Pontiac Ventura
Pontiac Ventura was the name of two different models that the American automobile manufacturer Pontiac produced:
- 1959 to 1961 a variant of the full-size Pontiac (upper middle class)
- 1971 to 1977 the Pontiac version of the Chevrolet Nova
Ventura (model years 1960–1961)
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The Ventura introduced in autumn 1959, which was based on a Ventura equipment package first offered for the Catalina in 1958 , was a luxury variant of the Pontiac Catalina with a shorter wheelbase than the Star Chief and Bonneville models . 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 SAE PS).
After the 1961 model year, the Ventura was canceled without replacement, but a Ventura equipment package was again available for some Catalina models until 1970.
In the two years in which the Ventura was run as a separate model series, 83,486 units were built.
Ventura II (model years 1971–1977)
In March 1971, Pontiac presented a new Ventura (officially called Ventura II until 1972 ). This vehicle represented the Pontiac version of the second generation of the Chevrolet Nova introduced at the end of 1967, making it the sister model of the Buick Apollo and the Oldsmobile Omega . The differences to the Nova were limited to modified rear lights and a Pontiac-typical central split grille. There was a choice of a two-door hatchback coupé, also available with a tailgate from 1973, and a four-door notchback sedan . On the engine side, there was a 4.1 liter in-line six-cylinder (initially 108 kW / 147 SAE PS) and a five-liter V8, and from 1973 also a 5.7-liter V8.
From 1971 to 1975 there was a version called Ventura Sprint based on the coupé in a sporty design, but with unchanged technology.
Only in model year 1974 was the Pontiac GTO based on the Ventura; 7058 pieces of this last “classic” GTO version were produced.
For the 1975 model year, the Ventura received a comprehensive facelift with a lower belt line and larger window areas. The five-liter engine was replaced by a 4.2-liter V8, the six-cylinder and the 5.7-liter were still on offer.
In 1977, the small eight-cylinder was dropped in favor of a 4.9-liter V8 unit.
In spring 1977 the Ventura was revised again and from then on sold under the name Pontiac Phoenix . A total of around 520,000 pieces of the Ventura were produced in six years.
Web links
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- Gunnell, John: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publication, Iola 2002. ISBN 0-87349-461-X , pp. 710-715 and 744-761.
- Flammang, James M. and Kowalke, Ron: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999. Krause Publication, Iola 1999. ISBN 0-87341-755-0 , pp. 822-828.
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