And while we could essentially write a dissertation on Ferrari, Dino and Fiat, let's just say that it wasn't at all difficult to find a Dino-badged car that could still set your hair on fire. One ...

Ferrari didn't have the production capacity to reach the quota, so Enzo struck a deal with Fiat to produce the engines and install them in a GT-style vehicle. Fiat ended up making about 7,800 cars.

Once established, the Dino debuted with the 206 GT model. Not only the first road-going Ferrari with a V-6 engine, but it was also Maranello's first mid-engined car, as mid-ship V-12 sports cars ...

When you think of Italian coupes named Dino, Ferrari undoubtedly springs to mind. However, we’re checking out the 1967 Fiat Dino. Set to be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s later this month, the car ...

It was manufactured by Fiat and then installed in the Ferrari Dino 206, Fiat Dino Coupe and Spyder. The 180-hp output proved to be inadequate, so in 1969, Ferrari introduced a 2.4-liter version in ...

19 Nov 2023, 21:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Fiat Dino was born out of Ferrari's need to homologate its first-ever V6 engine for Formula 2. Fiat made about 7,800 cars.

The Dino was built as a partnership between two Italian giants, Fiat and Ferrari. Ferrari had wanted to introduce a smaller sports car with a V6 engine and tapped Fiat to produce the engine for them.

Once this project ended in 1974, both companies produced independent cars with the Dino name. So both Fiat and Ferrari have the Dino name in their history, but it obviously means more to Ferrari.

Say Dino, and people immediately think of something Italian. Most likely, you'll think of either a Rat-Pack crooner or a Ferrari, but there's a third Dino, and that's the one we're talking about ...

Yes, but the Ferrari Dino 246 came along two years after the Fiat Dino. The affordable and stylish Fiat allowed Ferrari to reach the production volume needed to homologate the V6 engine for racing.

It's tough to blame them. Sitting by the roadside are a '14 Alfa Romeo 4C and a '72 Ferrari Dino 246 GT, two cars that kids from 8 to 80 would agree epitomize excitement on wheels.

Ferrari’s decision to base the Dino on a Maserati mechanical package seems to contradict the company’s no-compromise engineering mantra. However, the two carmakers are already closely linked ...