Re: [alfa] when did a Dino 308GT4 become a Ferrari?

["DAEGRIGG" <daegrigg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Get over it.  I've owned a 12 cylinder Ferrari and a Dino 'Ferrari.  If I
had it to do over again, I would choose the Dino hands down.  The V-6 was
(is) one of the sweetest engines I have ever owned; it made music in every
gear.  The ride was extraordinary.  The chaises had deceptively generous
suspension travel making long distances go very quickly.  What's in a name?
No much when it comes to this tempest in a teapot.  Enzo Ferrari's son
Alfredo Ferrari, called Dino (from Alfredino, little Alfredo) died in 1956
... and named cars that were powered by it Dino's.

Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Tyson" <jftyson@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 1:37 PM
Subject: [alfa] when did a Dino 308GT4 become a Ferrari?


> In 1973/74,I belonged to the Deleware Valley chapter of AROC and I
> attended several club meetings at Algar Enterprises.At that time Algar
> was an Alfa & Ferrari dealer and was also the Ferrari distributor for the
> entire East Coast.I distinctly remember there were two logos on
> display-one for Ferrari and one for Dino.The 246 coupes and spiders on
> the showroom floor had Dino badges.If you went to an auto show there were
> two displays,one for Dino and one for Ferrari. They weren't Ferraris...no
> one dared to refer to them as Ferraris.They were much cheaper and they
> didn't have a v12. I'm no Ferrari snob,and I'd love to own either Dino
> model,but I am curious as to when and how Dinos morphed into Ferraris.Did
> Enzo issue a papal bull(which leads me to consider, what is the
> automotive equivalent of ex cathedra....)?
>
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