The Dino, The "Almost" Ferrari That Changed The Company | Carfection 4K
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- The Dino started a lineage of great mid-engined Ferraris. But it wasn't always treated as the great car that it is. Alex Goy explains.
It was named after Enzo Ferrari's son who had great talent for making engines. He tragically passed away at a young age. This car was a tribute to him and the start of a long line of great mid-engined Ferraris.
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The Dino & the F40 would be in my collection if I suddenly won lotto. Where I used to work, they had one & I would ALWAYS go past & just look at it. Truly beautiful car even by today's standards.
This is, to my mind, one of the most beautiful Ferrari’s ever made. Sadly, unreachable for most of us, but nevertheless utterly stunning, so delicate, small enough to be manageable on an average B road, I want one...
Remember when Richard had a 308 on Top Gear he bought for under 10k?
Was a lifetime ago, but I remember the others telling him "it's not a real Ferrari".
I was awestruck and it was love at first sight. What a beautiful breathtaking car.
agree 100%! Most beautiful Ferrari!
A delightful little sports car if there ever was one. Quirky, beautiful, storied past, and still looks better than most sports cars today. Bellissimo!
Looks much better than most sports cars today. Modern designs have way too much going on. Nearly every recent car is a confusing mess. Your eyes just give up trying to interpret the designer's vision.
Totally agree
It is still the most beautiful mid engined car ever. The 246 is timeless, its beauty hasn't aged a bit. Small but perfectly formed.
Such a shame about Enzo's sons early death. If he had this much of an impact on the company with just this car, imagine what he could have accomplished if he had more time.
Damn, I just noticed the hosts watch, it's a 'Brew' (Microbrand out of NYC). Nice!. Not only a car guy but a watch guy. :)
Alex & Henry are what make this a top 3 TH-cam channel, period❗
At 6:30: from what I read about Dino, he initially came up win the idea for a V6 in the '50s, but it was Vittorio Jano, designer of Alfa Romeo's legendary racing engines in the '30s who actually designed it. Enzo was reluctant to build the Dino, but when he saw how well Porsche were doing & how well Ferrari wasn't doing (financially), he agreed to it in spite of his proclamation about front-engined cars ("The horse pulls the cart") & that "no car bearing the name Ferrari shall have less than 12 cylinders". Thus the name, "Dino" instead of Ferrari. In fact, the Ferrari factory had very little to do with the car as a whole; Leonardo Fioravanti of Pininfarina designed it, Scaglietti built them & Fiat made the engines. They were sold through Ferrari dealerships as their first "high volume" & least expensive car. Now they rank amongst the most expensive of old Ferraris. I've seen a few advertised for AU$750,000. Just one powerball ......
Very true, Fiat build the engines and used them in their own Fiat Dino available as a Spider (Pininfarina) or Coupe (Bertone). Like the Dino (Ferrari) two version of Fiat Dinos were built: first an aluminium 2.0L, solid rear axle, Fiat 5 speed and then the cast iron 2.4L V6, independent rear axle, ZF dog leg 5 speed.
The engine Ferrari used were lifted from the Fiat production line at random and with no further modification, so it’s quite dubious why the Ferrari engine has 10 - 15 more HP. This very engine was also used in another legend: the Lancia Stratos.
Interesting fact: today’s Ferrari V12 use a 65° cylinder bank angle which was introduced with the Dino V6 engine to house the carburetors and improve air/fuel mixture flow to the combustion chamber. The Colombo V12 of the day used a more traditional 60° angle.
prettiest car ever made
And this stunning car inspired the design of the S1 Elise too, specifically the front/lights and side air intakes. iirc the Designer Julian Thomson owned a Dino. Great car, great video thank you!
Didn't know this! Thank you for teaching us something new and thanks for the kind words 🙏🏽
Yeah.. Didn't know that, but I see it now. Thanks 👍
Still has one as far as I know. And has also bought himself an Elise S160. Incidentally, the twin centre exhausts were inspired by his Ducati 916.
I think Thomson was inspired by the Drogo-designed sports racing Dino too - the 206SP - judging by the curves.
This is THE car for me, the one I have always wanted since I first knew it existed as a child. Approx. 30 years later and I still feel the same about it.
Agreed. These are small sports car perfection in my eyes.,
I have always wanted one since I first saw it almost 35 years ago and my thoughts and feeling for it haven't changed an iota ... I'd take this over almost anything.
Hope you get one someday :)
You have an interesting collection of microbrand watches... Congratulations for getting a Brew metric before they sold out!
Great video as well, no surprises on that front 🙂
I were hoping to find a watch spotter, they had a nice retro style on several models.
Thanks !
@@daniel635biturbo I'm sure there are quite a few watch people among the Carfection subscribers... I thought about that watch as well but missed it.
Luckily, Autodromo (another company that appeared on this channel) reiterated the Group B so that's on my shortlist now
I was like O_O when I spot the Brew.. Glad to see most of the Carfection guys are actually watch nerds
Alex is the best .... I laughed at "bendy glass" 😂
Bendy glass FTW!
Brilliant video! Thank you Alex.
I remember when Ferrari clubs would treat the Dino like a redheaded stepchild. FINO, Ferrari in name only.
You can see a lot of styling that eventually ended up on the 308GTB.
Funny thing is... It wasn't a Ferrari, it was a Dino... These clubs with a stick stuck up their A$$... 🙄
Great to see Alex back!
I've always LOVED the Dino. BEAUTIFUL automobile, and that one in this vlog looks to be a stunning example!
Thanks you for this!
Our pleasure! We're glad you enjoy our film ☺️🙏🏽
When i see this guy i instantly watch the video
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Agree. Alex Goy is really good!
The Dino has been my dream car since the first day I saw it way back in the day :)
Excellent Video as always, and nice Brew Metric Alex!
Looks great in black!
Aaaalleeeeeexxxx!!! Where have you been?! I miss your reviews! Well done 👍🏾
The "almost" Ferrari that looks better than any nowadays Ferrari.
non ne fanno più così...
Gorgeous. I got to work on a few in the mid seventies and got driven in them too. I was 16 and completely in love. I'm 62 now and still utterly smitten. Utterly entrancing.
I wish Ferrari would produce a modern day Dino for enthusiast drivers - same philosophy mid engine V6 - approx 450hp - minimal electronic nannies - manual gearbox. I don’t think they would be able to make enough to meet demand.
Alex and a Dino. Perfect!
Sexy car. Look like something Bond could drive in an old movie🔥
Tony Curtis drove one in "The Persuaders", while Roger Moore drove an Aston Martin DBS
What an example. Nice historic review. Alex you lucky man.
Beautiful car and video, wonderful work Alex and Carfection team
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Nice one Alex. Always good to hear your views
Glad you enjoyed it
Incredibly excited to see this beautiful car and watch paired together. Amazing car!
Great video Alex! keep going 🙌🏼
Modern Ferraris never look this stylish, this is why this is my favourite. The new ones just dont cut it for me.
Love it. “Dino” is one of my all time favourite motors. Thanks amigo great vid👍🏁
One of the best looking automobiles ever made.
Man stop, I can't keep falling in love with every car u guys review.
Love the Dino! I remember my dad telling me that my grandfathers best friend got the first RHD Dino in Australia back when they were brand new
Enzo and Dino Ferrari appreciated this video; I am pretty sure. Great job!
Grazie 👍
We hope so!
A lovely car and one of the most beautiful designs as well.
Great video... as always. May I ask wich watch he is wearing? Looks pretty interessting.
Alex is wearing a Brew Metric Retro Dial. It's pretty cool and fun looking
The brew you are wearing is ❤️
Brilliant review mate, love your reviews, also whats your watch? Is bloody nice
Fantastically beautiful. It was actually a Joe Rogan episode that opened my eyes for this car.
The car and the watch. Bellissimo 🤌
Ooh I saw the same car in HK a few years ago, it's sooo classy!
Mayby Ferrari should take the fight back to Lotus Porsche and Alpine
Great to see you back, Alex! I really like your way of reviewing cars!! 👍🚗 And actually I haven’t seen you for a while. Have you been doing other things lately? (maybe family related). Anyway, I’m happy that I found a great car review made by you again! Keep up the good work, Alex! 🚘
The Dino makes me feel funny, in the most special way. I’d probably have one one over any Ferrari, but then again, I’m always one for the dark horse
What a beautiful car!
Aged 18 , many many years ago I remember being overtaken by a Dino and thinking ‘one day’… sadly Dino values always remained out of reach, but the extraordinary thing is that even today as a design it is just perfect. Very, Very few car designs don’t age, but this remains perfect. I own a modern Elise which was inspired by this car -(even Julian Thompson the designer of the s1 Elise owns one and references as such) and an Elise would decimate the 246 down a road- it is in so many ways the every man’s Dino. However the Dino to me is and will probably always be one of the pinnacles of car design.
I’ve always been a Porsche fan, but the Dino has always had a special place in my heart. Maybe it is the 904-esque size, shape and layout.
It pains me to think back to the early 2000’s DuPont Registry an Robb Report where nice condition Dinos we’re going for as little as $20k.
Gorgeous Dino 🖤
Beautiful car.
We agree!
Wonderful car
This is my dream car.
Quite right about the Elise - the view out over the front wings, and the rear 3/4 in the wing mirror very similar (from the very limited experience I had (just sitting in a Dino!). If you can't get an Elise, and don't mind paying 20 x more for a slower car that handles less well, this would be a good choice. Thanks for the vid!
I can concur. I have had a Dino - about twenty years ago - it felt like a mini Group C racer from that era. I have had two Elises - but they don't compare other than the more hardcore feel - less refined but more racy - the engine note nowhere near that of the Dino - and I have mistakenly bought a latest Boxster with a Turbo flat 4 -which is the wrong engine - Beetle anyone? (I've had one of those too) It's will be sold in favour of horrors of horrors - a Taycan........
I see you wearing the now sold out Brew wrist watch. 👌👍
I love this car!
“More than you can afford. Almost Ferrari, pal!”
The 296 GTB is the successor of the masterpiece ❤
My favourite Ferrari
Another car that was actually affordable until a few years ago and now we've missed our chances. Similar to early 911's. One day maybe.
The remark about the handling being like an Elise, is apt as Julian Thompson, designer of the Elise, owns (owned?) a Dino and the design cues of the Elise are clearly influenced by the Dino. Both great cars.
There isn't a sexier motor ever. Veramente bellissimo! And my uncle owned one. RIP Henry.
I would happily take a nice replica.
Dehavilland do the best one, & you wouldn't be to scared to drive it!
Thank you. I like it.
magnificent machine
We agree!
If Colin Chapman had to design and engineer a Ferrari, this would be it. The fact the Enzo actually agreed to it is amazing.
It was also the base for Lancia using the V6 in the Stratos, right?
Same engine.
It looks amazing, the new one released a few days ago not so much.
Great video as always!!
Awesome Ferrari!!! 👌🚗🇮🇹
It was a gloomy teatime in late 1974 when the fuel crisis was at its worst that I encountered a 1971 Dino stuck at a roundabout entrance on the M32. The owner was standing looking at it and clearly unhappy. I stopped to help and he told me that the clutch had just died…the latest problem and he was fed up with it. I told him that I thought it was a nice car so he said “Well you can have the thing for £1000…I’ve had enough of it!” However I was too clever to get caught out by that pile of trouble as I had my new Ford Capri!! What a stroke of luck that was…I could have been landed with it for years!!😬😬😬😬😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰
Imagine if Ferrari made a modern Dino🤔 I mean they have the platform with the 4C, the Masersti V6, now just style a modern body...oh yeah, add a manual too. They shown everyone how fast and powerful their cars are so it should be easy to take many steps back and make a drivers car to compete with the Cayman, right🤔
Brew Metric on wrist. Nice choice!
I like this fella. Just hope the regular wolfman doesn't eat him. :)
I have found varying a small hand held mirror in the car use full on odd ocasions when coming out of tight spaces
Exquisite!
Lucky enough to drive one several years ago. Right about the brakes!!
Good one
great watch!
a masterpiece !!
There was a Top Gear episode where Richard buy the dino for less than 10k
It was a 308 GT4 Dino, Later called a 308 GT4 Ferrari because they didn't sell well. That's why Clarkson took the piss & said it "Wasn't a Ferrari" You can still buy one of those for around £50 - 60k
Beautiful..
The engine also went into the Lancia Stratos..
And it was used in the Fiat Dino (as it was also built by Fiat) in both 2.0L aluminium and later 2.4L cast iron form. The engines were all taken at random from the Fiat production line so it’s a bit dubious why Ferrari claims its Dinos make ~ 10 .. 15 HP more (as they are not further modified) and a different exhaust and intake system hardly makes such gains.
The engine in general is highly tunable as average piston speeds are comparatively low thanks to the large bore, so both a increase in compression and higher RPM can be implemented reliably (and were implemented for Stratos in race trim). It truly is a race engine that would have threatened Ferraris V12 in the day if not tamed down considerably.
@@stephanvelines7006 the Fiat Dino is mentioned and shown in the video..
@@williammillard687 very briefly (Coupe isn’t even shown). I mainly wanted to talk about the engine anyways.
Star of this programme…his watch..just looked they are sold out
Ferrari better claim this one wholeheartedly as it's one of their prettiest cars to date!
What watch is that?
love that watch, gonna need a reference number!
Don't have a reference number but its called the Brew Metric Retro Dial. It's pretty cool and fun looking
Nice watch ⌚!
I have always believed that when I hear the complaints about this kind of transmission in cars like this the driver is not understanding the car. You don't drive these cars, you become one with them. When you become one with the car, you will know. It is an extension of you. Once that occurs the transmission issues will go away.
pininfarina was the last of these designers from an amazing era..
I know this is irrelevant to the car but what watch are you wearing mate?
Alex is wearing a Brew Metric Retro Dial
@@Carfection thank you so much
I was thinking that..nice piece
What watch have you paired with the Dino? I love the '70s feel...
Alex is wearing a Brew Metric Retro Dial
An Omega Speedmaster would have worked, as well.
Not a Henry Catchpole review, but still Carfection and Dino.What is not to like.
Ferrari had produced a mid engine road car before the Dino the centre seat 312P but the 206/246 was the first "mass produced".
12 years ago a beautiful Dino could be had for $130,000. The fact that that same car is now worth $400,000 literally makes me want to cry. It's always been my favorite car and I have to accept now that I will never own one that isn't based on a Fiero. Lol.
Ahm actually, pretty much any ‘Ferrari’ Dino these days is well north of $600K !
I would love a 246 Dino, a 456 and a GTC 4 Lusso in the down stairs garage of my glass fronted barn conversion. How does crowd funding work?
That's a good looking wrist watch. Can you please let me know what brand and model it is.
Nice timepiece... make/model?
Alex is wearing a Brew Metric Retro Dial.
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