Ferrari new Dino
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Maranello's headquarters say that the "baby" Ferrari will not see the light... are we sure?
Enzo Ferrari was not a champion in diplomacy and his choices was always based more on his convictions than scrupulous analysis. Nevertheless the results proved that he was right. Some time acutally, even the lapidary Mister Ferrari was forced to bow his head. For example for the Ferrari Dino was compact, with a V6 engine in central position: a white fly on the Maranello's Stable.
Unexpected coming back?
Our radars are always ready to catch any signal on the ether of the cars' world. Lately we intercepted many rumors regarding a new Ferrari “entry level”, ready to fight for the under 100.000 Euro market: role that can be covered by Maserati unless the name “Dino” is reused.
New spy shots
After the precognition of our designer we never lowered our attention. Neither the words of Montezemolo himself, who firmly denied any possibility for future entry level cars, convinced us to give up.
It seems we was right to persist since we got these spy shots of a Ferrari fork lift under street-testing. We are puzzled on the proportions that lead us to believe to an architetture with frontal engine and back traction. Unless they choose for a retrò-style hood that is very long and shaped.
Learn from V12
The most interesting part of this new baby-Ferrari is actually the engine, that we are proposing as the modular V6 version compared to the typical V12 of the Maranello's manufacturer. A three liters capacity with 300 HP could still guarantee a sporty image united to the low costs of maintaining. Obviously the gear transmission will be either manual with six gears or the F1 robotic sequential, easily importable form the F430. The performances? From 0 to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds seems the base of this new Ferrari Dino, while the speed can be limited to 260 km/h.