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Dino was a marque for mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars produced by Ferrari from 1968 to 1976. The Dino marque was meant to be used for cars with engines that had fewer than 12 cylinders, reserving the Ferrari name for the V-12 and flat 12 models. The Dino name was retired after that point, in favour of conventional Ferrari branding. The Dino brand was an attempt by Ferrari to produce a relatively low-cost sports car. The Dino models used Ferrari racing naming designation of displacement and cylinder count with two digits for the size of the engine in deciliters and the third digit to represent the number of cylinders, i.e., 246 being a 2.4-litre 6-cylinder and 308 being a 3.0-litre 8-cylinder. Ferrari street models of the time used a three-digit representation of the displacement in cubic centimeters of one of the 12 cylinders, which would have been meaningless in a brand with differing numbers of cylinders. The Dino 246 was the first Ferrari model produced in high numbers. It is lauded by many for its intrinsic driving qualities and groundbreaking design. In 2004, Sports Car International placed the car at number six on its list of Top Sports Cars of the 1970s. Motor Trend Classic placed the 206/246 at number seven in their list of the 10 "Greatest Ferraris of all time".

1965 Serenissima 308V Jet Competizione

One car which raised a few eyebrows and many questions was this Serenissima, first seen after forty years at the Concours Villa d’Este. It seemed to possess all the hallmarks of a winning racecar, but sadly, it’s sucess was limited to a footnote in McLaren history.

The Jet Competitzione was commissioned by Count Giovanni Volpi for his Scuderia Serenissima racing team. At the time, Serenissima had already made many interesting one-of cars including the Breadvan, one of the most exciting modified Ferraris. However, the Jet Competitzione was entirely new, and built from the bottom up by ex-Fiat and Ferrari designer Alberto Massimino.

At the center of the Jet was a new engine designed by Massimino for Count Volpi’s many motoring interests. This three liter V8 was connected to an all new transmission, and was designed to work both in Automobili Serenissima’s road and racing cars. For the later, the V8 was surrounded by a space frame chassis and aluminum body shell which was going to contest the world’s greatest endurance races. The car was developed by Elf Francis who was Stirling Moss’s racing mechanic.

Unfortunately, the Jet only made it to the Le Mans april tests of 1966 before it was decommissioned and raced only once in Italy. A sister 3.5 litre open-top car, called the 358V Spyder, did make the actual race, but retired after only one lap with rear axle problems.

Wanting Formula One exposure, a deal was hit up with McLaren to use the V8 engine in his 1966 M2B chassis. While it powered to McLaren’s very first world championship point, the engine was unreliable and BRM units were tried in the following year.

After a forty year hiatus, a Swiss owner reunited a similar engine with the original Jet body (chassis #003)and debuted the restoration for the 2006 Concours Villa d’Este. Since the car was never really raced, it still bears original paint and interior.