2010 F420 ferrari Dino

[MeanMachine]

It's the supercar scoop of the year! Auto Express has had exclusive access to insider details and can now reveal all the details of the Italian legend’s most important new model of the decade. Yes, the Dino is back!
These pictures show the new Ferrari 420 Dino, which our sources in Italy have confirmed will go on sale in 2010. Despite being conceived more than two years ago, the whole project only got the green light in September, and is scheduled to be unveiled at a major motor show in 2009.

Taking the latter part of its name from Enzo Ferrari’s son, our contacts are confident that the eventual title will be ‘420 Dino’, with the number referring to the V8 engine’s size.

Back in Italy, one fierce debate is still raging between Ferrari, Pininfarina – the car’s designer – and Ferrari’s owner, Fiat. While all indicators still lean toward the Dino being a coupé-cabriolet with a folding hard-top, some bosses would prefer to launch the entry-level model as a berlinetta hard-top GTB first, followed soon after by a targa GTS.

This would follow the trend set by the 246 Dino GT and GTS from 1968 and 1971, and the 308 GTB and GTS from 1975 and 1977.

Whatever is chosen, annual Dino production is figured to be anywhere between 3,500 and 5,000 cars, and Ferrari has actively sought partners to help lower and spread out the massive manufacturing costs. One company involved is aluminium specialist Alcoa, who will be making the spaceframe chassis in a new facility in Modena, Italy. The outer shell will be constructed from carbon fibre.

The new Dino started life as a Maserati in 2004. However, Ferrari’s then sister firm changed its plans, deciding to develop a luxurious Quattroporte-based coupé to rival the Mer*cedes CL instead. So Ferrari adopted the chassis and technology for the Dino.

Unlike the classic original, the newcomer will get a front-mounted V8. The unit is expected to be an all-aluminum 90-degree 4.2-litre unit with around 480bhp.

Inside, the Dino will be the first Ferrari to get standard-fit satellite navigation. The cabin promises to be practical, and alongside the carbon fibre trim shown, an aluminium finish will also be available. Transmission options haven’t been confirmed, but the paddleshifters are likely to control an automated manual.

Aimed squarely at Porsche’s 911 Turbo and Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage, the Dino will be priced between £82,000 and £90,000. This will make the Ferrari badge more accessible, but will also leave room for the F430 to move upmarket. We can also reveal plans to give that model a 550bhp 5.0-litre V10 by the end of 2008. An all-new replacement for the F430 is also already on the drawing board, and is scheduled for 2010.

[MeanMachine]

I love it and I am really aiming to get one of those , A GTS dino either black or blue.

[Mr.PS]

Ferrari promised it wouldn't be cheap. It's not, but it looks like a POS. Terrible. I am disgraced. Looks likea Porsche gayman.

[hymeo]

Looks cool, but they have to do something so that all the interiors of the newre ferrari's don't look the same.

[Scott W]

Im with FerrariSlave, I dont think that Ferrari should get cheap. This means they loose there prestige, you see alot of Porsches on the road and little Ferraris, if they brought this out at that price then many people would get one and Ferraris would become common. So for that reason I dont like it. Ferraris should be expensive and have prestige.

[hex_twizt]

I like the styling concept, just hope it's executed differently than this. I'm hoping that this is just a design concept composite and not the final. It does look quite a bit like a Cayman.

About the pricing, it's up to the guys at the scuderia. Do the auto enthusiasts care more about the ferrari mythos and prestige than the actual keeper of the ferrari flame? I say their going to do what they deem best and whatever they do, people who like ferrari will probably still like ferrari.

[Frorrari]

Ferrari have a very strict production number of only 5000 cars a year to keep the brand exclusive and the cars desirable, which I think is a very good idea! But if they were to release the Dino, it won't have a Ferrari badge. Therefor alowing them to produce more then the 5000 limit a year and make more money! The brand has never been stronger and they're despretly looking for new ways to make more money, but keeping with their 5000 limit.

Some spyshots(I know, they don't really tell you that much):





And FerrariSlave, I compleatly agree. I don't like it! But I doubt it will end up looking like that.

(Ferrari are actually planning to expand the magic limit, because there are new markets opening up in the east. And they could sell more there without losing their exclusitivy here in the west. At leats according to CAR Magazine$)

[Cameron H]

Looks like a Cayman had sex with a lotus....YUK!!!!! Im starting to loose intrest in Ferrari more and more everyday.

[MeanMachine]

Ive heard its going to be priced between 145-155,000 usd. If it is thats in my budget for a new car by 2010.

[McCoy24]

Nice concept car