The Trophy gave birth to a road-going spin-off, the Venturi 400 GT. The latter was officially presented in 1994 by Venturi's new owner, Scotsman Hubert O'Neill who had bought the company in March 1994.
No wonder it easily gained awards for the most powerful and quickest French production car ever. In attempt to push the first French road car over 300 km/h, Echappement magazine stranded at 293 km/h. The 0 to 100 sprint took 4.6 seconds.
Sold at 160.000 Euro the 400 GT's provided an interesting alternative to the Italian supercars of the day. The 400 GT was basically a converted Trophy race car, complete with 407 bhp twin turbo engine, full roll-cage and massive 18 inch wheels.
It even inherited the carbon discs, thus becoming the first production car equipped with such brakes. Still the GT's cosy cockpit was clad with 25m of leather.
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