The car that still officially doesn't exist was spied again. If you have not seen it yet, one of our spies caught the prototype Ferrari Dino while undergoing some testing on a track. This thing has been denied so many times by Ferrari, most recently by president Luca di Montezemolo and former CEO Jean Todt at the Geneva Motor Show. While at that show, the two did announce that a new Ferrari will debut in Paris later this year, but no further information was available.
What we do know, according to GrandPrixLegends, is that Mattel will distribute a scale model of the new Dino in 2008. What is still possible is that the car we think will be the next Ferrari Dino is actually a GT420 or 470. Believed to be based on the front engine Maserati GranTurismo, this new Ferrari likely has a V8 engine with 400 horsepower. Initial production will likely be of a coupe, with a convertible coming down the road. Pininfarina is speculated to be in charge of design. The spy shots show a prototype car so heavily padded, it may be meant to look like the mule caught by Automedia last September.
That car was based on the body of a Ferrari 599.
The name "Dino" holds special significance to the Ferrari family. Enzo Ferrari's son, Alfredino "Dino" Ferrari passed away in 1956 from muscular dystrophy. He was 24 years old. Enzo designed a Dino-badged car, produced from 1968 to 1976, with a V6 in the rear.
A new Ferrari Dino could cost anywhere between €100,000, on up to €115,000, pending final design and the current high Eurozone inflation rate. Some experts have said that Ferrari could sell 4,000 units of a new Dino annually once production is approved. If Ferrari can build a high quality Dino, but still maintain high margins, this car could significantly benefit Ferrari's bottom line. Expect to see this car on the road by 2009.
Ferrari Dino Spied Testing Again
Copyright AUTOMEDIA / So very nice
By Zack Newmark
April 2, 2008 7:15 PM
Filed Under: European, Ferrari, Spy Photos
Comments
alessandro
April 2, 2008 8:20 PM
It will be a "every-day drivable" , 100000 ? coupe. So absolutely new to Ferrari.
dmanero
April 2, 2008 7:39 PM
Could this not maybe be a upgraded Ferrari 599 with a few tweaks with the body, sort of something like Lamborghini did with the gallardo upgrading it to a lp560.
odysseus
April 2, 2008 9:03 PM
the car on the fotos it's much smaller than the 599. it seems it has the same wheelbase like the alfa 8c.
carcrazy1234
April 2, 2008 8:32 PM
this test mule is soo covered up lol they went a little overboard trying to hide the car haha
dmanero
April 2, 2008 9:30 PM
reason why I said the 599 is if you look at the front view, you can almost make out the same grill opening as the 599
bernardo
April 2, 2008 9:32 PM
Couldn't It be the replacement for the F430?
I heard It would come in '09.
ck314
April 2, 2008 11:01 PM
a front engine replacement? i dont think they fell as low as honda did for the new nsx
lizard
April 3, 2008 1:18 AM
New V8 Ferrari will cost more or less the same as current F430 and won't be called Dino. That was said some time ago offically from Ferrari. worldcarfans journalist are once again not well informed :)
joelynn
April 3, 2008 1:28 AM
regardless of the fact its covered in camouflage it doesn't look great, virtually every other supercar maker is producing more attractive cars than Ferrari these days- I'd rather have a V8 Vantage, 8C Competizione, Maserati Granturismo or Lambo Gallardo any day.
greenflag
April 3, 2008 7:23 PM
The new car will not replace the F430 or any future mid-engined V8 Ferrari. It is a new type of Ferrari, a front-mid-engined V8 2+2 coupe, with at least 500HP and a proper rear boot/trunk, in other words a very fast, practical car. And it will be priced a little higher than the F430 but well below the 599GTB. Up to now Ferrari buyers only had a choice between a mid-engined 2-seater with very little luggage room and large, very expensive V12s. The new car solves this problem
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