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Dino was a marque for mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars produced by
Ferrari from 1968 to 1976. Used for models with engines with fewer than
12 cylinders, it was an attempt by the company to offer a relatively
low-cost sports car. The Ferrari name remained reserved for its premium
V-12 and flat 12 models until 1976, when "Dino" was retired in favor of
full Ferrari branding.
Named to honor Ferrari founder Enzo
Ferrari's son and heir Dino Ferrari, the Dino models used Ferrari racing
naming designation of displacement and cylinder count with two digits
for the size of the engine in deciliters and the third digit to
represent the number of cylinders, i.e. 246 being a 2.4-litre 6-cylinder
and 308 being a 3.0-litre 8-cylinder. Ferrari street models of the time
used a three-digit representation of the displacement in cubic
centimeters of one of the 12 cylinders, which would have been
meaningless in a brand with differing numbers of cylinders.
In
1969 the 206 GT was superseded by the more powerful Dino 246 GT. The 246
GT was powered by an enlarged 2.4 L V6 engine, producing with 195 PS
(143 kW; 192 hp) at 7,600 rpm in European specification. Initially
available as a fixed-top GT coupe, a targa topped GTS was also offered
after 1971.
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