Vintage Behind the Wheel: 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4
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- The Dino 308 GT4 was low on the collector scale despite being groundbreaking for Ferrari as it was their first production car to feature a mid-engine V8, was the first Bertone design after a long line of curvy sexy Pininfarina creation and was the first Ferrari sold as new in the US. The name "Dino" came from Enzo Ferrari's only son, Alfredo or Alfredino to his family, on whom the legacy of the Ferrari name hung. Unfortunately, Dino had muscular dystrophy and passed away at age 24 and though the gesture of naming the car after him was touching it lead to confused customers and poor sales.
Nearly forty years after it hit the States, we got a chance to chat with Mr. Anthony Rimicci about how he bought this car on accident, how the Dino badge has become cool again and what it's like to drive this icon.
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“Until you drive one, you really can’t comment on the car”
Great quote that applies not only to Ferrari but to every single car in the world.
Really really wanted to hear that V8 sing. Opera was at least 50% too loud. I can hear that anytime. But the wail of a mid-70's Ferrari? AMAZING!
Yeah, a little too artsy. Wasn't really for car guys as this treatment omits the exhaust note which is vital information about the conduct of the car as well as THE MUSIC car guys want to hear.
I think these are a lot nicer than many give them credit for.
I just love the Italian spirit of the whole presentation, especially the interviewed driver who tells his personal story with his phantastic 308GT4 (a masterpiece, to place 4 seats PLUS a V8 engine between the axles! And still make the look clean, nice, and beautiful!).
Italian way of life is always SO heartful, enthusiastic, emotional.. I´m just LOVING it!
PS. The music - though Italian, too - should have been paused (or at least turned much quieter) for the driving moments to hear the pure sound of this car and its engine...
I have a 1978 308 gt4, chassis number 13838, its a beautiful car to drive and sounds awesome... That's why I don't understand the music on this video? The noise of the V8 is much nicer :)
I had one of these twenty years ago. Miss it.
Really captured the spirit of the car, and some great shots of it's better lines.
Love the design...so different..great color. Perfect car to have a ferrai [ dino].
Well done. Although I enjoy the usual test drive segments. This was a great piece.
This was a really good presentation. Thanks very much.
"Until you drive one, you really can't comment on the car". Truer words were never spoken in regards to any car, really.
Great car and the only Ferrari that I have been driven in. It's misleadingly fast and has amazing engine noise.
A great video carefully outling the history of this v8 308 Ferrari.
for the first few seconds i wasn't sure on your selection of music... but it grew on me !
Eight years after this video was done and these cars are so desirable now. Would love to get my hands on one now!!
You have the same spoiler I had on my '75... beautiful.
Love the colour. These look great in darker colours. And this colour is particularly nice. I also love this man's passion for his car.
Thanks for sharing. I've always loved these cars. I'm a child of the '70s, so the wedge cars really appeal to me, e.g. Lotus Esprit, Lamborghini Countach, Dino 308GT4 (of course), etc. I hope to own one someday before they get too pricey.
Nice cinematography and interesting story!
That was beautiful. Everything. Including the music. I am Italian so it's a given.
Thank you, it is a beautiful car.
This guy is awesome! My kind of car guy. And I love the video, opera music and all!
Oh my god. Fuck the opera! Let's listen to the fucking car!!!!
Great video 🙌
Love it, got my eye on one ☝🏼 at the moment. These will be worth big £€¥$ soon
My dream car!! Love from Indonesia
fantastic color
rarely loved model but it's gorgeous
brilliant!
Great review. Informative. Suggestion - no background music please when driving the car. The engine is music!
Very nice story.
A burgundy ferrari...I love it..
So much for hearing the car...
I came home from the hospital in an Alfa Romeo Berlina 2000! 😀
Great video, but why do you put that music under the video?? I want to hear the sound of the engine :)
Great looking car, favourite small ferrari
Nice video and a genuine car enthusiast. The music needed a break or two during his narrative, it became almost a comically distraction.
Fantastic color.
Great car!
Nice history lesson
Eccezionale!
I'm 19 and I can't afford a ferrari yet. But when I can afford to maintain one, i really want one of these old ferrari, maybe the 308 gt4, maybe the 328, or even the testarossa
Beautiful car, great noise. I wish that godawful opera singer would shut up though.
cartaufalous27 I agree!
I thought that was the sound of the engine...
John Morris . . . LoL.
It was the sound of Weber set up .....
It's terrible -- wrecks the video.
Enzo Ferrari commisioned and was intimately involved in the development of the GT4, it was not originally another design on Bertone's part. Enzo Ferrari himself actually drove a test mule home and, for instance, made suggestions for the driving position, gear shifter, and clutch pressure, and reported back to Bertone. It is a wonderful, unique car. Doesn't have the "low inertial moment" of the 246 Dino, and this car is the not the successor of the 246, the 308 GTB is. The NASA control panel dash in the coolest. Bertone had a cool that was very edgy, literally. They designed the very first wedge car, the Bertone Carabo.
Love those dash switches
It was very nearly the Lamborghini Uracco. Ferrucio Lamborghini commissioned Bertoni to design the car and they came up with 2 prototypes. Ferrucio chose the other one and Ferrari took up the option for this one afterwards.
Richard Hammond Ferrari in Top Gear "budget supercar challenge" episode 😄
This is the Ferrari I still want...one day
Yeah I hope so since this is the cheapest ferrari ever right now
very nice music. good colour on the dino.
those 308GT4 sound better than most Ferrari models even V12 ones.
You're right... the V8 in the GTB4 is just effortless. I got stopped a few years ago, driving a '79 308GTB4 home from work. The road I was on crossed a busier rural highway so I had to wait for the cross-traffic. Across from me, several other cars also waited for their break in traffic to get moving. My break came; I crossed the highway behind a small station wagon and had to putter along until we both passed the line of cars heading the other way. As we passed the end of that line, I jumped out and laid on the throttle, ran it up through the gears, and played through a couple of miles of crooked curves. The sound was spectacular!! The road ran for a couple of narrow miles to a T-intersection and I made the right to continue toward home. I was routinely checking the mirrors as I typically did and noticed a California Highway Patrol car come flying up the that same stop and make the turn to follow me.
He pulled me over and asked were was I going/what was I doing/La-La-La..... I told him I worked for the dealership that was selling the car and I was taking advertising pictures for them ( I even had my camera gear in the back seat!). He asked how fast I was going. My reply was, "I'm not sure but I was never going faster than was safe for the conditions. His reply was, "when you passed that little wagon, all I saw was tailpipes!!!" He was in that line of waiting cars going the other way. He didn't see anything but those pipes just sounded wonderful and he certainly heard them clearly! I've always wondered if he remembered that day as clearly as I did. He just gave me a warning and went on his way.
why the music...so cheezzeee
(my fathers RIP Dad) Ferrari Dino 308 gt4 1979 was the first car I learn to drive a standard (with out my dads knowledge lol) @ 15 years old. I am going to find my dads old Ferrari if that's the last thing I do. Power increase 400% safe reliable daily driver 1000+hp turbo build.
+BMWhips Remember: it was the first production Ferrari to feature the mid-engined V8!
Stunning color. Opera music kinda spoils it, as well as that ripped driver' seat...
Can anyone know this song?
Yes.
// I love BERTONE DESIGN :)
At 2:23 he said "badged it as a Ferrari" It was never badged a Ferrari. It was badged as a Dino. Named after Enzo's tragicly dead son. Its good to hear people are putting the DIno badges back on.
Positively LOVE Dino 308 Gt4. I would've loved your video 10x more if not for the stupid opera soundtrack that you keep pushing up in volume obscuring the PRICELESS engine sound.
It would be cool to drop a modern Ferrari 458 engine in this car.
The parking break looks to be the same one as in my 71 fiat 124 lol
that's natural, even to day Ferrari got some part came from Fiat, nothing to laugh about
let the V8 sing dammit!
less music more engine!!
I have a Fiat 131 too!
Mario Lanza - M'appari, tutt' amor
Thx
+Boris Kostic, I found out it is a performance by a Hawaiian singer, Charles K.L. Davis. Very effortless and sweet voice!
Kinda resembles an old lotus esprit
Nice video, excellent song choice but why on earth wouldn't you give us 20-30 seconds of listening to the car speak for itself? The dude even talked about enjoying listening to the sounds of the car. Kill the music for a second and let us hear it.
Cool...could have done with less opera and more engine, but cool...
Why the opera. No one came here for that. Respect the music of the car.
The design look like lancia stratos..
Gandini designed the 308 GT4 and the Stratos at the same time, and it's pretty evident, especial in side view. The 308GT4 really seems a four seater Stratos.
I always really liked these, mostly because they seemed almost attainable. Being skint any Ferrari is a dream but these were always cheap, yeah, not anymore...
They're not concours Ferraris and are no-bullshit driver's Ferraris as Enzo wanted. That's why they're good. They were never meant to be lawn queens.
The Ferrari that was suppose to be a Lamborghini... Who could believe. SO FUNNY.
nice car ....... but the best Sound ever wasn´t audible ! Thta ruins the Video halfways
But my actual name is Dino
Old Ferrari design 👍👍👍👍
nice video - lose the music
That music is so dam distracting!
Too bad you put that music over the engine noise.
That Dino GT4, yes and thats what it is, Is now worth keeping and eye on, they are fun to drive! ;-)
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Sound of the motor, all i heard whas a opera Singer :(!!
This was my dream car for many years.I test drove a 76 in 2010,and found it alot slower than my Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X.Very dissapointed with my "dream car".My later GTR R35 and Aston Martin DB9 are alot later and so much better.Never meet your idols. ☹️☹️
Your EVO X was faster? I’d bet a 2022 Tesla Model 3 shopping basket would blow your modern classics into the weeds. But that’s not really the point, is it?
Would be nice to be able to hear the engine instead of some bloody opera singer !
A Dino will never be a Ferrari. Just like a Lamborghini will never be an Audi.
you mean an Audi will never be a Lamborghini
Mike Labonte
Actually an Audi is built better than a Lambo. Just compare the R8 with the Gallardo.
car video 101: shut the fuckin music off so we can hear the engine and exhaust.
i can see why lambo didn't want it
My Dad has one and also thinks the Uraco is a better looking design. I disagree. I love it and relish any time I get to sit in it.
Ferrari badging on a Dino 308 gt4 is the sign of an insecure man with a small endowment. He cares more for the brand than the car.
A little bit strange to be a Ferrari
The sound of the singing..... didn't help
would have been a decent video if that irritating music wasn't on it.
Opera goes perfectly with the classics . young boy
Young boy,? I'm 53, maybe if you could actually hear the person narrating/talking over the opera music it would be more watchable. And yes opera does go well with classic cars cruising down country roads but at the volume it is at on this video, sorry it ruins it, and not just for me by the looks of it
.PS Tom Hertz assumptions are never good.
Mike Woods I heard his voice perfectly.
He loves it because that's the only Ferrari he could afford.
Not anymore!
Stopped watching due to the music at the moment where he starts the engine.
Rubbish editing
Dead-on brah
yeah, looked promising but, seriously, the car is Italian enough... clicked off. Love music. Hate Opera lol
No need for stereotyped opera music, Italians made and listen to a lot of other more modern cool music. Unless you want to add a chef call Tony with a moustache in the video too.
Would like to hear the music instead of the annoying singing
Why the hell do you bother telling us about how great the motor sounds, and then proceed to drown it out the the FUCKING OPERA MUSIC?! It would be like telling us about how beautiful a woman is, but then only showing her standing behind a strobe light!
This video would have been so much better without that annoying wailing covering up the sound of that V8 🙄
Sound mauvais . Le commentaire à débattre !
Almost the worst car I have had. Drove this car from London tp the West of Ireland, nearly killed me it was so uncomfortable and noisy.
Rolls Royce gets the prize as the worst.
Why the opera? Ruined it.
Thanks for video no thanks for irritating singing goat drowning out engine
dude, lose the music, cut the chatter, lets hear the motor, we're ferrari guys, not music fans. geezus
This Ferrari always a little sharp and snouty looking. Not one of the prettier models.
Disagree. Gorgeous.
I'm six foot tall. You mean feet don't you?
Annoying opera music