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Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina prototype from 1965 paves the way for two series Dinos

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Created on March 12, 2013

Reading time 9min

Written by:

Stefan Fritschi

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - epochaler Entwurf - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Dino - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - am Automobilsalon von Paris 1965

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Dino Berlinetta Speciale Due Posti (1965) - Chassis-Nummer 0840 erhielt ein imposantes Pininfarina-Kleid und war der Vorläufer des späteren Dino 206/246

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Dino Berlinetta Speciale Due Posti (1965) - Seitenansicht des Prototyps

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Dino Berlinetta Speciale Due Posti (1965) - Prototyp von vorne gesehen

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Heckansicht - gesehen am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Heckpartie - gesehen am Pariser Automobilsalon 1965

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Lufteinlässe für den Mittelmotor - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Cockpit Close-Up - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Cockpit - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Frontansicht - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - die charakteristische Fahrzeugfront - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - glasbedeckte Scheinwerfer - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - spitz zulaufende Front - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Detail an der Heckpartie - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Tankdeckel - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Traditionspflege bei Pininfarina am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Dino Berlinetta Speciale Due Posti (1965) - Chassis-Nummer 0840 im roten Pininfarina-Outfit

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Dino Berlinetta G.T. (1967) - Pininfarina's Studie ist bereits nahe am späteren Dino 206 GT

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Dino 206 PF (1966) - Zeichnung der Berlinetta Speciale 2 Posti

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Dino 206 GT Berlinetta (1966) - der Prototyp von Pininfarina übernahm viele Elemente der Berlinetta Speciale von 1965

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Dino 206 GT Berlinetta (1966) - Seitenansicht des Prototypen von Pininfarina

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Dino 206 GT PF (1966) - die Karosserieform änderte sich vom Prototypen zur Serienfertigung noch

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Dino 206 GT Berlinetta (1966) - der Pininfarina-Prototyp von schräg hinten

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Dino 206 GT PF (1966) - Seitenansicht des Pininfarina-Prototyps

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Dino 206 GT PF (1966) - gegenüber der Serienversion gibt es beim Pininfarina-Prototypen gewichtige Unterschiede

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Dino 206 GT PF (1966) - Motor ohne Luftfiler auf einem Pininfarina-Prototypen

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Dino 206 GT (1968) - Vorderansicht eines frühen Dinos

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Dino 206 GT (1967) - Silhouette eines frühen Dinos

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Dino 206 GT (1967) - Heckansicht eines frühen Coupés

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Dino 206 GT (1968) - der Dino auf dem Stand von Pinin Farina

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Fiat Dino Spider 2000 (1966) - die Gestaltung der Front mit den vier Scheinwerfern erinnert an die Dino Berlinetta Speciale von Pininfarina

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Fiat Dino Spider 2000 (1966) - vor allem die Front lässt die Dino Berlinetta Speciale aufleben

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Fiat Dino Spider 2000 (1966) - aus dieser Sicht ist die Ähnlichkeit des Pininfarina-Entwurfs mit der Dino Berlinetta Speciale von 1965 klar zu erkennen

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Fiat Dino Spider 2000 (1966) - Heckansicht mit Designelementen, die an die Studie Dino Berlinetta Speciale von Pininfarina erinnern

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Fiat Dino Spider 2000 (1966) - der von Fiat gebaute Zweilitermotor, der auf das berühmte Renntriebwerk von Ferrari zurückgeht, hier noch in Aluminiumausführung

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Fiat Dino Coupé (1967) - das Dino-Coupé zeichnete Giugiaro in Bertone-Diensten

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Fiat Dino Coupé (1967) - steht dem Spider bezüglich Eleganz in nichts nach

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Summary

An almost 50-year-old concept car, which paved the way for the Dino 206/246 GT and the Fiat Dino Spider, is making its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Pininfarina broke new design ground with the Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale study presented at the 1965 Paris Motor Show. The result is still impressive today. This report gets to the bottom of this design milestone and shows its impact on the design of the successor vehicles in words and pictures (with over 50 illustrations).

This article contains the following chapters

Dino Ferrari's last work
Preliminary study for the road dino at the 1965 Paris Motor Show and Geneva 2013
Concept with great potential
Simple interior typical of the brand
Homologation of the Dino engine with Fiat help
Speciale borrowings only on the Fiat Dino Spider
Dino 206 GT Berlinetta interprets the study perfectly
Production-ready Dino with transverse engine
Show highlight 2013 despite design weaknesses
Further information

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

At the Pininfarina stand at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, a unique concept car steals the show from the new "Sergio" study. The low-slung Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale from 1965 looks strangely familiar to many visitors to the show, even if they have never seen the study or have long since forgotten it. This is because the Speciale is the design predecessor of both the Fiat Dino Spider (front-engined) from 1966 and the Dino 206 GT (mid-engined) from 1968. Despite the Ferrari engine, all cars do without the emblem with the prancing horse. The Dino story begins in 1955, when Enzo Ferrari's son Alfredo alias Alfredino (short form: Dino) provides the impetus for the construction of a V6 engine to compete in Formula 1 and 2 and in sports car races.

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