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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Lovely looking car

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

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)

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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 🙂

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

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

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

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

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)

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

one of the most beautiful cars ever built

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

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

Standard exhaust maybe but it still sounds great to me!

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!

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..

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

One of the most beautiful cars, just lovely!

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?

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

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

Absolutely glorious 🇮🇹❤️

I like the backstories on these cars.

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

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!!!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

IMHO the most beautiful and elegant GT ever built!

such a beautiful classic car!

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

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

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

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!

I think it sounds fantastic!

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

Loved the video, thanks very much!! Although I have never driven a 2000, I have been a long time owner of a 2400 Coupe. Indeed, the heavier car (cast-iron block with 180 hp instead of 160) makes it a slightly different animal. Bigger block, ZF dogleg gears, better dash (imho, gauges more centralized), different seats, all in all making this a true GT. Funnily enough also the Dino 246 always had slightly more hp than the other cars with the same engine, I believe 190 or 195 hp. I agree with your comments that Ferrari would not have it to deliver the same power as the other cars. Which brings me to a little surprise! If I am correct, the way that was envisaged to reach the right number of engines for homologation was a spread over 3 brands even. Ferrari with the Dino (which was not allowed to be called Ferrari, due to NOT being a 12 cylinder), Fiat but also Lancia!!! You forgot to mention the famous Stratos - the rally champion of the 70's - which has the very same 2400 Engine. Eventually there were much more than 500 engines produced and on the road, I guess the choice for this engine was a bigger success than old Enzo could imagine. Even despite the fact that the Fiat was equally expensive as (or even more) a DB, E-type or 911. But I enjoyed the massive grin 🙂

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.

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

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.

Lovely car!

Sounds fantastic, looks like a million dollars, have always lusted after it. Great video

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...

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

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!

Another great video. Thank you.

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.

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

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

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"

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

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👍

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

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.

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

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

Love the sound and shape!

I see they have a low mileage 2400 dino coupe also. It would be interesting to see you review the two of them back to back. Amazing that they have two at the same time the same color w/ both motor options.

I want one. What a beautiful car.

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

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.

Bucket list car for me. Absolutely stunning.

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.

Stunning car. Thanks Jack...

Awesome video sir.

I LOVE your videos!!!

Thanks Jack, what a lovely car. Sure I am biased as I have a history of Fiats. 125s, 124, and a few hot 131s and a 130. That car is unique. It is a Fiat and no rust! We had a kit to fix the steering wheel location. All Fiats handled and most were understeer with lift off oversteer. I only saw one Fiat Dino in Australia. But sadly Fiat like a few other manufacturers have lost their way.

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.

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

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

Thanks for reviewing. Looks outrageously cool, also the interior with the haptic instruments. Uncool are the noise and the lack of space.

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

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.

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

Shame its not the more menacing 2400 but still - what a great car. I believe this early suspension was pretty much straight from the (twincam) Fiat 125, which was an underrated handler, especially with some camber shims pulled out…

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Briefly had a green coupe when I was a kid. Sounded amazing. I saw a modded version years ago and fell in love. Remove the bumpers and it’s one of the most beautiful coupes ever!

Gorgeous bit of Kit .