Fiat Dino coupé 2400

Make
Fiat
Model
Dino
Generation
Coupé 2400
Year
1974
Engine size
2.4 litre
Gearbox
Dogleg 5 speed
Drivetrain
Ferrari Dino engine
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We found this immaculate Fiat Dino 2400 in Paris. Its bright yellow colour (originally a Ferrari Dino colour) gives it a beautiful appearance. It's an absolute joy to drive. The Ferrari six-cylinder engine is nothing less than spectacular. All cars that used this engine were highly successful, like the Ferrari 246 Dino or the Lancia Stratos, and if you have ever driven one, you know why.

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Exterior

Our Dino had a nuts & bolt documented restoration of over three years in France and must be one of the best around. The former owner made some modifications like 1 inch larger wheels and removal of the Fiat badges. Specially the larger wheels improve the overall appearance and combined with the yellow colour, this is a quite beautiful sportscar and GT.
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Interior

The interior is fully original and the quality of the leather is excellent. Hand built at the Bertone factory and assembled at Ferrari in Maranello it shows the result of high quality Italian craftsmanship. Only the ergonomics are not always perfect for longer drivers, which is not unusal in Italian sportscars.

Engine

The Ferrari Dino engine is a marvellous machine. It was produced from the late 50's until 1975. The idea for the engine came from Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari, who was the son of Enzo Ferrari. Dino suggested to Enzo Ferrari the development of a V6 engine for F2 at the end of 1955. Soon afterwards, Alfredo fell gravely ill, and he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. While hospitalized, he discussed technical details about the engine with a recently hired engineer named Vittorio Jano. Jano was the prewar designer of famous Alfa Romeo racing cars like the P2 and P3. It was one of the autodidact people in the inner circle of Enzo Ferrari. Dino would never live to see the engine; he died on June 30, 1956, at the age of 24. The Dino V6 was Ferrari's first V6 engine. The production Dino V6 began as a discussion between Vittorio Jano and Enzo and Dino Ferrari about the ideal 1.5 L engine for use in the 1957 Formula Two auto racing series. Jano, who was involved in the development of the Lancia Aurelia, the first production car with a V6 engine. Jano's 60° design incorporated some of his ideas from the Lancia Aurelia, and were used in a number of Formula One, Formula Two, and Grand Prix cars from 1959 through the early 1960s. Ferrari designers began work on the first Dino V6 engine in 1956 and the engine was running by the end of the year. The engine displaced 1,489 cc (1.5 L; 90.9 cu in). This engine was installed in the Dino 156 F2 car and was first raced in the Grand Prix of Naples in April 1957, where it finished in third place behind two Lancia-Ferrari V8 Formula One cars. The result of the trio's creativity was the world's only 65° V6 engine. The extra 5° between cylinder banks gave Ferrari the straight intakes he wanted. As this engine was not a true V6 but had a separate crankpin for every connecting rod, the crankpins were offset by 55 degrees within every pair of cylinders. This ensured an even firing order for the complete engine as well as an even distance between firing pulses per cylinder bank. Thus the engine was as smoothly running as a conventional 60-degree V6, but had greatly enhanced potential for the design of harmonically balanced exhaust manifolds, giving much better performance. The 65° Dino V6 continued in racing after 1962, and made its way to this Fiat Dino as well. Ferrari needed to have the engine in 500 production vehicles to homologate it for racing use. The company worked with Fiat to develop a sports car to house it, and the front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout Fiat Dino project was born. In 1968, Ferrari debuted its own Dino 206 GT, the company's first mid-engined road car. It used the 2.0 L engine from the 206 S transversely-mounted between the rear wheels. In 1969 the 2,4 litre version appeared. It was used for this later series of Fiat Dino and the Lancia Stratos.
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