RE: Road-legal Venturi 400 Trophy for sale
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The Tiff Neddel old TG review of these was excellent he drove it like he stole it. An it had the most wonderful looking seats.
GT2 had a LM600 in it also the rear spoiler / wing was even more extreme and could be modified to hit 400kmh making it a car I used to grind cash.
Euromillons car for me to park in my villa in the south of france.
GT2 had a LM600 in it also the rear spoiler / wing was even more extreme and could be modified to hit 400kmh making it a car I used to grind cash.
Euromillons car for me to park in my villa in the south of france.
LotusOmega375D said:
Couple of comments. Early Venturi agent Eurotec were provided with a yellow one by the factory. It sat in
the showroom in East Lulworth, Dorset but never got any takers, so was taken back to the factory.
There was also another one registered in the UK. I think it was in Gulf Oil colours. It occasionally came up for sale at about £25k. One of the classic car magazines had a go in it and reckoned it was the closest thing you could get to flying an F-16.
Finally there was a red one converted to RHD that appeared on a Bruntingthorpe YouTube video.
There’s a tale to be told about the British (with Thai money) attempt to revive the marque once it went bust. IIRC the idea was to use Duratec V6s to replace the PRVs. Victor Gauntlett was involved.the showroom in East Lulworth, Dorset but never got any takers, so was taken back to the factory.
There was also another one registered in the UK. I think it was in Gulf Oil colours. It occasionally came up for sale at about £25k. One of the classic car magazines had a go in it and reckoned it was the closest thing you could get to flying an F-16.
Finally there was a red one converted to RHD that appeared on a Bruntingthorpe YouTube video.
NathanChadwick said:
LotusOmega375D said:
Couple of comments. Early Venturi agent Eurotec were provided with a yellow one by the factory. It sat in
the showroom in East Lulworth, Dorset but never got any takers, so was taken back to the factory.
There was also another one registered in the UK. I think it was in Gulf Oil colours. It occasionally came up for sale at about £25k. One of the classic car magazines had a go in it and reckoned it was the closest thing you could get to flying an F-16.
Finally there was a red one converted to RHD that appeared on a Bruntingthorpe YouTube video.
There’s a tale to be told about the British (with Thai money) attempt to revive the marque once it went bust. IIRC the idea was to use Duratec V6s to replace the PRVs. Victor Gauntlett was involved.the showroom in East Lulworth, Dorset but never got any takers, so was taken back to the factory.
There was also another one registered in the UK. I think it was in Gulf Oil colours. It occasionally came up for sale at about £25k. One of the classic car magazines had a go in it and reckoned it was the closest thing you could get to flying an F-16.
Finally there was a red one converted to RHD that appeared on a Bruntingthorpe YouTube video.
BAck in the mid 90's a trackday at Goodwood, our bunch of crazies were - F40 2 x lotus esprit turbos, 964 Turbo and a 930 Turbo.
All very fast but there were 2 track prepared Ventuir's i think 1 met Grey and 1 black and they blew passed everyone, unbelievably quick but being track cars as opposed to fast road cars but blew me away with their speed and handling. The only time i have seen a Venturi.
All very fast but there were 2 track prepared Ventuir's i think 1 met Grey and 1 black and they blew passed everyone, unbelievably quick but being track cars as opposed to fast road cars but blew me away with their speed and handling. The only time i have seen a Venturi.
garypotter said:
BAck in the mid 90's a trackday at Goodwood ...
I might have been there! I posted some pics (Venturi GTs x 2 - possibly the same navy blue one pictured up-thread - included) on this old thread https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
First time I saw a GT was around midnight in a Belgian autoroute service station, mid-90s. A yellow one pulled up to the next pump, and I think my jaw probably hit the floor. Think I mangled some French but managed to include "magnifique" when the driver appeared, and he told me what it was. He passed me a few minutes up the road at full chat and came off the throttle to wave... the f***ing noise, and flames...
blueg33 said:
sege said:
According to Gran Turismo, these understeered terminally and were next to useless. The less macho looking, and less powerful Atlantique was ok though. I assume that was a coding error and not based on actual data from the vehicle's physics though?
Hmm - not sure that is the benchmark of how anything handles. On GT I always crashed a TVR Tuscan, in real life I never crashed my actual TVR TuscanThe right LSD setti gs and aero sorted most things in the GT world.
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