, experiences, like mileage, may wary, and maybe you were lucky, maybe they were unlucky but between that and French tech's insistence to occupy bottom part of every reliability survey known to man (occasionally contested by Mercedes Benz) I'll pass.
I mean Venturi is an interesting car, but I think there are many more far more interesting ones out there that are less likely to give you issues, that's all.
jango said:
Podie said:
ruprechtmonkeyboy said:
jango said:
With owning a Venturi 300 and Alpine A610 can say these cars are a lot of fun to drive. I also work at lotus, tvr, Alpine and Venturi garage so get to drive all sorts of cool stuff but the Venturi out handles tvr and the lotus stuff easily
I'd be interested to hear which one you prefer?I've always liked the A610.
Be great to see more photos and understand their foibles and running costs etc.
Jango’s garage (broken dreams)
lotuslover69 said:
An excel SE would make for a much better car and owner experience than a Venturi 200. Personally i think the Venturi 200 isn't a looker, it isn't fast and its only saving grace is its rarity. The later 300 Atlantique was a much better car and i could understand someone wanting 35k+ for one of those.
I love the Excel, but there are only 2 reasons I'd take one over this: price and the opportunity to fold my kids into the back seats.Venturi and Excel both epitomise what I love about 70's & 80's car design though - handsome shapes with lots of straight lines and angles.
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