Chevrolet Venture
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Production period: | 1996 to 2005 |
Class: | Motor Car |
Body versions: | station wagon mini van |
Engines: | Gasoline: 3.4 litres (134-138 kW) |
Length: | 4747-5103 mm |
Width: | 1829 mm |
Height: | 1712-1730 mm |
Wheelbase: | 2845-3048 mm |
Curb weight: | 1678-1741 kg |
previous model | Chevrolet Lumina APV |
successor | Chevrolet Uplander |
The Chevrolet Venture was a van that General Motors produced from 1996 to 2005. This replaced the Chevrolet Lumina APV. Identically styled vans were also sold as Opel Sintra and in the UK as a corresponding Vauxhall model.
Opel was also involved in the construction of the van. Until 2005, Chevrolet Europe sold a few models, mostly from US production with adjustments to the European vehicle standards, the Chevrolet Trans Sport - a Chevrolet Venture with the front of the Pontiac Trans Sport. During 2005, the venture and the Astro were replaced by the Uplander. The venture and the other Chevrolet vans were in Doraville in the State of Georgia made.
History
The venture was in late 1996 as a 1997 model as a successor to the Lumina APV introduced to the market, it was formally launched at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) 1996. In the United States, he was also on the same subway platform by GM as Oldsmobile Silhouette and Pontiac Trans Sport - renamed 1999 in Pontiac Montana. The venture and its sister models were powered by a 3.4-liter V6 engine with a maximum output of 180 hp (134 kW).
From 2000, the slightly overhauled engine delivered a maximum output of 185 hp (138 kW). All Venture had a four-speed automatic. A Warner Brothers special model from 2000 to 2003 offered leather seats, Warner Brothers signs, in which a Bugs Bunny figure leans against the Warner Brothers logo, and initially on a VHS-, later on a DVD System, then a novelty.
In 2001, the styling has been revised, and in 2002 was also a four-wheel version available. The vans were available with short and long wheelbase, the unladen mass at short wheelbase was 1678 kg and a long 1741 kg. The seats in the third row could be folded flat, but formed a step in the ground, not as in the vans of Honda and Mazda, where the seats disappeared in a recess provided in the floor of the trunk.
The venture was in mid-2005 replaced by the Chevrolet Uplander, a revised version with an extended front end. The Uplander was given a lengthened front, extend the crumple zone, giving the car an SUV-like look. This model was also available in two wheelbase versions. In the model year 2005, the venture was then offered only with a long wheelbase.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gave the Chevrolet Venture four out of five possible stars in its front impact test in 1997. The NHTSA does not perform offset crash tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested the sister model Pontiac Trans Sport in 1997 and awarded him the rating "poor" in the offset crash ("moderate overlap front"). The European sister model Opel Sintra received three out of five stars in the Euro NCAP -Crash test, one of the stars was cancelled or revoked.
