Which lines are more classic - 206/246 0r 308/328?

Tough question, both designs are beautiful.

I don't know.

Dom

 

308/328, but then again, I might be biased.

 

Personally the 308/328 hits the spot.

 

That's a tough question, but what you really need is to get this book. It's a 545 pages and it starts by telling you how Mr. Ferrari and Pinifarina met. The book show ALL the lines and models that Pinifarina designed. From Ferrari 212 Inter 1952 to 1953 all the way to the Ferrari Enzo in 2002. The book also contain lots of prototype that were never put into production.
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For me, the 246 is the classic Ferrari (I know it wasn't badged as one, but it is one). It has the classical curved look. The 308 was the more popular car, a better car, but nowheres near as good looking.

Art

 

I have to agree with the last poster. The 308 is the more recognisable car to the lay person but the Dino is the prom queen to those in the know.

 

I'll evade the question by saying the 246 is one of Pininfarina's classics, and the 308 Euro/328 is the best modern design.

 

this is exactly where i sit on this question. both are timeless and never to be mistaken for anything but ferrari.

i saw a 328 running down the silver strand the other day and i was just grinning ear to ear...still so damn sexy!!!

...but, the miura and series 1 xke are the two sexiest sports cars ever!

...with the tipo 33 stradale as the sexiest race car ever!!!!

 

+1 Even from a distance you can easily tell it's a Ferrari unlike the new models you have to be closer just to say it's a an F car.

 

The 308/328 is the modern classic for me.

 

Maybe not so much about lines as scale. The Dino is beautiful but it's size gives the car a "cutesy" little car look IMO. The 308 is just the right size.

 

Having owned both in the past the Dino by far!

 

No contest. The Dino by far

 

Absolutely agree!! The 308 is great, but the Dino was and is spectacular... no less today than when it first came out.

 

I've owned both and the 246 is by far the most appealing visually. The 308 is superior in many, many ways but the looks of the 246 still are breathtaking.

But, I have to thank the 308 because when it came out, 246 prices dropped so low that I was able to afford to buy a fixer upper. EVERYONE wanted a 308 and were seen on TV each week. I saw a 246 gts on an ordinary used car lot in LA in the early 80's -- right next to used Mustangs and Camaro's. I think it was going for 16K -- which was still a lot of money for what was probably a 7 year old car. I bought my fixer upper GT for $8 grand, and it only had about 10K miles on the clock. That was 1983. People thought I was nuts.

For me, the whole "Tom Selleck" thing still kinda turns me off..... too commercial. Just look at it this way... fifty years from now the 246 will still be a classic. The 308? ---only interesting.

 

May be a year or two ago, a Ferrari magazine named 308 was one of the top ten most beautiful Ferrari. Dino probably was on the list but I am not for sure.

 

the dino!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJUcKBzddm4

 

me too

 

Same for me, and I agree.

 

The Magnum association, and for the 308 the "protruding tongue" U.S. reg bumpers, knock the image of the 308/328 down a notch. But when you see one in some non-red color you can appreciate Pininfarina's design without being distracted by those associations. Have a look at a silver or black 308, if you can find one, and you'll see what I mean.

50 years from now, both will be classics. (And it might not take that long. The asking price on a specific nice 'glass 308 right now is squarely in the middle of the 355 price range, and 355s are still going down. I predict the earliest 308s and late 328s in primo condition will pass 360s in price next year.)

 

I think the 246 and 308 are both beautiful, but at the end of the day it's a generational thing:

The boomers overall like the Dino and the Gen-Xers overall like the 308.

Same with Lotus cars: Boomers like Elans and Europas; Gen-Xers like Esprits.
Porsche: Boomers like the early, chrome bumper 911s; Gen-Xers like the 78-80s SC. Boomers hate the watercoolers; Gen-Xers like them.
Jaguar: E-Type vs. XJS
Maserati: Ghibli vs. Khamsin
Lamborghini: Miura vs. Countach

You could almost draw a dividing line in the United States: Among classic car enthusiasts, boomers like any car designed through 1968 and produced through 1974, and hate things designed and produced in the '70s. Of course there are exceptions, but I think this is fairly true as far as generalizations go. There is no technical or mechanical reason for the price discrepancy between the 246 and the 308; it's simply age preference. I am in my thirties, and when I was a kid, the 308 was, like the Countach, Esprit, and 911 Turbo, the coolest of cools, whereas I barely knew what a Dino was -- it was some old car. I could barely tell you what a "Ferrari Dino" looked like.

The 1970s saw a revolution in design and technology in the automobile, along with the oil crisis, and cars changed drastically from those of the 1960s. For the most part, 1960s cars are death boxes with polluting engines, primitive aerodynamics, and handling and brakes still in the development stage. The 1970s and early 80s -- referred to as a dismal period by weeping boomers -- was when crumple zones/safety cells, clean air, serious wind tunnel testing, radial tires, fully independent suspension (and good handling in general), four valves per cylinder, fuel injection, and four wheel disc brakes took center stage and became the norm in performance cars. Car collecting Boomers don't see this; they see the free-spirited memories (and imaginings) of their youth. For me, who grew up admiring the exotic cars of the 1970s and 80s, most 1960s cars are as quaint and toy-like as a Model T or an Auburn Speedster. Nice, and I appreciate it and all that, but I sure wouldn't want to own it! I'm willing to bet that many other Gen-Xers don't give a damn about most 1960s or older cars, but won't admit it or don't even realize it themselves, because we've been brainwashed our whole lives by the boomers, and to this day read classic car magazine cover after magazine cover praising the 1960s cars . . . each one with a balding, gray-haired man in the driver's seat.

As boomers get too old and fat to climb in and out of their little Dinos, and Gen-Xers gain more money and grow the balls to actually buy something other than a Honda, 246 prices will stop going up and 308 prices will go up. Sure there are exceptions -- there are to every rule, not to mention generalization -- but among the thirtysomethings I know with $50k-$100k to blow on old cars, the majority have 308s, Testarossas, Esprits, 911s, Meraks, etc. Not often do I see an E-Type, 330, TR3/4/5, 356, Elan, Sunbeam, etc., in their garage. We all have our biases. Gen-Xers will live past the boomers, and the world's population will continue to grow, so 308s will ultimately be worth more. And Miami Vice will always be cool.

 

The question was "Which lines are more classic"

The Dino was designed in the late 60s and shows the same smooth lines as the earlier classics we all recognize: 250 GT Lusso, GTO, SWB, 275 GTB, etc.

The 308 series, beginning with the GT4 has the more angular, more "modern" design influences. Both lines are nice, but the Dino is surely more "classic".

 

HOw about combining the the two like the 308 Dino.
That would be something