"That's just the V6...its nothing special" - is what I heard growing up. Boy were those folks wrong! Please enjoy the incredible sounds of this rare 206 GT and forgive me for being tongue tied saying 206 Dino GT in the intro.
TBH, we always remember the sound of Lancia Stratos with this similar engine as amazing, so no wonder this one sounds just as good. However, this is no ordinary V6, as it's 65 degrees angle, and have a crankshaft with separate crankpins like a boxer.
thanks for giving love to her paint color (colour to us yanks) Dude. I understand idiots don’t love a classy green on anything cool. it’s my top-2 option, with silver. anything cool looks super badass in silver & super classy in this green.
I love that you actually drive the cars spiritedly when reviewing them. So many reviewers just putter around at 2k rpms and go on and on about random shit for 30 minutes, it's refreshing to hear what cars are like when being revved out. That's why I love watching this channel.
Cars are MEANT to be wound out, including the very expensive ones that would cost a fortune to repair if they ever broke! In fact, some of them NEED to be wound out on occasion, just to stay healthy!
Also love the way he shoots the drive -- shows us the road ahead, the driver POV, not the driver's face the whole time. Which is annoying. Like when they play music over an engine note.
@@Maximus20778 it's true, injectors and fuel lines can get clogged if not used at full power for very long times, as well as seals and stuff too. You don't need to floor it all the time, but it's good to let a car stretch it's legs every week or so.
Now these are pops & bangs I can get behind, absolute music to my ears. I've said that the Celica had gorgeous interior but man, that dash, gated manual and thin, monstrous wooden wheel to give you a pain in your palms after manouvering that car around the town for a while... it doesn't get better than that!
My favorite part about the Dino is the view out from the inside. The round front fenders are visible in a way that somewhat resembles the look of old race cars like the 330 p4 almost which is cool to me
I hope that the classic reviews encourage you to go down a research rabbit hole of these vehicles! I try to dust off the surface and then really show off the driving experience so it gives the history context and meaning
I bought a used 74’ Fiat Spider when I was 18 years old in 1974 and owned for five years during university. Probably spent $10,000 in maintenance and repairs! However, watching this video reminds me how truly lucky I was at the time and brings back some great memories. The Dino is my all time favourite car even though it was totally unattainable at the time. I am 6’-5” and would never be able to fit anyway. Great video!!!
@@TedwardDrives Ted, I have to give you a lot of credit for your skills. I've been carrying a Class A CDL for about 50 years and matching gears matters! It's a sad thing that auto-boxes are the standard of the day and most people think that's just fine. They just don't realize what they're missing... but we do! I spent a few years in sales in a Ferrari shop "in another lifetime" and we had a 246 in the shop awaiting a replacement head for what seemed like forever. Even in 1990, parts were hard to come by and anything coming from Italy took forever plus a couple of years!! A suggestion that might make the "special" Italian steering wheels a bit easier to live with comes from driving quite few way back when. People always seemed to comment that the steering wheel was so uncomfortable in a Ferrari or Fiat or just about any Italian car. If you take your seat and get comfortable and then forget the "10 & 2 position" that the old driving instructors used to demand. Move your hands down to about "8 & 4" and push the wheel up and down as necessary instead of pulling it. It feels right and works just fine. You don't get worn out trying to stretch so far and I enjoyed the ride much more!
I remember seeing my first 246. I was 12 years old and stood next to a yellow one parked at the kerb in Liege, Belgium. I was looking down onto it, even as a kid. What a beautiful, low shape!
Nice gearchanging! Good to hear you feeling the gears in going up the box and matching the revs on downchanges too. Fabulous car, well driven. Thanks for sharing.
Well, the sound of this Dino V6 is to me one of the best ever. And also in the V8 upgraded variant, it was a great engine. But the Dino 206 itself is something really gorgeous
I absolutely adore the Dino. I still remember the first time I saw one; a yellow 246 GTS with the targa top at a small Cars and Coffee in Pennsylvania. Literally could not stop staring at it as a 10 year old kid.
The sound this thing makes is almost too good to be true. It seems to more than make up for the lack of power. It sounds like the real life version of a little kid doing an impression of a sports car
The 206 only existed due to Italian Tax Laws at the time, as cars with engines 2 litres capacity or smaller were much cheaper to tax than cars over 2 litres in capacity and they were all made in 1968. The engine was also used in the Fiat Dino coupe and spider (around 4700 made between 1966 and 1969), though the engine was in the front.
206 exist because of Formula 2 homologation requirement. FIA regulations at the time stated that F2 race engines had to be based on production car engines and in order to homologate the race engine 500 road cars powered by that unit has to be produced within 12 months (65-66). Ferrari being a small manufacturer didn't have the capacity to do so and hence came into an agreement with Fiat for the production of the engines and development of road cars. But yes Italian 2.0L tax threshold did exist for the domestic market.
I saw what it was and knew it had to be bond group, they absolutely have the best stuff for you to drive 7:53 is the epitome of an analog driving experience
If I heard this engine without video, I 100% would’ve guessed it was a V12. Not only that, this engine sounds better than many V12’s, including the original BMW 850i, Jaguar XJS and any Mercedes SL600, SL65 AMG.
This just easily became one of my favorite cars again. When I was a kid, the Dino was one of my favorites and I feel bad for forgetting about it. What a sound, man. That car could top out at 20 mph and I would still pay $600k for it.
This is a superb overview Ted - THANKYOU VERY MUCH. i had a 246GT on '76 ,drove it across the country . It is one of the Dearest experiences of my life. You capture the esthetics of the experience extremely well. i applaud Your intuitive sensibilities. Very pure and accurate - a great nostalgic drive
Beautiful music to my ears, full of sound and fury signifying…Dino! How I wish (ok, dream) that Ferrari would come out with series of another “affordable” masterpieces.
This Dino has the perfect colour and looks amazing , Dino's are one of the sexiest Italian cars build . Nice drive in these backroads this time of the year , and than that sound...Thanks.
The best sounding car ever and the prettiest in my opinion. Always loved them ever since I was a kid. I'm fortunate enough to have a close friend who owns a 246
Thank you for that music symphony! When cars had a infotainment of sights, sounds,feels and smells! Didn’t realize that the 206 was that different and better than the later. Maybe next drive is an aluminum bodied 308? Not as exciting as the 206 but interesting none the less. Phenomenal drive! 🎉
Ahem, as I can tell, there was just one aluminium-bodied 308 GT4, chassis 8020, made for Luigi Chinetti's NART racing team to race at Le Mans. It's a pure race car built to race at Le Mans.... Apart from that, the 308 GT4 was steel bodied. The 308GTB was initially GRP and then became steel bodied.
I heard the intro and without thinking appreciated that ferocious v12 sound. Then when he said "v6" I blinked for a second before snapping back to reality. SURELY if Ferrari could get a v6 to sound that good in the 60s, a modern company could do something to at least approach this.
I live quite near the Goodwood you mentioned for this car! What a sound. I’d never heard the poor man’s Dino before. Epic. Those burbles on the overrun. 😀
Oh jeeeeez, the 206!!!! You man are THE BEST!!!!! Where did you find one??? Also in G R E E N and with an original (Catania, Sicily) number plate!!! Such a BEAUTIFUL car!!!
This car is for me a reference for the current z4Supra, which needs a scoop-delete styling option. Hopefully one day you will get to drive the Opel GT from the same era (~1970) as this Dino.
4:53 Haha Ted, it is for 1970's Italian men that was designed for, where the entire life is one big menspread. And you should drive that car only with a expensive wrist watch and white shirt unbotoned halfway exposing your chest. And don't forget the cigar :D
I've never owned a Ferrari, but the closest I've had to a sound like that was a 1974 Alfa Romeo Spyder, also by Pininfarina. The Italians sure know how to work some magic when it comes to engine/exhaust sound. Like a symphony.
Hey Tom, I put in an email request on your website a few weeks ago asking some questions about getting into the field of auto journalism, would love to hear back from you. As always great vid!
All of these "ignored" cars were so affordable at a certain time, now I got disposable income and the light shines again on these cars, making them still unobtainable to get.... Thanks to you Tedward I get to experience it a little bit
"That's just the V6...its nothing special" - is what I heard growing up. Boy were those folks wrong! Please enjoy the incredible sounds of this rare 206 GT and forgive me for being tongue tied saying 206 Dino GT in the intro.
TBH, we always remember the sound of Lancia Stratos with this similar engine as amazing, so no wonder this one sounds just as good. However, this is no ordinary V6, as it's 65 degrees angle, and have a crankshaft with separate crankpins like a boxer.
And today we have a v6 that can outperformed their v8 siblings.
@@daingfaisal I don't get why people always hate on V6s
There's a big "DINO" button right on the steering wheel so we'll forgive it 😅
@@gotworc Americans just hate on anything that's not a V8 when v6s can literally wipe the floor with them.
This car, this colour, this sound, this video… perfect! This has shot to the top of my lotto list.
You and me both! I'm mad that it's for sale. I'm mad that I don't have 600k to throw away!
@@TedwardDrives at least u have 600k not to throw away
@@averagebro413 - Car owned by the Bond Group, a high end collector car dealer. He's only lucky enough to be able to drive it.
But you have so much fun!
thanks for giving love to her paint color (colour to us yanks) Dude. I understand idiots don’t love a classy green on anything cool. it’s my top-2 option, with silver. anything cool looks super badass in silver & super classy in this green.
I love that you actually drive the cars spiritedly when reviewing them. So many reviewers just putter around at 2k rpms and go on and on about random shit for 30 minutes, it's refreshing to hear what cars are like when being revved out. That's why I love watching this channel.
Thank you! I only describe what I'm feeling. tough to describe a car if you don't actually drive it haha
Cars are MEANT to be wound out, including the very expensive ones that would cost a fortune to repair if they ever broke! In fact, some of them NEED to be wound out on occasion, just to stay healthy!
Also love the way he shoots the drive -- shows us the road ahead, the driver POV, not the driver's face the whole time. Which is annoying. Like when they play music over an engine note.
@@yankee2yankee216 just to stay healthy? Hmmm doesn't seem to be true
@@Maximus20778 it's true, injectors and fuel lines can get clogged if not used at full power for very long times, as well as seals and stuff too. You don't need to floor it all the time, but it's good to let a car stretch it's legs every week or so.
Wow, 2000lbs, 9lbs/hp, double wishbones, disk brakes, and 60s sounds/styling! That sounds absolutely ideal for having fun at legal speeds!
This guy is living the dream right there :) Amazing!
The visibility out the rear of that curved glass is insane, beautiful car
I'd imagine there were fights about that glass. the curves are insanity to produce
@@TedwardDrives wonder what a replacement would run you now...
God the noises old Italian sports cars make is incredible
Now these are pops & bangs I can get behind, absolute music to my ears. I've said that the Celica had gorgeous interior but man, that dash, gated manual and thin, monstrous wooden wheel to give you a pain in your palms after manouvering that car around the town for a while... it doesn't get better than that!
My favorite part about the Dino is the view out from the inside. The round front fenders are visible in a way that somewhat resembles the look of old race cars like the 330 p4 almost which is cool to me
Your content has made me learn more and more about cars, its so amazing. I hope you continue to make more of these!!
I hope that the classic reviews encourage you to go down a research rabbit hole of these vehicles! I try to dust off the surface and then really show off the driving experience so it gives the history context and meaning
I bought a used 74’ Fiat Spider when I was 18 years old in 1974 and owned for five years during university. Probably spent $10,000 in maintenance and repairs! However, watching this video reminds me how truly lucky I was at the time and brings back some great memories. The Dino is my all time favourite car even though it was totally unattainable at the time. I am 6’-5” and would never be able to fit anyway. Great video!!!
Perhaps the most beautiful car ever made imo!
You're still the best rev-matcher in the business. Love to hear you go through the gears!!!!!
I appreciate that!
@@TedwardDrives Ted, I have to give you a lot of credit for your skills. I've been carrying a Class A CDL for about 50 years and matching gears matters! It's a sad thing that auto-boxes are the standard of the day and most people think that's just fine. They just don't realize what they're missing... but we do!
I spent a few years in sales in a Ferrari shop "in another lifetime" and we had a 246 in the shop awaiting a replacement head for what seemed like forever. Even in 1990, parts were hard to come by and anything coming from Italy took forever plus a couple of years!! A suggestion that might make the "special" Italian steering wheels a bit easier to live with comes from driving quite few way back when. People always seemed to comment that the steering wheel was so uncomfortable in a Ferrari or Fiat or just about any Italian car. If you take your seat and get comfortable and then forget the "10 & 2 position" that the old driving instructors used to demand. Move your hands down to about "8 & 4" and push the wheel up and down as necessary instead of pulling it. It feels right and works just fine. You don't get worn out trying to stretch so far and I enjoyed the ride much more!
What a car, probably my all time favourite and my ultimate dream car.. the shape is just unbelievable
This has to be one of the best sounding cars out there!
I attribute my interest in cars to you. Went to my first car show this past week as well. Thank you Tedward🤝
That's awesome! Wow thats pretty incredible. thanks for telling me
I think i need a classic car in my life!
How about a classic mustang to start?
What a glorious sound!
I always loved a small lightweight car. They are so much fun.
Such a sweet car and experience. Small displacement high-revving motors are such a delight. Really like the green on this one.
I remember seeing my first 246. I was 12 years old and stood next to a yellow one parked at the kerb in Liege, Belgium. I was looking down onto it, even as a kid. What a beautiful, low shape!
You’re by far my favorite automotive TH-camr, this videos are incredible!
Thank you!!!
This is a true car lovers channel - they’re meant to be driven!! Thank you for immersing us into these stunning cars - each one a joy.
Nice gearchanging! Good to hear you feeling the gears in going up the box and matching the revs on downchanges too. Fabulous car, well driven. Thanks for sharing.
True, but I wish he did some double clutching every now and again.
@@SoulDaddy33 I think it has a synchro gearbox, so double clutching would help synchro life, but not essential.
Those videos make me love cars again
Watching this video, the sound of the engine and the shifting brought a real satisfying smile to my face!😎 Thanks man.
Well, the sound of this Dino V6 is to me one of the best ever. And also in the V8 upgraded variant, it was a great engine. But the Dino 206 itself is something really gorgeous
I absolutely adore the Dino. I still remember the first time I saw one; a yellow 246 GTS with the targa top at a small Cars and Coffee in Pennsylvania. Literally could not stop staring at it as a 10 year old kid.
Love the Dinos . Amazing engine sounds. I remember years ago people overlooked these cars along with the 308gt4
Right, it was very like the trashing 914s got compared to 911s. Looked down upon, and I never understood why.
OMG. The noises that car makes ! Sensational !
It's actually crazy how much trunk space it has for such light sport car.
The sound this thing makes is almost too good to be true. It seems to more than make up for the lack of power. It sounds like the real life version of a little kid doing an impression of a sports car
That mechanical sound is gorgeous
You’re great. It’s a “sweeping” hand. Thank you I LOVE these videos.
that was fun, just watching ...i really need another vintage car in my life
a car of disarming beauty ... and a wonderful sound
The 206 only existed due to Italian Tax Laws at the time, as cars with engines 2 litres capacity or smaller were much cheaper to tax than cars over 2 litres in capacity and they were all made in 1968. The engine was also used in the Fiat Dino coupe and spider (around 4700 made between 1966 and 1969), though the engine was in the front.
There are in fact fiat logos on the block
@@TedwardDrives The motors in the Fiat coupès & spiders were detuned versions of the ones in the 206GT & all the engines were made by Fiat.
206 exist because of Formula 2 homologation requirement. FIA regulations at the time stated that F2 race engines had to be based on production car engines and in order to homologate the race engine 500 road cars powered by that unit has to be produced within 12 months (65-66). Ferrari being a small manufacturer didn't have the capacity to do so and hence came into an agreement with Fiat for the production of the engines and development of road cars. But yes Italian 2.0L tax threshold did exist for the domestic market.
Is it same block than 246 by the way?
246 is a Fiat block too?
@@elroyfudbucker6806206 and 246 are Fiat engineered and built blocks?
Looks like it shifts very smooth! Impressive.
Amazing sounding car! Would love to see you get behind the wheel of a 240z and see your thoughts on those. Loving the classic car content!
Righttt, those L series engines really kick it
@@snow_en Heck yea, I own a 280z myself with a built L28, triple webers. One of the best sounding engines if you ask me.
@@AnthonyCessor oh no way!! I saw that fly by video awhile back. Awesome car man ✌️
@@snow_en Thanks man!
I saw what it was and knew it had to be bond group, they absolutely have the best stuff for you to drive
7:53 is the epitome of an analog driving experience
Great taste those boys. They never cease to stun with inventory
Had a poster of a yellow one on my wall in my youth. I think it is one of the most beautiful designed cars EVER. Such a beautiful car.
Gorgeous car and I love the colour
A Italian I worked with in the UK in the late 60s brought his Dino 206 with him from Italy - absolute magic
If I heard this engine without video, I 100% would’ve guessed it was a V12. Not only that, this engine sounds better than many V12’s, including the original BMW 850i, Jaguar XJS and any Mercedes SL600, SL65 AMG.
This just easily became one of my favorite cars again. When I was a kid, the Dino was one of my favorites and I feel bad for forgetting about it. What a sound, man. That car could top out at 20 mph and I would still pay $600k for it.
Many, many moons ago, I had a day with a 246. It wasn't super quick, and the rear end could get a bit naughty, but the handling was an absolute joy.
Just lovely.
Quel régal, un "vrai moteur" non aseptisé, une ligne intemporelle, un rêve sur 4 roues, merci pour cette vidéo
de rien
This is a superb overview Ted - THANKYOU VERY MUCH. i had a 246GT on '76 ,drove it across the country . It is one of the Dearest experiences of my life. You capture the esthetics of the experience extremely well. i applaud Your intuitive sensibilities. Very pure and accurate - a great nostalgic drive
(Cont.) Just like our roads here in the N.W 🌟🙏😚
I could not belive when I saw notification... that's awesome!!! I'm watching now...
Really enjoyed riding along. Thanks
Beautiful music to my ears, full of sound and fury signifying…Dino! How I wish (ok, dream) that Ferrari would come out with series of another “affordable” masterpieces.
Perhaps THE most beautiful car ever!
The consciousness that you have describing the car is peerless 👌🏼
Dude... you're freaking lucky, that car is something else.
This Dino has the perfect colour and looks amazing , Dino's are one of the sexiest Italian cars build . Nice drive in these backroads this time of the year , and than that sound...Thanks.
The best sounding car ever and the prettiest in my opinion. Always loved them ever since I was a kid. I'm fortunate enough to have a close friend who owns a 246
I agree with is definitely one of the most beautiful designs ever made.. gorgeous car
As a 335i owner I gotta say I like the cracks and pops on this better lol
That was a close one! haha you chose correct
That sound is so amazing 🔥
The exhaust note is sheer music !
...also the cars handling appears to be good , but I wished the driver pushed it harder to enjoy the car !
Lamborghini Miura SV/J - The Legendary Sound of Vintage and Rare V12 Nosie and Pops and Crackers of a Loud Straight Pipe!
Thank you for that music symphony! When cars had a infotainment of sights, sounds,feels and smells! Didn’t realize that the 206 was that different and better than the later. Maybe next drive is an aluminum bodied 308? Not as exciting as the 206 but interesting none the less. Phenomenal drive! 🎉
Ahem, as I can tell, there was just one aluminium-bodied 308 GT4, chassis 8020, made for Luigi Chinetti's NART racing team to race at Le Mans. It's a pure race car built to race at Le Mans.... Apart from that, the 308 GT4 was steel bodied. The 308GTB was initially GRP and then became steel bodied.
so cool you get around to making these high quality vids on cars i love to drive in gran turismo
God it sounds glorious!
This is such a beautiful car
You've come really far, Ted. Congrats!
Art in motion
I heard the intro and without thinking appreciated that ferocious v12 sound. Then when he said "v6" I blinked for a second before snapping back to reality. SURELY if Ferrari could get a v6 to sound that good in the 60s, a modern company could do something to at least approach this.
Both the gt and the gts dino are among the most beautifull and most sensual cars ever made!
I live quite near the Goodwood you mentioned for this car! What a sound. I’d never heard the poor man’s Dino before. Epic. Those burbles on the overrun. 😀
Great vid....where is it shot...nice car, nice area
Oh jeeeeez, the 206!!!! You man are THE BEST!!!!! Where did you find one??? Also in G R E E N and with an original (Catania, Sicily) number plate!!! Such a BEAUTIFUL car!!!
I admire the beauty of a simple dashboard.
Never seen a Dino described as aggressive before.
Great job on your review. What a phenomenal car!
What a beauty! Literally living my dream!
Fantastic review as always Tedster!
Yes!!! A classic car! I was missing this type of videos 😁
Omg, that sound. It’s glorious.
I got a 94 Taurus sho that thing sings too gotta love the an old v6 they had so much character now they all sound the same
This car is for me a reference for the current z4Supra, which needs a scoop-delete styling option. Hopefully one day you will get to drive the Opel GT from the same era (~1970) as this Dino.
I could listen to that thing rev through a fast and the furious gearbox forever.
Damn!! Look at all the sidewall on those tires!! They look like monster truck tires!
Thankful for the sidewall on these roads!
4:53 Haha Ted, it is for 1970's Italian men that was designed for, where the entire life is one big menspread. And you should drive that car only with a expensive wrist watch and white shirt unbotoned halfway exposing your chest. And don't forget the cigar :D
I've never owned a Ferrari, but the closest I've had to a sound like that was a 1974 Alfa Romeo Spyder, also by Pininfarina. The Italians sure know how to work some magic when it comes to engine/exhaust sound. Like a symphony.
You have one of the best channels. Great job 👏 thank you
Thank you!
Hey Tom, I put in an email request on your website a few weeks ago asking some questions about getting into the field of auto journalism, would love to hear back from you. As always great vid!
All of these "ignored" cars were so affordable at a certain time, now I got disposable income and the light shines again on these cars, making them still unobtainable to get.... Thanks to you Tedward I get to experience it a little bit
I am a music nerd. BUT-forget the radio, that engine is glorious!!! It should blasting around Les Mans.
What a cool car! Timeless car in my opinion
Such a beautiful vehicle 🔥🔥
Man that thing sounds special
For being powered by a itty-bitty V6, it still sounds like it's something special
It's a good video without weird music!! ️
Pure mechanical engineering, no squeaks or rattles, 50s/60s sports cars are the best.
Truly Awesome!, thanks for share this great video and as you've said what a sound track!
Up there in the top 10 dashboards!
A friend has a 67 Fiat Dino Coupe with the same 2.0 v6. Nice sound and completely different from my Alfa Gtv6
The 120 degree firing order means this V6 has the same sonorous wail as the Colombo V12. I can't get enough of it.
I don't care that it isn't a "real" Ferrari. It is god dang beautiful, and it sounds great.
I LOVED this car since the 1970s must be the the most beautiful car ever ,I couldn't afford one so I brought a lotus elan instead still own today