Everything about Chevrolet Venture totally explained
The
Chevrolet Venture was a
minivan produced by
General Motors from the 1997 to 2005 model years. It replaced the
Chevrolet Lumina APV. Visually identical minivans were also sold in
Europe as the
Opel Sintra, and in the
UK, they were badged as a
Vauxhall.
Opel assisted in the development of the minivan as well. During the 2005 model year, the Venture (along with the
Astro) was replaced by the similar "new" 2005
Chevrolet Uplander. The Venture (along with other GM minivans) was built in
Doraville, Georgia.
History
The Venture was introduced to the market in 1996 for the 1997 model year as a replacement for the radically styled
Lumina APV. In the
United States, it was also sold as the
Oldsmobile Silhouette and the
Pontiac Trans Sport, which was later renamed as the
Pontiac Montana for 1999. The Venture and its siblings were powered by GM's 3.4 L
LA1 V6, rated at . After 1999, the engine was slightly redesigned to produce an extra, for a total of . All Ventures used a four-speed
automatic transmission. A
Warner Brothers edition, introduced in 2000, included leather seats, Warner Brothers badging with
Bugs Bunny leaning against the Warner Brothers logo, and a
DVD entertainment system, a novelty at the time.
The exterior was refreshed in 2001, and
all-wheel drive was introduced in 2002. Reviews and sales were generally lukewarm, especially about the relatively narrow cabin due to being designed for European roads. The vans came in both short and long wheelbases, and all-wheel drive versions like the
Chrysler minivans. The third row bench seat was designed to fold flat, but forming a higher floor unlike the
Honda and
Mazda minivans that folded into a well behind the third row.
The Venture was replaced after 2005 by the
Chevrolet Uplander, which was essentially a facelift with one long wheelbase configuration, and a longer nose which served chiefly to improve crush distance and styling more like an SUV. Only the long-wheelbase Venture was sold for 2005.
Safety
The
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested the
Pontiac Trans Sport (a twin of the Venture) in 1997, and it got a "Poor" rating in the offset frontal tests because the front end of the passenger compartment buckled and crumpled upward, with heavy upward steering wheel movement, which caused the dummy to move upwards in a position that would injure a real human. In addition, one of dummy's feet snapped off, which would also mean heavy injury and or paralyzation of an actual human. Those tests also shot the Venture's and
Silhouette's safety reputations, and this slowed down sales. Its
European twin, the
Opel Sintra, did very badly in the
EuroNCAP's crash tests as well, with only two stars (out of five).
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