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Dino 206/246 - Dino Ferrari's legacy

Name: Ferrari Dino 246 GT 1973
Brand: Ferrari

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Created on August 1, 1985

Text:

Rob de la Rive Box (1985) und Bruno von Rotz (2011)

Photos:

Robin Adams - Courtesy RM Auctions

Bonhams

Tiphaine Lanvin - Courtesy RM Auctions

Pawel Litwinski - Courtesy RM Auctions

Alejandro Rodriguez - Courtesy Gooding & Company

Bruno von Rotz

Brian Henniker - Courtesy Gooding & Company

Artcurial

Archiv

Robin Adams - Courtesy RM Auctions

Bonhams

Tiphaine Lanvin - Courtesy RM Auctions

Pawel Litwinski - Courtesy RM Auctions

Alejandro Rodriguez - Courtesy Gooding & Company

Bruno von Rotz

Brian Henniker - Courtesy Gooding & Company

Artcurial

Archiv

Dino 246 GT (1971) - offered as lot 21 at the RM Auction Paris on February 5, 2014

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Dino 246 GT (1970) - View of a silver Dino from above

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Dino 246 GTS (1972) - offered as lot 19 at the RM auction on January 16/17, 2014 in Arizona

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Dino 246 GT (1970) - no two Dino were exactly alike due to the high proportion of manual labor

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Dino Berlinetta (1966) - Pininfarina's racing sports car prototype from 1966

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Dino 246 GT (1971) - front view from the 1971 sales brochure

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Dino 246 GT (1971) - Interior of the '71 Dino - Illustration from brochure

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Dino 246 GT (1970) - central Rudge wheel locks characterize this early 2.4-liter version - illustration from brochure

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Dino 206 (1967) - Interior with wooden steering wheel - Illustration from brochure

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Dino 246 GT (1971) - side view of the 2.4-liter Dino

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Dino 246 GT (1971) - elegant lines on the Dino

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Dino 246 GT (1971) - four exhaust pipes and four rear lights on the Dino Coupé

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Dino 246 GTS (1973) - rear view of the Targa version

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Dino 246 GTS (1973) - under the hammer as lot 141 at the RM Auction in Monterey on August 15/16, 2014

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Dino 206 GT (1969) - at the Bonhams Quail Lodge auction on August 14/15, 2014 as lot 001

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Dino 246 GTS (1974) - will be offered at the Gooding & Company auction in Amelia Island on March 7, 2014

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Dino 246 GTS (1974) - offered as lot 127 at the RM Auction Amelia Island 2014

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Dino 246 GT (1973) - auctioned as lot 025 at the Gooding & Co auction in Scottsdale on January 17/18, 2014

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Dino 246 GT (1972) - offered as lot 31 at the Bonhams auction in London on December 1, 2013

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Dino 246 GT (1972) - offered at the Artcurial auction "Automobiles Sur les Champs VI" on October 20, 2013

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Dino 246 GT (1969) - in the sports car class at the 2014 Gaisberg Race

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Dino 246 GT (1969) - in the sports car class at the Gaisbergrennen 2014

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Summary

This article contains the following chapters

First adaptations
The driving characteristics are still a pleasure today
Comparison of the technical data of the Dino 206 GT and 246 GT/GTS

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Alfredo Ferrari, known as Dino to his friends, was to take over his father's business one day. He soon showed great interest and talent. He studied at the Technical University of Modena and in Switzerland. Even as a student, he developed plans for a small V6 racing engine. When Enzo Ferrari switched off the ignition of his Alfa Romeo 6C1750 supercharged car in 1932, two facts were certain: he had won the Bobbio-Pellice race and - it had been his last race. His son Alfredo had been born in January of the same year, and Enzo Ferrari had promised his wife that he would pursue a less dangerous hobby from then on. He wanted to devote himself to his son and give him what he himself had had to do without after his parents died in the First World War. After Alfredo had completed his studies, he continued to work on his engine. Even in the hospital, which he had to visit in 1956 due to leukemia, he solved theoretical problems with his colleagues. Dino never heard his engine running, as he died at the end of 1956, not even 25 years old.

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