Latest issue of Winding Road: Ferrari 420 Dino

**Interpol** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-19-2006, 12:54 AM

Anyone see the newest issue (it's available online)?

The prototype 420 Dino looks VERY much like a bodykitted Cayman. There are doubts as well as to whether or not this car will even be made for the mass market.

**sleepless** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-19-2006, 01:07 AM

That is because it is a Photoshopped Cayman

There is a before and after photo floating around on the internet.

**Interpol** · #3 (**permalink**) 12-19-2006, 01:13 AM

I've seen those early pics. This is an entire ARTICLE on the 420, with new photos!

**smounic** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-19-2006, 01:29 AM

I pasted a link in this thread: Ferrari Cayman (Dino) to some captures of the magazine on another forum (http://forums.finalgear.com/showthread.php?p=363942). It appears very convincing.

RookieBoy · #5 (**permalink**) 12-22-2006, 07:08 AM

I agree that it's a convincing PhotoShop job, and even a GREAT looking little Ferrari, but we've all been fooled by the magazines before... Post a grainy shot of an F430 test-mule, then cut & paste vents & wheels and PRESTO! the new Dino.

It makes a great story, and I'm sure it's selling some magazines, but ask yourself this: Why would Ferrari start selling a high-production vehicle right now? They are near capacity as is, and have very little ability to do anything that's not extremely similar to their existing 430 engine or the 599/Enzo V-12. If the Dino is based on the 430 engine/chassis, then it will probably be pretty expensive, and undermine it's position in their lineup (IMHO).

PS - look for a great show called Ultimate Factories on National Geographic channel. They do a 1-hour tour of the Ferrari factory, showing how they build the new 599. Very cool!

friedman_japan · #6 (**permalink**) 12-22-2006, 07:44 AM

Much as I love my Cayman, if Ferrari actually builds the Dino 420 and if it looks anything like the manipulated image of the Cayman, I'll be first in line.

A friend of mine, no stranger to Ferraris (having owned 2 355's) sent an email announcing that he would sell his brand new Exige S in heartbeat for the Dino 420.

Will Ferrari build it? Why not? Porsche and Aston have clearly shown that there is BIG demand for high-performance sports cars in the 120 to 180 k range, why would Ferrari continue to abandon that market segment?

The above aside, the Cayman/Dino Photoshop is a great looking car and a good example of what a Cayman bodykit ought to look like. Companies are coming out with modified wings, front and rear bumpers, side skirts, even a few with revised sidevents, but all these efforts are fractional at best. Why is someone not coming up with something like this for the Cayman?