Pontiac Ventura
Pontiac Ventura was the name of two different models, which produced the U.S. automakers Pontiac:
Ventura ( model years 1960-1961 )
Launched in the fall of 1959 Ventura, who fell to a first time in 1958 offered Ventura equipment package for the Catalina was a luxury variant of the Pontiac Catalina with compared to the Star Chief and Bonneville models shorter wheelbase. The program included a two-door hardtop coupe and a four-door hardtop sedan, powered by a 6.4 -liter V8 with 160-260 kW ( 218-353 hp SAE ).
According to the model year 1961, the Ventura was deleted without replacement, however there were up to 1970 for some Catalina models again Ventura equipment package.
In the two years that the Ventura was managed as a separate series, created 83 486 pieces.
Ventura II ( model years 1971-1977 )
In March 1971 presented a new Pontiac Ventura ( Ventura II until 1972 officially called ). This vehicle represented the Pontiac version of the introduced end of 1967 the second generation of the Chevrolet Nova and was the sister model of the Buick Apollo and the Oldsmobile Omega. The differences from Nova were limited to revised taillights and a Pontiac typical centrally divided grille. The choice was a two-door hatchback coupe, available from 1973, with tailgate, and a four-door notchback sedan. On the motor side stood a 4.1 liter in-line six-cylinder ( 108 kW/147 hp SAE at first ) and a five-liter V8, from 1973, a 5.7-liter V8 available.
From 1971 to 1975, there was a coupe based on the Ventura Sprint version mentioned in sportive guise, but with unchanged technology.
Only in the 1974 model year the Pontiac GTO based on the Ventura; 7058 pieces were made of this last "classic" GTO version.
For the model year 1975, the Ventura received a complete facelift with a lower waistline and larger windows. The five-liter engine was replaced by a 4.2 -liter V8, the six-cylinder and the 5.7-liter were still on offer.
1977 accounted for the small eight-cylinder in favor of a 4.9 -liter V8 unit.
In the spring of 1977, the Ventura was again revised and sold from then on under the name Pontiac Phoenix. From Ventura emerged in six years, a total of around 520,000.