as venturi in the 2014 15 formula e season see venturi grand prix . venturi automobiles type private industry automotive founded 1984 founder claude poiraud g rard godfroy headquarters fontvieille monaco key people gildo pallanca pastor ceo & chairmen owner gildo pallanca pastor 100 % number of employees 140 2012 est. 1 2 3 divisions venturi north america subsidiaries voxan 100 % website http www.venturi.fr venturi automobiles is a french founded monegasque based multinational automotive manufacturer that designs manufactures and sells luxury electric vehicles . founded in 1984 by engineers claude poiraud and g rard godfroy as mvs manufacture de voitures de sport the company s purpose was to compete in the grand tourisme market . this was only the most recent post war attempt at building a sporty luxury car in france following in the footsteps of facel vega monica and ligier . 4 as for its predecessors venturi was immediately faced with many challenges ranging from an unknown name to its under capitalized and under staffed state . venturi did nonetheless manage to continue in production for nearly sixteen years declaring bankruptcy in 2000 in 2001 monegasque gildo pallanca pastor purchased venturi and decided to focus on electric powered engines . this change of direction led to the limited production f tish . in december 2009 venturi announced its acquisition of french motorcycle manufacturer voxan . the acquisition would effectively allow venturi to enter the motorcycle market . in august 2011 venturi announced the creation of venturi north america based in columbus ohio . venturi north america was primarily created as a research and development center and as such maintains a close working relationship with the center for automotive research . contents 1 history 2 revival 3 list of models 4 complete formula one results 5 references 6 external links 6.1 officials 6.2 others history edit venturi 300 atlantique the first venturi came out in 1984 created by claude poiraud and g rard godfroy two former engineers at heuliez . the goal was to present the only grand tourisme french car capable of competing with the english aston martin the italian ferrari and the german porsche . the first car shown had a volkswagen golf gti engine and the name was originally spelled ventury with a y at the end . in 1985 the car was shown with a 200 ps 147 kw peugeot 505 turbo engine but by the 1986 paris motor show it had reached its definitive form with the prv v6 engine . production began in 1987 with five cars built in the first year . the headquarters of the company were located in cou ron pays de loire where almost 750 cars were produced in 20 years . venturi 260 lm from 1987 to the mid 1990s they built mid engined coup s and roadsters with turbocharged prv engines and renault gearboxes . engine power ranged from 160 to 260 ps 118 to 191 kw for the mvs venturi coup and transcup series . a limited edition 400 gtr was built for racing homologation requirements and later used in the 24 hours of le mans . venturi was also briefly involved with the larrousse formula one team . the team s 1992 car which bore the venturi name was designed and built by venturi larousse uk a british company formerly known as fomet 1 which had previously designed the 1991 fondmetal formula one cars . 5 the 400 gt remains one of the best performing french cars ever produced and it is in fact the very first car in the world to have standard carbon brakes . 6 true to that claim the atlantique 400 gt with a 408 ps 300 kw ; 402 hp v6 3.0 24v dohc twin turbo delivered excellent performance to put it on par with ferraris of the early 90s . the 400 gt could hit 100 km h 62 mph in 4.7 seconds and 291 km h 181 mph top speed while the atlantique 300 biturbo with a 314 ps 231 kw v6 did 4.9 seconds to 100 km h 62 mph and went all the way to 171 mph 275 km h . venturi transcup 210 high level competition has also brought fame to the brand . st phane ratel who would later found the fia gt championship was at the origin of the venturi gentlemen drivers trophy which gathered an impressive array of 75 drivers . venturi has also won fame through its brilliant performances in the 24 hours of le mans particularly in 1993 with christophe dechavanne and jacques laffite on venturi jaccadi team and in 1995 with paul belmondo racing on the 600 slm . however it is in the bpr global gt series races that venturi established its pedigree defeating porsche and ferrari on several occasions . in 1994 in dijon prenois with fert and neugarten on the 600 lm jaccadi at the 1000 km of paris with henri pescarolo and jean claude basso on the 600 lm and finally at the 4 hours spa race once again with michel fert and michel neugarten . revival edit venturi f tish in a showroom in 2001 the monegasque millionaire gildo pallanca pastor bought venturi and decided to focus on electric powered engines 7 leading to the f tish model . more recent models are the eclectic the world s first energy autonomous vehicle a low speed vehicle that has solar panels and a built in wind charger and can be plugged in and the astrolab the world s first solar electric hybrid car . there have been approximately 60 65 orders for the f tish but only about 30 have been delivered as of 2011 . list of models edit mvs venturi includes coup and cabriolet versions 1987 1990 coup 160 automatic transcup transcup automatic six built 1987 1990 coup 200 transcup 1991 coup 210 transcup 1992 coup 180 transcup export model mainly for italy 1989 1996 coup 260 transcup sold as the mvs 2.80 in 1989 1991 260 atlantique 1994 1996 260 lm trophy 73 built for racing ten later converted for street use by the factory 6 1994 1997 400 gt 15 built 13 series 1 and two series 2 6 venturi atlantique rework of the mvs venturi 1996 1998 atlantique 300 1999 2000 atlantique 300 biturbo 1999 300 gtr 500 lm 600 lm 600 slm f tish gt3 eclectic concept car astrolab electro solar concept car volage 8 9 electric concept roadster car with 8 active wheel in wheel motors from french tire giant michelin 10 eclectic 2.0 la jamais contente f tish ii next generation of the f tish america concept suv complete formula one results edit key results in bold indicate pole position year entrant engine s tyres drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 points wcc 1992 central park venturi larrousse lamborghini v12 g rsa mex bra esp smr mon can fra gbr ger hun bel ita por jpn aus 1 11th bertrand gachot ret 11 ret ret ret 6 dsq ret ret 14 ret 18 ret ret ret ret ukyo katayama 12 12 9 dnq ret dnpq ret ret ret ret ret 17 9 ret 11 ret references edit french electric vehicle maker parks new location near car college of engineering . engineering.osu.edu . 2011 04 14 . retrieved 2016 01 23 . http www.bizjournals.com columbus news 2011 01 14 venturi foresees its electric cars.html page all 1 dead link decker jean paul july 2014 . requiem pour un nom requiem for a name . r troviseur in french . fontainebleu france ditions lva 302 70 . issn 0992 5007 . henry alan 1992 . autocourse the world s leading grand prix annual 1992 93 . motorbooks intl. p. 83 . isbn 0 905138 96 1 . a b c liszewski nicolas 2004 12 23 . guide d achat venturi 400 gt buyers guide in french . l automobile sportive . 2 archived october 17 2012 at the wayback machine . paris motor show 2008 . venturi.fr . archived from the original on december 21 2008 . retrieved 2009 04 29 . wojdyla ben 2008 10 03 . venturi volage concept debuts at paris auto show sets standard for electric car wackiness . retrieved 2008 10 03 . rubens craig 2008 10 08 . 9 sexiest electric cars from the paris auto show . earth2tech.com . retrieved 2009 04 29 . external links edit officials edit brand website designer website owners club website others edit venturi astrolab solar car see also 3 . v t e automotive industry in monaco automotive industry economy of monaco transport in monaco active manufacurers venturi voxan defunct manufacturers components mecaplast group insurance 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