1968 Dino 206 GT #00198
At the 1965 Paris Salon, a mid-engined prototype dubbed the Dino 206 GT Speciale was unveiled on the Pininfarina stand. While a design study, its core was based upon the chassis of a sports racing model with inline mid-engined placement. The car featured headlamps covered by a clear Perspex lens that extended the full width of the nose, but otherwise, the shape was essentially that which would evolve into the production Dino 206 GT.
The Dino 206 GT was a smaller-displacement road-going variant of the Dino 196 S, a racing model with an engine derived from the last design of Enzo Ferrari’s late son, Alfredino. It accommodated a Fiat V-6, developed by Ferrari and engineered to be mounted transversely in a chassis assembled on a modern production line. Having the engine built by Fiat was in order to meet new Formula 2 regulations that required racing engines to be production-based and built in quantities of no fewer than 500 a year. Both Ferrari and Fiat therefore used versions of the same engine, in vehicles badged “Dino,” thus achieving that production goal.
The new Ferrari model – technically not a Ferrari at all, as the famous prancing horse was nowhere to be seen – was launched in 1968 and was produced for two years, with 154 examples going to new homes. All were left-hand drive and featured an aluminum body and engine, thus distinguishing them from the next-generation 246 Dino, which had steel coachwork and were available with the wheel on the right.
The Dino 206 GT was a smaller-displacement road-going variant of the Dino 196 S, a racing model with an engine derived from the last design of Enzo Ferrari’s late son, Alfredino. It accommodated a Fiat V-6, developed by Ferrari and engineered to be mounted transversely in a chassis assembled on a modern production line. Having the engine built by Fiat was in order to meet new Formula 2 regulations that required racing engines to be production-based and built in quantities of no fewer than 500 a year. Both Ferrari and Fiat therefore used versions of the same engine, in vehicles badged “Dino,” thus achieving that production goal.
The new Ferrari model – technically not a Ferrari at all, as the famous prancing horse was nowhere to be seen – was launched in 1968 and was produced for two years, with 154 examples going to new homes. All were left-hand drive and featured an aluminum body and engine, thus distinguishing them from the next-generation 246 Dino, which had steel coachwork and were available with the wheel on the right.