New Ferrari Dino spy photos
2 Apr, 2008
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Ferrari fans rejoice, we have the first solid piece of evidence that Ferrari is working on a new Dino. These exclusive pictures show the first real prototype of the new car.
Disguised as it is, it doesn’t yet give away so much but a taste of what will become. What identifies the test car as the Dino is the engine sound, or lack thereof. It clearly doesn’t sound as sharp as a F430 for example.
The original Dino was built between 1968 and 1976, and its name honours the founder Enzo Ferrari’s son, Alfredino “Dino“ Ferrari, who died in 1956 at the age of 24 from a muscular dystrophy.
While the vintage Dinos were powered by a V6 behind the driver, the new one will be powered by a V8 with rumours suggesting power figures of around 400 bhp (300kW).
Ferrari is likely to start with a Coupe, and follow on with a Spider. There is a good chance that Pininfarina will do the design work with input from former Ferrari design boss Frank Stephenson, who now heads Fiat’s Centro Stile operation.
Ferrari insiders are currently estimating that nearly 4000 Dinos could be sold annually once the car gets the green light for production. 4000 extra Ferraris is a lot, nearly doubling Ferraris current global output, however given the car’s target audience, it might just work.
The other rumour is whether or not the car will actually be built by Ferrari. Some are suggesting the new Dino will be built at the Maserati factory in Modena.
The new Ferrari Dino should show its face before the end of the decade.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
***********primo vera*************************
certainly didn’t want anyone to make the shape out.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
got CAMO??
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April 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
paris motor show to be exat
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April 2nd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
umm its definitely comin nd it wont be called a dino. The 430 will become a 470 so it will fit under it. Oh its going to have a folding roof
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April 2nd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Jesus!!! Ferrari don’t want anyone to be able to even imagine what it might look like. I’ve never see a car covered in so much camo cladding in my life!
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April 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
Wonder where they are going to build this?
The Ferrari factory has no capacity to build another 4000 vehicles per year on top of what they are currently doing.They cannot do those numbers at Maranello.
Maybe it is a Maserati?, the Ferrari powered coupe they have is getting on a bit.
Maseratis factory is running nothing like maximum capacity, maybe it IS a new Ferrari to be built by Maserati?
Anyway……
“Does’nt pull like a Dino” LOL
Cheers
F-0
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May 19th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
If you compare these shots to those of the new ferrari california, you can tell that the two cars are the same.
(go to www.ferraricalifornia.com)
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July 17th, 2008 at 6:13 am
yerp it appears u are ryt evan
i have mapped both images of the california and the “dino”
and both have similar features
the reason y peope wer callin that picture the dino
is because its so ugly it looks like a dinosour lmao
gd spottin
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