Baby Ferrari.

[240Z]

What's wrong with Ferrari Merchandise? You can always brag you have the fastest cap/ruler/rubber?

If you've got it, you don't need to flaunt it. The people with the most Ferrari-branded crap at a meet are more likely to be the ones with a Rosso Corsa two-valve 308 GTSi.

 

[Scaff]

Why not? Dino's idea of selling a compact car with a smaller engine, that in turn is hugely popular for a small company like Ferrari, still applies to the V8 line that has been running for quite some time now. They may not be '430 Dino' models but they are really based on Dino's concept that was a huge turn for Ferrari in the world market.

Because thats not correct.

Dino Ferrari did not come up with the idea of selling a compact car with a small engine, he came up with the idea of using a compact engine for competition use.

The Dino road cars were named by Enzo in honour of his son over a decade after his death; Dino had nothing to do with the concept, creation or design of the Dino road cars. Dino Ferrari died in 1956, the first Dino 206 was launched in 1967.

Even if the engine that Dino inspired and designed (the 156) was a six cylinder, it was not the engine fitted to the Dino 206.

Having worked in the motor industry in Europe for most of my working life, I must say that I have personally never heard of 'dino' being used as a catch all for non V12 models. For example this logic would allow you to refer to the F40 as a 'dino', and other than the fact that the don't use a 12 cylinder engine, they are certainly not the same type of car.

In some enthusiast circles they even debate if the Dino range should be even classed as a Ferrari, after all the 206 and 246 models never officialy wore the Ferrari script or prancing horse. However for me the 'Dino' is a Ferrari.

You are of course free to refer to non-12 cylinder models in any way you wish, but I think that using the term 'dino' in this way will cause more confusion than clarity (as it already has).

In closing, I will not deny that the original 206 and 246 Dino's were the insperation for the models you have mentioned (and I did say as much in my last post), but only the 206, 246 and 308 were officially 'Dino' models and that the way I will always use the term.

 

[Jacks]

What I meant was not particularly the 'Dino' (capital D) but more of a dino. It's a term used by some Ferrari people to call the (now popular) V8 series... since the 2x6 was Ferrari's first really popular non-12 road car, the name kinda stuck for Ferrari's 'bottom-line' (3x8, 355, 360, 430) series that's become quite popular and the main selling point of the company. That's what I meant when I said it was a dino.

The 360 is a 'baby Ferrari' because it doesn't have a 12-cylinder that Enzo became famous for in his fantastic GT road cars... however, is the 360 an absolutely amazing car? Yes! Is it a great car for Ferrari? Yes! It follows the Ferrari tradition in many ways, and it's a really pure car (especially the CS), but it just has a different number of cylinders.



Why not? Dino's idea of selling a compact car with a smaller engine, that in turn is hugely popular for a small company like Ferrari, still applies to the V8 line that has been running for quite some time now. They may not be '430 Dino' models but they are really based on Dino's concept that was a huge turn for Ferrari in the world market.

I've never heard anyone call a ferrari a dino just because it hasn't got 12 cylinders

 

[ExigeEvan]

If you've got it, you don't need to flaunt it. The people with the most Ferrari-branded crap at a meet are more likely to be the ones with a Rosso Corsa two-valve 308 GTSi.

It was sarcasm.

That's like saying everyone should have heavily silenced engines because it isn't fair to other people that others have a big engines making big sounds

 

[SkylineObsession]

Ferrari will pretty much put there badge on any piece of c**p, theres even a ferrari laptop and aftershave.

Heh, Dad just bought that a couple of weeks ago.

 

[240Z]

That's like saying everyone should have heavily silenced engines because it isn't fair to other people that others have a big engines making big sounds

I'm just speaking from personal experience, and not specifically about your comment, just about Ferrari-badged stuff in general.

 

[smellysocks12]

Don't they mean the Aston Martin Vantage, instead of the V8 Vantage? The V8 Vantage is a car that is more a type of competition for the 612 than a baby ferrari, considering it's very limited and very expensive.