Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Iconic Sale at Race Retro 2025 - Collectors' Cars on Saturday the 22nd of February, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh Rd, Coventry, CV8 2LG. The Fiat Dino was introduced at the Turin Motor Show in 1966 alongside the Dino Berlinetta GT, later to become the Ferrari Dino 246. Powered by a shared four-camshaft, 2. 0-litre, V6 engine (Tipo 135), both cars benefited from a racing pedigree that went back to Ferrari's Dino 166P sports-racing unit and their 246 Grand Prix engine. However, when Ferrari decided to race in Formula 2 with its new V6 engine designed by Enzo Ferrari's son Dino, the company had a problem. Under the current Homologation Regulations, manufacturers were required to build a certain number of cars to satisfy the rules for racing. Ferrari could not hope to build enough cars to homologate the Dino, so a deal was struck with Fiat for a joint venture and the Fiat Dino was born.
The Pininfarina-bodied Spider was first to appear in early November at Turin with the Bertone-designed Coupé the following year in March. Nowadays, it is the Spiders, both in 2. 0 and later 2. 4-litre form, that have become most sought after amongst collectors. In the words of Sports Car Market: "The Spider is one of the prettiest designs to emerge from Pininfarina's studio in the 1960s and even accelerating in top gear from low revs, there's a seamless delivery of power." A mere 1, 163 Fiat Dino Spiders were originally built, but far fewer are left in existence today.
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