When Fiat Made A Car with Ferrari V6 Engine! Fiat Dino Coupe

It was the most mismatched collaboration ever.. Fiat made a car with a Ferrari V6 race derived engine!! The 2L V6 engined Fiat Dino Coupe brought together a utilitarian car maker and a supercar manufacturer. Was it a recipe for success or did it spell disaster?
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[@Indigenous51]

How uncanny. Back in 71 ,I went to France with a friend on a motorcycle tour with an Ariel square 4. We had an accident at a junction where a pickup pulled into our path and wrecked the front of the bike. Fortunately a fellow biker saw the incident and helped us by letting us stay at his apartment which he was refurbishing for his marital home nearby. The use of his garage for imported parts for repairs was very decent of him. Where I had to straighten the frame, forks and replace front wheel assembly .In the process we ran out of funds ,but incredibly I made some 45f by repainting his dads white Fiat Dino (which was my trade)after which he gave us a tour of Paris. Which enabled us to continue our extended trip around France. Thanks for a great memory of an awesome machine.

[@ChishanFipz]

that is the basis of a great film

[@kg_canuck]

​@fipzav8641 i was just going to say this. I personally have no interest in the fast and the furious. A true motorhead movie would be like this: the open road, good friends, good machines, and the speedbumps experienced along the way. Thats what being a motorhead is all about imo

[@Indigenous51]

🙏 you all for👍. We started with two weeks and ended up with a month.The trip turned into a more adventurous story having left Paris and driven over the freezing alps to Grenoble sur Gap and on to various camp sites and towns to St Michel and St Tropez. I still have the photos of me eating grapes from the fields and picking fresh corn cobs. A great fortuitous journey recalled 50 years on because of a historically great car . Sadly have lost touch with my companion.

[@oldieman730]

Adventure, especially on motorcycles, makes for an interesting life few would ever experience. I spent 18 months travelling around Australia (2.5 laps) on my cruiser road bike, with 100kg of gear tied down on it.. everything needed to live on the road for extended periods. You meet truly good people and have memories to last two lifetimes.

[@amgguy4319]

Wow, that's very cool...

[@HiNRGboy]

Giugiaro created so many masterpiece designs.. I'm continually in awe of what all he came up with.

[@marcusott2973]

20 years ago I bought one of these for under 20k€, the interior wasn't great. It was an early 2.0 engine gone over by Moser Racing in Vienna (original Abarth distributors). It was an absolute screamer, probably closer to 180hp Ferrari claimed. I had the seats done and put some effort into wiring and under bonnet area. The only car I've ever sold for a net profit, when I needed a down payment for an apartment. The new owner takes it to Ennstal Classic every year so I still see it.

[@oregongaper]

Cool story. With all the work done on your car, did it improve low end power compared to Jack's 100 point example? This car looks even better in person.

[@marcusott2973]

@oregongaper At the time of me buying it, the engine work had already been done, at considerable costs compared to what the car was worth back then. The previous owner wasn't happy with the power and had instructed Mr. Moser senior (he had been one of Jochen Rindts mechanics) to build him the most powerful engine possible. Mr. Moser obliged and installed a lightened flywheel, lumpier competition cams, lightened internals, it was ported and polished, bigger jets in the carburettors and a competition clutch. Low down there wasn't much, but it flew up the rev range and came alive above 3.500. The previous owner didn't like how it drove after the modifications. Stalling it with the fierce clutch was quite easy, and at cold starts it sounded quite rough, so I managed to buy it for basically a bit more than the modifications cost. The current owner has had the engine detuned somewhat, with standard cams, flywheel and clutch.

[@marcusott2973]

@uesnizburunuz.f1gpformulauno it was actually 1.988 litre engine to comply with Italian tax laws. But always marketed as Fiat Dino 2000 so as a 2.0l.

[@bsport131]

Lovely looking car

[@fossilfish786]

Amazing car. When wheeler dealers had one and changed the orange carpets I was crying. Beautiful

[@focusrssteve]

In my humble opinion, one of the most beautiful designed cars to ever exist, would love to own one.

[@ianrabbidge1321]

I owned one in the late 90s and through to the mid noughties. Special cars.

[@silvaanosvs8783]

First Fiat I would actually pay money for. Simply gorgeous, and what a sound!

[@benzinapaul7416]

Check out the 130 Coupe and that will be your second!

[@AxLWake]

I don't know how it sounds in the cabin, this dude complained about it but it sure did sound glorious when filmed from the outside.

[@TassieLorenzo]

@@AxLWake I guess it's that forward-facing airbox design, I suppose it doesn't direct the sound into the cabin as much as a usual filter (or mesh screen!) on a Weber carb without an enclosure.

[@nigelalderman9178]

There are plenty of FIATs from this era that go and drive much better that the competition, but many not pretty and rotted very rapidly in a damp climate. The twin cam engine was wonderful.

[@martinda7446]

I rather like all the Fiats from the 60s and 70s, the little 850 coupe is a fave as is the 124 sport coupe. I had a yellow CC 1800 and it was very nice indeed.

[@marinus9496]

How stupid, why is he complaining about the noise? This engine sounds mind blowing beautiful

[@giovannilovo7567]

one of the most beautiful cars ever built

[@jehl1963]

Looking at the car again in this video, you can see a few areas where Ford may have been "inspired" by as they designed the original Capri.

[@alphatrion100]

I see an opel Manta A when I look at this front

[@jehl1963]

@@alphatrion100 True! My family used to have a couple of those. I definitely have fond memories of them.

[@martinda7446]

@@alphatrion100 Yep, I really liked the original Manta, they said at the time it was like a baby Aston, but it sure resembles the Bertone shape... Who penned the Opel I wonder?

[@strat0871]

Right, but the front grille looks more like a Capri mk III, or the Aston DBS of that time.

[@martinda7446]

@strat0871 Yep, I hadn't looked at one for ages. Back in the day they looked really sharp.. Not quite so much as I remember as I look again? Funny that..

[@1sostatic]

OMG ...a "real car" on youtube! ! ! ! One of my fav stylings, 2nd to the Maserati Ghibli 1968.

[@SuperMadpom]

I loved the Wheeler Dealers episode where they bought one that had been impounded by the Italian police a couple of decades previously and fixed it up. Great looking car - pretty car 🙂

[@mercoid]

Greenhouse visibility seems fantastic in there too. A beautiful car. ❤️

[@J.C.Vleugel]

the coupe looks better than some ferrari's imho...very nice car!

[@TheAlfaNut]

Standard exhaust maybe but it still sounds great to me!

[@AaronRandolphChen]

This has to be one of the most gorgeous Italian classics I have ever seen especially in this color. Hard to believe it's only a 2 liter. Sounds lovely too, in my opinion. Great video!

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

It grew to 2.4L by '69.

[@fankullah]

I think it sounds beautiful; the sound is elegant with peaks of fury. I find it Mozartian and similar to the Alfa Romeo 'Busso'. And the styling is one of Giugiaro's top 10. When I was very little -three years old - I confused it with the original Aston Martin V8 (my father took me to see 'On her majesty's secret service' - I was 3)

[@delahayenator]

Incredible line of cars Giugiaro had already put out at such a young age. Hes my al time favorite car designer. Amazingly versatile. He had the biggest impact on how cars looked from the 60s into the 80s

[@AxLWake]

Maybe the sound in the cabin is very muted because the dude complained about it but I do agree with you, when filmed from the outside it did sound glorious.

[@studiocalder818]

Mozartian, 😂, very nice!

[@rhettcorcoran2879]

I like the backstories on these cars.

[@barfmeister8509]

Absolutely glorious 🇮🇹❤️

[@henryleroux8768]

210 l drums on the assembly line ------ I LOVE IT ...THANK YOU --JACK ---

[@yellowrat77]

The sound your looking for is in the front. The ITG filter kit from SF would be all you need. To sample before purchase, just remove the lid off stock unit and take a drive. Personally I am happy with the original setup - always a treat to drive. Though the live axle does not look good on paper it works great on the road! A few more hours. or a couple of days and its possible you would be using your right foot to lead the dance with the rear wheels in a most delicate and satisfying manner.

[@ElBlingo]

I’d have one in a heartbeat, that engine noise!

[@546268]

Never seen you so happy driving a car!! Get one!!

[@AVM-Music]

I love the sound of most engines, but old school V6 and Inline 6 engines really do sound almost spiritual

[@tocsa120ls]

a shame we lost Guy Croft a few years ago... he could work _magic_ on these engines

[@djape1977]

He wasn't expert in these v6 but in 4cyl twincam. And he was a huge arsehole, zero communication skills

[@user-sy1ed9ex5m]

This engine, with trumpets on the carbs= the best V6 sounds (and I love the Busso V6, but this is on another level)

[@bertone83]

IMHO the most beautiful and elegant GT ever built!

[@barrybreen4076]

Great review Jack, one of my all time favourite cars!

[@MarkmanOTW]

Lovely car. You can tell its from the Bertone stable with Giugiaro's touch and finesse. I'd happily buy and drive that Fiat 👍

[@ernestfinch1578]

Marcello Gandini gets credit for the Design .

[@MarkmanOTW]

@@ernestfinch1578 Yes, I should have said and accidentally omitted - well pointed out 👍. Although instigated by Giugiaro, Gandini did indeed refine and complete the design, and is appropriately credited. 🙏

[@CherylCold]

Still remember them changing hands for around 6k. I'm old.

[@ianrabbidge3163]

I bought one in 1997 for £6500

[@ryanmccormick2150]

Absolutely stunning car! Funny I just watched the Italian job on Saturday it was on film 4 .... anyway fantastic car ! Cracking stuff Jack 👍

[@Lee_Pitcher]

Who was crazy enough to let you loose with that??! Lovely. Great colour combo. Nearly bought one of these 15 months ago on fleaBay but was outbid by £50. Went and bought a Granturismo in revenge ! And as much as I love it I probably should have bid a bit more. Engine in the Dino sounds quite similar to a Merak (from memory)

[@sebastiend.5335]

65 degrees? Reminds me of my old Honda Magna! Greetings, as always, from the Netherlands

[@jeffreypostma6832]

One of the most beautiful cars, just lovely!

[@aussiebloke609]

Raked steering wheels were common back in the day - it helps you get your strength behind it and pull towards you when at parking speeds - remembering that this is before power steering became ubiquitous. FIAT and Alfa also had a tendency to overdo the rake a little, but I'm told it was common practice in Italy at the time to hold the lower rim when driving, shuffling it from hand to hand, rather than the classic "10 to 2" position...which makes the reach to the wheel so much more comfortable, even letting you put the seat back a little to stretch your legs..

[@albertseabra9226]

Fiat should make a Revival Model of this gorgeous and glorious car. In my view, the nicest Car ever made. Fit for a King. And the price was great. No need to sell the Crown's jewels...

[@johnmull59]

Buy one 😊. One of the best looking cars of all time.

[@commendatore2516]

such a beautiful classic car!

[@aussiebloke609]

1:07 I love this profile view. It reminds me of the Iso Griffo, one of the more perfectly balanced designs. Maybe you'll get to test one of those before too long, Jack?

[@UberLummox]

Good looking for sure, but it's roof looks a little bulbous. Sorta like an AMC Marlin or a 1st gen '66/7 Charger.

[@bigpants6121]

Ed china and Brewer had one in their workshop. Sounded good and looked good.

[@carlharvey7098]

What fantastic video Jack & wow what a wonderful car! And ive learned something too

[@Number27]

Thanks Carl!!

[@eze8970]

Thanks Jack, great looking & sounding car, & your enthusiasm always goes up a notch when talking about Italian cars! 🙏🙏

[@adrianmonk4440]

Italian cars, it's in his blood & DNA.

[@robhampsheir4325]

Sounds good to me. I think this should be your replacement for the Ferrari. I prefer the coupe to the spider

[@sward5106]

Just gorgeous. Bet it smells like it should inside too. I thought the exhaust note sounded perfect from the outside. Really enjoying the more historical/contextual detail in the videos, Jack. Great stuff!

[@jonleyton7905]

I think it sounds fantastic!

[@Rob901]

Love the Dino Coupe . Thought about buying one years ago after selling my Porsche 911

[@DanMosqueda]

I love these! I need to find one for my garage some day. I forgot it was in The Italian Job. That makes it even more important since I’ll likely never be able to afford a Miura!!!

[@andybrown169]

When car’s we’re interesting, classy and distinctive. Everything nowadays is boring, shapeless and drab. Unless you spend a fortune !

[@gillesaranda2843]

The line is stunning… a mix of Jensen,DBS, Audi 100 coupe, slightly Ghibli, a bit of 365…. Well, the right stuff….

[@tonysangwine-gould4733]

Great review Jack, unfortunately you have let the cat out of the bag, it was a bit of a secret squirrel car. Now everyone will want one. Seriously they are wonderful cars. The Ferarri Dino wouldn't have existed without Fiat building the engines for Enzo to go racing, so the car on many levels is truly important. It's only now that they are starting to get the praise they deserve. Hats off to Alex Dupe with his lovely example.

[@alfamonk]

they've been on the up for a while: a few years ago, maybe5(?) there were some 20KEuro cars about, now anything decent is 40-50K

[@studiocalder818]

FIAT in those years was not humble, it had the most complete and interesting range of all; it had bought Ferrari and was motorizing the world, from the USSR to Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Poland, Yugoslavia, India etc etc. His 128 had just become VW's reference model for the new Golf

[@psircos]

I don't know how it sounded in the car, but imo the exhaust note through the mic was pretty special. It does sound unique though, you're right.

[@peterblumbach6600]

The 2.0 is the prettier car. Nice dashboard nicer details. If it does not fit maybe try the 130 coupe.

[@nigel.w]

Another car you could consider is the Maserati Merak. I think you'd be very positively surprised. And available in RHD.

[@Rjhs001]

What a beautiful car. Jack, you need to buy one so we can see more of it on your channel. Purely selfish reasoning, I know, but I don't think you'd take much persuading.

[@Macmax7077]

Lovely car!

[@ericsissenwein3601]

My very best friend ( and best man at my wedding) had one in Canada and it was offered to me for sale. I didn’t know much about the engine that was in it and the timing wasn’t tight. Wow! Thanks for this video and all the driving fun. What a great car. I was always partial to sporting coupes and sedans over convertibles.

[@henryhol8538]

I love these! If I had to choose, I would take the MkII with the larger engine, independent rear suspension and updated dashboard!

[@grahamt33]

Jack, you are a very, very lucky man. WHAT a beauty this car is !

[@mortimersnerd8044]

Thank you for covering this fantastic car AND for making sure we won't embarrass ourselves if we ever talk cars with an Italian. "Lam-Prày-Dee"

[@johnhege6502]

Retired mechanic here, I haven't worked on the Fiat Dino, but I did spend a lot of time under the bonnet of the Ferrari Dino. I think your timing chains are making more noise than they should

[@benzinapaul7416]

I remember Mal Nicholson from Trentside Garage in Lincolnshire had a modified 2 litre that revved to around 8k, it sounded awesome, great cars

[@mattjukes8151]

He still has it & his daughter has a Spider 👍

[@tekis0]

I've never seen #27 smile so much! 2 more seats than the old 308, eh 27?

[@YorubaRemixed]

I love the never ending enthusiasm and a child's joy in his eyes, every time, just every car you can see in his channel! He's highlighting just the pluses, no negatives, just what you need to know to enjoy the car! The negatives goes like the dry specifications, a right approach, thank you, sir! Good things first!

[@johnvender]

Very easy to see where Mazda got the inspiration for the body styling of the early 70s Capella coupe :)

[@RUfromthe40s]

i bought one for what today is 100€ but not one piece of the car was in good condition but it drove and with holes in his exaust system it made a incredible racing sound ,i drove till the inspections started in my country ,in the 90´s ,remenber receiving a letter saying i had to take my mercedes from 1974 a w115 to inspection next year we were in 1993 and this i went to inspection with it in 1992 , but it had open recentelly .In the inspection center , all workers there were old guys i knew in highschool or working in the summer to go camping and with holes everywhere it passed without a bad remark ,i just thought "well, i´ll go camping with it ",people were always asking me what car was that ,it seemed no one knew this cars at the time ,this people from germany,italy ,france and the netherlands, almost forget a english guy too

[@James-nl6fu]

I first saw this car, being chauffeur driven for a Mafia Capo in the Italian job. I was convinced that it was a Ferrari. When Aston Martin needed a stylish new look to follow the DB6 William Towns ripped it off for the DBS 1967. The car is a GT size doppelganger of the Fiat Dino. Luckily, no one ever noticed and told Pininfarina

[@hakanaxlund7951]

Wonderful! Love to see your joy above 4 500 revs! 🙂 Great video from an english/italian guy with the correct pronunciation in both laguages. Really enjoyed this. Thanks/grazie!

[@hughwalker5628]

The greatest Fiat ever, especially in coupe form. Stunning in a way the Ferrari Dino, for me, just isn't. And, muted or not, an Italian V6 knocks the socks off a V8 or V12 for sheer musicality. 43 years on, I still beat myself up over my failure to buy a coupe for £5000 when it was offered. Your best review yet!

[@gazzafloss]

It sounds a bit "Johnny Staccato" when you give it the beans Jack, nice one. Love the small capacity six cylinder Fiats.

[@antonakis79ohyes]

The interior reminds me of that in the Lamborghini Miura! Fiat always produced amazing cars given the available means...!

[@BojanBojovic]

Your videos are great reminder for those who buy their cars only by looking for something that will be reliable, but in the end after 40 or 50 years when they look behind they will see all the bland cars they owned. But your videos show how important is to choose a car with some character, everything else about the reliability fades away. Also, reliability today is not a problem, also people get problems with those reliable brands as well, so hard to get some general rule with this. I would say, the life is too short to drive a boring car.

[@user-pr9si8sh5d]

This car is a mindblowing "GRAAL" !!! Desirable body, wonderfull engine and rather luxurious for a "simple" Fiat ! Audi tried to immitate it with the "100 coupé", but it was just an awkward immitation of this stunnig coupé designed by Pininfarina...

[@matijazupan6438]

What an epic vintage Italian car in mint condition! It sounds gloriously for a V6 (no comparison to modern vacuum cleaner-like turbocharged mills and/or overly flatulent exhausts).Thank you Jack for sharing with us your true love and passion for cars that still had/have soul in them. I find your shows as informative and interesting as to be viewed till the end, yet the greatest advantage is the contagious enthusiasm that spurts from each one of them.

[@cristianocastagno9680]

Beautiful colour that really enhances its looks, in the “usual” red it looks like a Ferrari that it is not but the metallic blue is super.

[@promerops]

Jack, you would like to spend more time with this car? Buy it, then! Why not? You obviously adore it! LJK Setright loved the Fiat Dino Coupe - and he knew a thing or two.

[@dusankocisevic6823]

Fiat Dino, the TOP OF THE POPS. Just keep them coming🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@rabit818]

Hood line extending and partially hiding the head lamps gives this Fiat a tougher stance. Cool car

[@narvul]

It sounds just right and looks astonishing. Italians made such lovely cars with great engines. Being on the poor side I'm a keen Alfa fan and owner.

[@italianduded1161]

I missed the most important videos… wow. I AM IN LOVE WITH THE FIAT DINO COUPE! (Especially the 2400) Damn this is such a great car 😍🇮🇹. The looks, the sound Damn I love it

[@ExUSSailor]

Enzo did tend to engender strong feelings, and, rivalries between him, and, others were responsible for some remarkable things. The GT40, and, Lamborghini spring to mind.

[@adrianmonk4440]

Cut to the chase, Enzo was passionate & a real pizzer.

[@yajustgotaloveit]

Maybe the best video job I have ever seen in capturing the essence of the car, though I would have liked to have seen through the windshield as well when accelerating, and hear the car a little with the windows down. Great inside filming, best ever! The front window appears big, and looks like good headroom! This is somewhere in the top five of my favorite cars along with theJames Bond Austin Martin model, Austin Healy MK111, Jaguar XKE, and the 1974 Dino Ferrari.

[@oldieman730]

I've always thought Mazda designers took serious cues from this car when designing the RX-2/Capella.

[@domsdriveway1282]

Every time I see the video tile, I think it's an Isuzu 117 Coupe. I saw a few 117s in Japan and they share the same base design as the Fiat Dino (Giugiaro often used the exact same concept for many cars).

[@hairydonuts6024]

I want one. What a beautiful car.

[@johnireland1629]

Another great drive...and my first close up look at one of these. And from the fun you had, I can see this as a worthy replacement for Influenzo. Waiting to see what you do.

[@mo155]

Love the sound and shape!

[@georgebettiol8338]

The Dino 206 engine was originally designed by Vittorio Jano when 'his services' along with the successful Lancia F1 racing cars were procured by Ferrari in the 1956. It was then further modified by the Ferrari engineer Franco Rocchi to bring it up to date in the early 1960s to enable it to be 'suitable and competative' for use in F2. Aurelio Lampredi's only involvment with the said Dino engine was to modify it for 'ease of production' at Fiat's manufacturing plant. Notably, the four cam Dino engine is not related to the later Fiat V6 that was fitted to the Fiat 130 coupe and sedan. The other contested issue with the 206 Dino engine was the power it produced. In Anthony Curtis' book titled 'Ferrari Dino', he states that Fiat's version of the engine develops 160 bhp and casts a doubt on the 180 bhp claimed by Ferrari since the engines were identical in every respect bar for some very modest changes to the carburetor settings. He also states that the engines were built on the same production line where they were not predetermined to be fitted to either vehicle so one can only conclude the Enzo quoted 180bhp is a classic 'Enzo marketting exaggeration' to ensure that 'his Dino engines' were seen as better than ones destined for Fiat's use. It may be that the slightly altered carburetor settings could yield a slight increase to the Fiat quoted 160 bhp, perhaps closer to 165, however a 20 bhp increase is very unlikely.

[@will4688]

Another great video. Thank you.

[@robertharris7027]

The Nardi wheel is not contemporary (too small, too thick). That apart, I always wanted that engine in my 124 spider (no idea whether it would fit inside). I remember when these cars were available at 15000€ in good shape, since no one wanted them. As time goes by.

[@winstonbunn4624]

Ever since "The Italian Job" I have loved this car. I owned one but had to sell it to pay for a career opportunity. One day I will own one again.

[@wallacemeoski2440]

I've always wanted a fiat Dino convertible. I"m not complaining if someone at random forced me to take a coupe. :)

[@Grayhook1]

That grill is one of my favorites after having a ‘72 Fiat 124 SC. Thoroughly enjoyed that car, but it was a crash magnet, five times and never my fault and even parked it got hit. It was a beautiful little sporty car.

[@gsigs]

Never noticed before how similar it looks to the Toyota 2000. That would be an interesting comparison.

[@UberLummox]

Only a little bit similar in the B pillar shape.

[@geetee7154]

That surely must be one of the most beautiful looking cars of the 60's, the Fiat 130 you did recently also another great car, the 130 Coupe must be the best looking car of the 70's,great review by the way👍

[@Akabei01]

I always thought this looked more like a British than a Italian car. If Aston Martin had built a 2 litre GT back then, it had probably looked pretty similar. The Dino is a beauty anyways and considering how rare and special it is nowadays, it's even rather low priced. The Alfa GTV 2000 Bertone of the same era in good condition isn't that much cheaper and was a mass product in comparision.

[@TheRonaldbaxter]

I saw one of these at a car event and it is an all round lovely looking car.

[@Nellis202]

Your facial expressions at 15:01 when you are at 4500rpm 😊

[@iainstewart6200]

Was that not an Ansa sticker I saw on the tailpipe? Apologies if I'm wrong but most old Italian cars end up with an Ansa as they are easier to come by than standard systems

[@rolandgrant8669]

Great review Jack, I've never seen you so happy..!