Venturi Atlantique
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| Venturi Atlantique | |
|---|---|
 Venturi 300 Atlantique | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Venturi Automobiles |
| Production | 1991-2000 |
| Assembly | Couëron, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Designer | Claude Poiraud, Gérard Godfroy |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Sports car |
| Body style | 2-door coupe |
| Layout | mid-engine, rear-wheel drive |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual transmission |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,500 mm (98.4 in) |
| Length | 4,242 mm (167.0 in) |
| Width | 1,840 mm (72.4 in) |
| Height | 1,180 mm (46.5 in) |
The Venturi Atlantique was a mid-engined, fiberglass-bodied French sports car produced by Venturi Automobiles from 1991 to 2000.
The original 260 was a revised version of the Venturi APC 260, carrying over the 2.8-litre turbocharged V6 engine with 260 PS (191 kW; 256 hp), but with a reduced weight of 1,110 kg (2,450 lb). It could achieve a top speed of 167 mph (269 km/h) and accelerated from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 5.2 seconds.
Atlantique 300
Scotsman Hubert O'Neill purchased Venturi in 1994 and conceived of the Venturi 400GT as well as a revised Atlantique. After a rushed design time of six months, the new Atlantique 300 was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. Its 3.0 V6 PRV engine was lifted from other Peugeot/Citroën models and could achieve 210 PS (154 kW; 207 hp) in naturally aspirated form or 281 PS (207 kW; 277 hp) with a turbocharger which was essentially the same engine as used in the Alpine A610.[citation needed]
Venturi again went into receivership in 1996, and was bought by Thai firm Nakarin Benz, under whom the company focused its concentration upon road cars.
Atlantique 300 Biturbo
The Twin-turbo version of the Atlantique 300 was released in 1998 and used the later L7X V6, a Renault variant of the V6 ESL engine which brought the power up to 310 PS (228 kW; 306 hp) at 6,200 rpm and 394 N⋅m (291 lb⋅ft) of torque at 3,800 rpm, with a top speed of 275 km/h (171 mph) and a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) time of 4.7 seconds,[1] this addition made the Atlantique a serious performance competitor to the Lotus Esprit V8. 13 examples were built in 1999-2000; this model was the last Venturi to be considered French, before the firm became based in Monaco.
