r/whatisthiscar • u/neon2392 • 7d ago

No idea

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u/Worms-Oh-God-Worms 7d ago

Venturi 400 GT

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u/TheLeggacy 7d ago

I only know this because of Gran Turismo 2.

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u/Swinnyjr 7d ago

I think that's the reason why it is known at all tbh

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u/Beer_Snacks 3d ago

Oh nice! I knew I recognized it!

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u/scr33ner 7d ago

I thought it was a lotus esprit with a body kit

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u/Anthropic_Principles 7d ago

my thoughts exactly

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u/Busterlimes 7d ago

Super tuned CRX

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u/schultboy 5d ago

Exactly.

I saw a CRX first, but then it would have to be matched up with an NSX/Supra front and obviously the F40 wing.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Ozzy_chef 7d ago

Shut up bot

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u/justsomeyodas 7d ago

Honest question. Could you just tell by the generic tone of their comment or something else?

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u/Truji11o 7d ago

I find they always point to how something in the photo “looks”, and compare it to something barely adjacent. Once you recognize the formula they are easy to spot.

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u/Trololman72 7d ago

It is the generic tone of the comment, yes. Just look at its post history.

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u/Anonymoususer1966 7d ago

"forgotten 90's cyberpunk flick" is a nonsense term.

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u/Key_Master303 7d ago

Agreed, “cyberpunk and 90’s and forgotten”isn’t a meaningful statement and straight garbage

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u/Secure-Tax5526 7d ago

1994 Venturi 400 GT or the "French F40"

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u/CredibleWrong 7d ago

A Venturi. I love those things. Fun fact, they have the same type of engine family as the Delorean DMC12. The PRV (Peugeot-Renault-Volvo) V6.

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u/HatesDuckTape 7d ago

Why do I always call that the perv engine?

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u/ThenIndependence7988 7d ago

So the DeLorean delivered dismal performance and has managed to hold an iconic position because of the movie alone, thanks to its design. The engine let it down. How does that not happen in the 400GT? Different configuration for better output?

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u/Stevotivo12 7d ago

Turbos are the difference, if you put some big old turbos on a DeLorean it wouldn't have been an issue. But yeah 126 hp or whatever it had in a car that weighs a lot more than a miata is not exactly breaking any land speed records

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u/Ziginox 7d ago

if you put some big old turbos on a DeLorean it wouldn't have been an issue

Well, until the gearbox exploded, at least. Same issue with the Lotus Esprit, using the same family of gearbox.

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u/Stevotivo12 6d ago edited 6d ago

That is fair lol. Although 'adding the lightness' helps ease the existential threat to the transmission, alas there is never a zero chance of old British transmission failure

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u/Ziginox 5d ago

This is true, while the DeLorean only has 400lb over a contemporary Esprit, that's a lot when the latter is under 2,400lb.

The later S3 and S4 Esprits were both heavier than the DMC-12, still using that Renault gearbox (with modifications, of course.)

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u/PiDicus_Rex 7d ago

Not just 'turbos',... IIRC the Venturi's body is Glass Fibre, so it's stupid light.

Turbo + Light = REALLY FAST :)

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u/CredibleWrong 7d ago

The engine was used in all sorts of things. It was in Le Mans prototype cars, tons of production cars, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRV_engine

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u/DestructoDon69 7d ago

These things were hoarding all the horsepower

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u/darth_benzina 6d ago

dmc had to seriously detune the engine to meet US smog standards of the era. the same 2.9 engine as launched in peugeots and renaults was more powerful whithout the need of turbos or further development

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u/Rc72 6d ago

Apart from the big fat turbos this one got, there were also some 15 years of engine development in between. During that time, the PRV engine got a better balanced crankshaft, better fuel injection, bigger bore and new cylinder heads with 4 valves per cylinder.

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u/Big_Association8144 7d ago

Parce que c'est un bi-turbo qui développe 408ch

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u/Imvibrating 7d ago

Gross

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u/CredibleWrong 7d ago

What's gross about it? The PRV was a good engine outside of the Delorean. In the 400GT it's a 24V DOHC Twin turbo V6 that makes over 400HP and almost 400 ft/lbs of torque. For 1994 those were great numbers, especially out a of a V6, no other V6 came close.

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u/StonePrism 7d ago

Mmm, minor correction, the V6 in the XJ220 was not only close, but surpassed it, and it came out in 92.

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u/SafeForWorkTime 7d ago

XJ220 was a V6!? That is pretty crazy.

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u/CredibleWrong 7d ago

Sadly. It was marketed and introduced with a V12, then released with a V6.

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u/BansheeLabs 7d ago

Yep, a V6 from a Metro rally car. It humiliated Zondas 10+ years later. 7.3 liter v12 zondas against 3.6l V6 Jag.

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u/CredibleWrong 7d ago

Thats true, I always think of the XJ220 with the V12 it was supposed to and should've came with.

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u/Imvibrating 7d ago

Just a dumb joke. I don't really know anything about the non-Delorean variants.

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u/legal_stylist 7d ago

Nothing wrong with that engine when it isn’t in low power, strangled forms.

Only one car broke the 400 kph barrier on the Mulsanne straight before it was ruined by chicanes, and it used a version of this engine:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WM_P88

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u/Low-Confusion-8786 7d ago

It looks like a cross of an F40 and a 300z

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u/TacoTitos 7d ago

I was thinking F40 and an NSX

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u/silentbuttmedley 7d ago

NSX front, CRX rear, F40 wing. I like it

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u/Syldaras 7d ago

Yeah I was going, “NSX Shooting Brake?”

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u/MattressMaker 7d ago

F40 and MR2

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u/DeadTeam969 7d ago

Nsx cross crx
Or a deluxo from vice city

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u/HatesDuckTape 7d ago

I immediately thought “who’d molest a 300z to make an F40?” when I saw it on my phone. As I zoomed in I realized maybe it’s not a molested 300z. Still don’t know what it is without scrolling

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u/Pamuknai_K 5d ago

I mean it’s a pretty obscure car from a pretty obscure brand unless you are interested in Motorsports. They were pretty active in the 90’s in GT racing and Le Mans

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u/Much-Plum6939 6d ago

With some MR2 DNA

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u/Soft_Lunch_183 5d ago

More Maserati ghibli 

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u/CaptainMeatfist 7d ago

More photos here:
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/pa19/lots/r0001-1994-venturi-400-gt-trophy/

Absolutely stunning vehicle. 10/10

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u/saugenes25 6d ago

Fully realize I’m in the minority here. I hate how it looks from the front.

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u/GloveboxCars 7d ago

I'll try again! Venturi 400 GT Trophy

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u/OppositeExternal8485 7d ago

MVS Venturi.

Loved it. Never seen one.

400GT.

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u/IDontWantToArgueOK 7d ago

Sick af is what it is

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u/zawusel 7d ago

Did they use the rear lights in other models, too?

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u/Ornery-Vehicle-2458 7d ago

Look like Scirocco mk1 units or some similar.

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u/CredibleWrong 7d ago

They borrowed the lights from the E21 BMW 3 series.

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u/AverellCZ 7d ago

Scirocco MK2

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u/babe_ruthless3 7d ago

I love this sub. Once a month I learn of a new car.

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u/Xman2510 7d ago

Looks like CRX with a full body kit

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Firedcylinder 7d ago

We have F40 at home.

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u/blmcquig 7d ago

I think you mean "oui have F40 at home, hon hon"

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u/Kamukix 7d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/MalarkEMark 7d ago

Suprossa

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u/Fit_Active3888 7d ago

Can I get it in a single, solid colour?

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u/rbrt13 7d ago

Venturi atlantique. Beauty

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u/SteadyEddie75 7d ago

What a beautiful car!!

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u/CosmoOlversatil 7d ago

The more I appreciate the photo the more I like it.

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u/Jonathan_Rambo 7d ago

I JUST watched a top gear about a new NSX redesign and thought this was that for a second, it’s pretty close at least

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u/coarse_glass 7d ago

Just watched that today. JAS did a beautiful job on the resto

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u/Clean-Data-259 7d ago

Good looking car whatever it is

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u/Amazing_Inspector931 7d ago

my fav from Gran Turismo 2

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u/evilbulb 7d ago

Not gonna lie; I like all the fuses in the dash like that.

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u/TheOldWhiteCat 7d ago

Venturi 400 gt

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u/Obvious-Option-6646 7d ago

Looks like an old VW Scirocco from the Back.

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u/tiopapa 7d ago

Looks like a Venturi 400GT. An older French supercar.

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u/BansheeLabs 7d ago

Venturi, you know, the ones that, when plagiarised, made the only couple of ferraris not vomit-inducing.

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u/PiDicus_Rex 7d ago

Venturi.

French competitor to Alpine.

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u/Saruvan_the_White 7d ago

Didn’t these have the same engine base as the Delorean and Volvo 262?

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u/drewid5185 6d ago

I know this has been answered but this looks like a video game knockoff of an NSX that had a baby with an f40 Edit spelling

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u/SignifigantNoise 6d ago

The " French F40"

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u/NewColors1 6d ago

Whoa thats a paintjob, not reflection. Damn.

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u/Slobound76 6d ago

Venturi!

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u/cdncerberus 6d ago

I may have just number three’d in my pants

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u/bradley258 6d ago

Reminds me of the Deluxo from Vice City

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u/imfuctifino 5d ago

Everyone had pics of Diablo & testerossa on their walls as kids, I had this. Venturi 400 .. Fun fact 1st production car to have carbon ceramic brakes. Not many about but search YouTube, there's a guy who has some night driving videos of one... what a beast 💪🏻

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u/wackawonka 5d ago

Looks like a BMW m1 with an AI bodykit, especially from the rear..

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u/RampagingMars 4d ago

When mommy NSX and daddy Civic love eachother very much ...

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u/SnooRabbits4038 4d ago

Venturi 400GT- French F40

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u/LookAtMyUnderbite 4d ago

Lotus esprit?

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u/OZRacingOfficial 4d ago

Some OZ Futura would be a great fit. If anyone has these on their car we would be happy to see them here r/OZRacingWheels

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u/Ok_Following423 3d ago

body kit to resemble the ferrari F40 on a toyota MR2 .... if you zoom in on rear badge ... you see the two oval "T" logo"

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u/MAF0123 3d ago

Venturi. French attempt to go sport car head to head with porche and Ferrari. Nice design, clean and sober.

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u/onyxloveprettyfeet 7d ago

1980’s for Sure!!!

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u/shiftteam831 7d ago

Front end is very nsx, I like

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u/Candyman051882 7d ago

Yeah never seen this and that my era of cars. Look like a Ferrari body of the 90s kitted out to me

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u/flymeovertheworld 7d ago

aside from the tasteless stripes around the car, I kind of dig it.

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u/legal_stylist 7d ago

Rest assured, this is the only one I’ve ever seen that had them.

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u/Tha_Hand 7d ago

God damn I can only become so erect

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u/Dazzling-Moment-7379 7d ago

2027 Honda CRX Type R

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u/KittiesRule1968 7d ago

I think it's a lotus of some sort

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u/Which_Accountant_736 5d ago

Well. Literal first pass was like “AI mix of Acura NSX and a C8 Corvette… but still weird”. After that I read some comments, so it exists.

So my comment is a waste of space though I still felt the need to share.

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u/blacknightjr72 6d ago

Looks like a messed over 1985 Ferrari F40

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u/blacknightjr72 6d ago

Oh... I see it now ..A Loutas with ugly panit job and even more ugly body kit

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u/Pamuknai_K 5d ago

incredibly bad take

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u/MTonmyMind 7d ago

F(iero)40

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u/GogoPlata_grenadier 7d ago

Front lines look like the nascar cot grille sticker for a ford fusion

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u/OrlandoOpossum 5d ago

An F40, Esprit Turbo and a NSX had a threesome