Chevrolet Venture

Chevrolet Venture
2001-2005 Chevrolet Venture LWB
Overview
ManufacturerGeneral Motors
Also calledOldsmobile Silhouette
Pontiac Trans Sport (until 1999)
Pontiac Montana
Chevrolet Trans Sport (Europe)
Opel Sintra (Europe, until 1999)
Vauxhall Sintra (United Kingdom, until 1999)
Buick GL8 (China, from 2000)
Pontiac Trans Sport Montana (until 1999)
ProductionAugust 6, 1996 – June 24, 2005
Model years1997–2005
AssemblyDoraville Assembly, Doraville, Georgia, United States
Shanghai, China (Buick GL8 and a 10-seater version of the Chevrolet Venture exclusive for the Philippines)
DesignerWayne Cherry (1993)
Body and chassis
ClassMinivan
Body style3-door minivan
4-door minivan
LayoutTransverse front-engine, front-wheel drive / all-wheel drive
PlatformU-body/GMT200
RelatedChevrolet Uplander
Buick GL8
Buick GL8 First Land
Buick Terraza
Oldsmobile Silhouette
Opel Sintra/Vauxhall Sintra
Pontiac Trans Sport
Pontiac Trans Sport Montana
Pontiac Montana
Pontiac Montana SV6
Saturn Relay
Buick Rendezvous
Pontiac Aztek
Powertrain
Engine3.4 L LA1 V6
Transmission4-speed 4T65-E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase112.0 in (2,845 mm)
120.0 in (3,048 mm)
Length186.9 in (4,747 mm) (SWB)
200.9 in (5,103 mm) (LWB)
Width72.0 in (1,829 mm)
Height67.4 in (1,712 mm) (SWB)
68.1 in (1,730 mm) (LWB)
Chronology
PredecessorChevrolet Lumina APV
SuccessorChevrolet Uplander

The Chevrolet Venture is a minivan produced by General Motors for the 1997 to 2005 model years. The Chevrolet Venture, along with most of its General Motors minivan siblings, was built at GM's Doraville, Georgia, assembly plant.