[alfa] Re: when did a Dino 308GT4 become a Ferrari?

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean Batchelor's "The Great Book of Ferraris" states that : The Bertone 
bodywork (of the 308-GT4) continued virtually unchanged during the 
model's six-year production run, except that the Ferrari Prancing 
Horse, appeared on the nose, wheel hub centers, and steering wheel in 
1976. No explanation was ever given for this sudden and unannounced 
change, but it likely reflected more astute marketing as much as a 
change of hart in Maranello.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'



On May 21, 2004, at 2:47 PM, alfa-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:37:37 -0500
> From: "James Tyson" <jftyson@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] when did a Dino 308GT4 become a Ferrari?
>
> In 1973/74,I belonged to the Deleware Valley chapter of AROC and I
> attended several club meetings at Algar Enterprises.At that time Algar
> was an Alfa & Ferrari dealer and was also the Ferrari distributor for 
> the
> entire East Coast.I distinctly remember there were two logos on
> display-one for Ferrari and one for Dino.The 246 coupes and spiders on
> the showroom floor had Dino badges.If you went to an auto show there 
> were
> two displays,one for Dino and one for Ferrari. They weren't 
> Ferraris...no
> one dared to refer to them as Ferraris.They were much cheaper and they
> didn't have a v12. I'm no Ferrari snob,and I'd love to own either Dino
> model,but I am curious as to when and how Dinos morphed into 
> Ferraris.Did
> Enzo issue a papal bull(which leads me to consider, what is the
> automotive equivalent of ex cathedra....)?
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