Dino - really a true Ferrari or not?

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If it weren't for threads like these, along with f1 vs gated debates, and a hundred questions regarding sticky interiors and flat batteries, this place would be pretty dead.

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/206-246/299253-up-down-vote-246gt-s-ferrari.html
Dear Sir GiveMeSomethingICanUse please go take the poll put in your penny's worth please
keep on writing without breaks in Dinoland we are not argumentative about writing styles Regards Alberto

 

It is certainly a ferrari when i open the door on my dino it clearly has a plate that says MANUFACTURED BY FERRARI MOTOR COMPANY…

 

Dinos are not Ferraris but they are beautiful cars!

 

Dinos are not Ferrari, they are better!

I'n all seriousness, same factory, same engineers, same dealerships. Last I checked Ferrari offers classiche certification for it, not so much for Lancia/Fiat derivatives.

People that argue one way or another are splitting hairs

Don't be that guy that shows up at a Cars and Coffee and argues an Acura NSX really is just a Honda NSX or vice versa. All that matters is the NSX is a great car that can be called a Honda AND an Acura..does it matter what one person considers it? Just Drive it dammit!

 

What school teaches that ^ idiotic writing style? Please help us out here so that we don't waste our money by sending our kids to the college of your choice.

 

I forgot to add, this ^ is indeed a troll post.

"Agree to include as one of our own... or quietly disown..." You can't be serious.

 

Not a Ferrari, but a beautiful car and design nonetheless.

 

I read this thread out of boredom and….........…......um, Ferrari is Dino, Dino is Ferrari,and
BMW owns: Mini and Rolls Royce.

Fiat owns: Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Ram and SRT.

Ford Motor Company owns: Lincoln and a small stake in Mazda.

General Motors owns: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC. GM owns a controlling interest in Opel and Vauxhall in Europe and Holden in Australia. (The U.S. Treasury Department is in the process of selling off the remaining GM stock holidngs.)

Honda owns: Acura.

Hyundai owns: Kia.

Tata Motors (India) owns: Jaguar and Land Rover.

Mazda mostly independently owned (Ford has small stake)

Mitsubishi is independently owned.

Daimler AG owns: Mercedes-Benz and Smart.

Nissan owns: Infiniti. (Nissan, in turn, is owned by Renault.)

Saab is owned by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS).

Subaru: Owned by Fuji Heavy Industries with Toyota a minority partner.

Tesla: Toyota is a minority partner. Partnership with Daimler AG.

Toyota Motor Company owns: Lexus, Scion, Daihatsu and Hino Motors, with a stake in Fuji Industries (Subaru's parent company) and Isuzu.

Volkswagen owns: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, and overseas-brands SEAT and Skoda.

Volvo is owned by Chinese-automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, aka Geely.

Wade has been posting for 11 years or so, that is why he has alot. God is great,Beer is good and people are Crazy.

"Drop mic"

 

I cars I buy don't depreciate during ownership. How is that a waste of money?

 

does that mean a BMW is a Rolls Royce, or a Rolls Royce is a BMW? Or a Mini??

so a Ferrari is a design mate with a Durango? They're all just Fiats?

geez, I could go on all day with this. Your points of order here lack substance. Are these cars assembled on the same production lines in all of the above cited examples? If so, then one could argue they're all the same car/brand. Many share parts and structure, those could be as well. BUT, the Dino had it's own assembly line, and used bitsa parts from several Fiat and Ferrari assemblies, along with many parts particular to itself from several 3rd party suppliers. Hell, it had Lucas fans for the radiators, if my memory serves me correctly. Doe that mean it's an MGB?

I've deleted the rest of the post for brevity's sake.

Well, except none of this drivel addresses the question, or is that the point? The question itself is drivel, posed dozens of times here, and perhaps tens of thousands of times over brand after brand since the dawn of automotive time?

Look fellas, it isn't a Ferrari, it's a Dino, it's unique, it is different and better. It was intended to be it's own brand, not a model within the Ferrari brand. They had their own dealership signs, they had their own brochures that proclaimed them, "almost a Ferrari" and they cost fractions of what a new Ferrari cost at the time, hence the desire to establish them as their own brand.

Nothing to be ashamed of, I proudly owned mine for years, and never gave a rat's ass if it was a Ferrari or not. I just knew it was beautiful and a blast to drive, and that was enough for me.

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I'd suggest Rob provide a subscription refund and we can all get back to our normal civility. Both Alden and Wade have been contributing members of this community long enough to command a little more respect.

A "Dino", whether 246, 206, 308 is whatever you want it to be. But for heavens sake, Dino's surname was Ferrari.

 

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You assume too much. For example, I bought a Mondial instead of a 328 because I wanted to share my Ferrari experiences with my grandsons. Turns out, they hate cars.

But thanks anyway.

 

to me, its a Ferrari without the badges

 

Interestingly enough, isn't sweater man planning the "new" Dino?
Ferrari Dino Could Return In 2019 As A 2+2 Coupe - autoevolution

Also, it's interesting that some folks at first replaced the Dino badges with Ferrari, and now many people are doing the opposite!

Like I said, the easiest answer has always been: It's both. It's a Ferrari and a Dino.

Roll your own - call it what you like, a Ferrari, a Dino. People in the past have disparagingly called it a "Fiat" - All I know is it's an awesome car, and even if people called it a Fiat today, I would be proud to own and drive that 'Fiat'

 

But this begs a question, whats a Dino?
a lot of ppl don't know that. But everyone knows a Ferrari.

Im excited by a "new" Dino model....but when I picture it, all I get is a lotus evora variant, or a mini 360.

 

Agreed!! Cheers

 

In my opinion, which doesn't mean much, this is a silly question.

The 206/246 is one of the most beautiful cars ever produced. It's made by Ferrari. It's named after Enzo's son.

Who cares what's it's called? I'd love to have one, or two, or a garage full of them!!

Sid

 

If any Dino owner is worried about his car being a real Ferrari or not, he could easily trade it for a small collection of "real" Ferraris.

Let's see... an excellent Dino 246 GTS is $300k-$400k, so that's a Testarossa AND and a 308 GTSi AND a F355 AND a 550 Maranello, for example.

Personally, I'd rather have the Dino. And this thread is silly.