Beginning Of The End For 10 and 12 Cylinder Models? Ferrari To Up The Ante With Small Displacement 600Hp Dino

The new Septemeber 2015 issue of CAR magazine gives the best look yet at the planned Ferrari Dino, one of a number of new sports cars planned by Maranello to ensure its survival in a downsized, CO2-obsessed world. Don't go expecting a budget Ferrari - it's anything but cheap, with a price pegged around €185,000 (£135,000) when sales start around the end of the decade.

Our artist's impression shows how the mid-engined, two-seater Dino is expected to look and is based on detailed insider information. There's a hint of the original 1965 Dino show car's low-set headlight treatment, and more than a few shades of 2013's Ferrari 458-based Pininfarina Sergio concept.

The junior sports car will be based on Ferrari's new, flexible architecture destined for most of its range; the platform will be crafted largely from aluminium to trim weight; and, in the case of the Dino, it will be powered by a new 2.9-litre V6 available in two power outputs.
 

Car4Life - 8/26/2015 3:02:20 PM

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Admittedly yes, smaller displacement engines can get the same jobs done more efficiently and sometimes quicker than their larger displacement counterparts however, there's something so special and charismatic about a V12, I dunno maybe it's the young boy in me who was in awe of 12 cylinders fitting under one hood, or as a teenager going visiting Germany and sitting behind the wheel of an S600 on an autobahn, my jaw dropped the entire time....

TheSteve - 8/26/2015 3:26:51 PM

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Unnecessary complexity isn't a good thing. If a 3 liter V6 can do the same thing a 5 liter V12 can, but with less weight, less space, better fuel economy, lower emissions, and less complexity, I'd go for the V6.

ATrain - 8/26/2015 7:12:09 PM

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You're both right. Car has a very strong EQ argument and Steve an IQ one. Both work.

What about a smaller displacement V12 like the 3L of yore... Or is that too much a compromise? Colombo anyone? :)

PUGPROUD - 8/27/2015 9:48:00 AM

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How many V10's and V12's could possibly be produced today...10,000, 15,000? While thrilling to drive they are such a small piece of the market hardly anyone except 1% of the 1%ers will notice. V8's however are a totally different animal in volume and demand and deeply loved by many enthusiasts myself included. Can you imagine a Corvette, Mustang, Camaro, Bentley, Ferrari, etc with no V8 option? Not saying the day won't come but there will be one in my garage until the day I die.

MDarringer - 8/28/2015 8:57:02 AM

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Many people who have an opinion on Ferraris have never driven one. Yes they make great noises and they are fast, but in the end they are clinical and cold. Put a 1 cylinder 12 turbo engine in it and call it a day.