Dino vs.914, whats wrong with people Options

[geniusanthony]

Ok, so i am officially placing my first post (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) and here are my thoughts...Our beloved teeners are in an engineering sense an identical car to the Ferrari Dino. I mean this in the sense that the were both budget minded sports cars of similar size and performance...I am refering to the -6 models for closest similarity. same layout and intended consumer.
That being said I challenge you all to think this over and lend us all your thoughts on this manner and now the $100,000 question, do you suppose that if we painted our cars red, wore funny hats and red members only jackets would our cars be equally desireable????

[dinomium]

Since my name IS Dino, I have to weigh in on this one... The Italian car manufacturing and racing rules has made for strange bed fellows! here are some random Dino and Ferrari tidbits...
Enzo raced and worked for Alfa Romeo in Milan, it wasn’t until after the second world war that he ran his own car. his son, Dino designed a great v6 1.56 liter for formula two racing. All of the v6 and some v8 ENGINES were to be known as Dinos. Dino Ferrari died of leukemia in 1956. His father never fully recovered and wore a black neck tie everyday for the rest of his life...
FIAT used the v6 in their coupes and roadsters to help Enzo homologate the engine for FIA sports car racing. FIAT used Pininfarina for the roadster and Bertone for the coupe, so you have two cars with the same name and same build year that have completely different body styles!
Enzo never cared for the road going portion of his company aside from the money it gave him to continue racing. He nearly sold to Ford and did ultimately sell majority share to FIAT.
Too say that any of the DINO badged cars are not "true" Ferraris is just wrong. These cars were more of the design houses (Pininfarina, Bertone) and the early cars had Gioacchino Colombo engines and the bodys were built by coachbuilders like Stablimenti Farina, Vignale and Ghia.
So the upshot is this: Real Ferraris? Really Porsches? Shut up! You only show you know very little about the history and the way the world of motosports actually works! It is very complex and often a collaborative effort…

As for 914s and 308 gt4 Dinos being similar? Well they both have four tires, run on gasoline, and mid-engines. That is where it ends!
Wow, that turned into a rant! HA
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