Serial number 115378 420 units produced Enthralling mechanics Stylish design European circulation title The Dino Spider was born of a union as unusual as it was unexpected. Its parents were Fiat and Ferrari. On the one hand, the Turin-based industrial giant, manufacturer of models for the middle classes, which will produce the popular Italian car par excellence, and on the other hand, an artisanal brand which is surely its exact opposite. However, both needed this marriage to restore Fiat's reputation and also to allow Ferrari to homologate its V6 engine so that it could be used in its brand new Formula 2 car. 500 examples of the Fiat Dino were needed to enter this engine in competition. The story of this engine takes place at the beginning of the 1960s, a decade in which the Maranello firm was in financial difficulty due to overpriced touring cars with unreliable and complicated mechanics. The big boss was forced to widen his range and decided to exploit a brand new engine created by his son Dino in collaboration with Jano, a mechanical engineer at Fiat and Alfa Romeo. Initially designed with a 1.5l displacement, it was quickly upgraded to a 2.0l engine fed by 3 Weber 160 twin carburettors. The "little" V6 was slipped under the NOITCELLOC ED SELIBOMOTUA 1202 ERBMEVON 70 EHCNAMID