If im not mistaken, didnt Ferrari issue a press release about 30 days ago asking the media to stop reporting on the possibility of a production Dino and that it would simply not be made as it would diminish the brands image?

Anyone watch that episode of ultimate factories where they went inside the Ferarri plant and showed how they built cars? Pretty amazing.

Apparently "for the masses" means something different to different people. I hardly see how a $134,000 - 148,000 is anywhere near a car that even people in the top 10% of income level can buy.

Now $34,000-48,000, yes.

I still don't believe it. Ferrari has no need for a mass market car. If this car ever comes into being, it's really a Maserati or perhaps even a flagship alfa romeo.

ferrari must think we are not worthy of there masterpeices because we are "poor" lol... haha italy can suck my nuts. cant wait to see this car get lapped y the new GTR on the neurenburg, or passed by an EVO on your local highway...

ferrari must think we are not worthy of there masterpeices because we are "poor" lol... haha italy can suck my nuts. cant wait to see this car get lapped by the new GTR on the neurenburg, or passed by an EVO on your local highway...

ferrari must think we are not worthy of there masterpeices because we are "poor" lol... haha italy can suck my nuts. cant wait to see this car get lapped by the new GTR on the neurenburg, or passed by an EVO on your local highway...

Yeah Clayton, their factories are amazing. I think all the hicks who try to compare Vipers/Z06s/Ford GT's should watch that epsiode.

People, stop whining about the price. There is never going to be a Ferrari in the same price class a Mustang or Corvette...they just don't know how / want to build a pile of crap.

GTR's and EVO's are tuner cars you moron...and learn how to spell with your "poor" ass...

Why would Ferrari even want to sell a car to the masses? I agree with many of you - a car priced at over $120,000 isn't for the masses. At car aimed at the masses would have to be priced from $35,000 to $40,000. Whoever released this news about the car for the masses sure made a mess of this subject as a PR move.

This is definitely not a car for the masses, but I think TR called it that, I don't think Ferrari is dumb enough to bill this as a car for the masses. I think Ferrari knows that anyone who could own a car in the $100,000 range is definitely not mass market, more like the crowd that is just on the cusp of crossing into wealthy from upper middle class. The average net worth of that kind of buyer will be well into the millions, most likely the $5 mil crowd. At a paltry rate of return, someone with $5,000,000 in the bank can make $150,000 a year (thats only a 3% rate of return). With financing, that makes the Ferrari affordable. That neglects that a Ferrari, due to its very nature, needs lots of upkeep. The car naturally needs as much maintaining as a race car.

But, its still more mass market than other Ferraris.

Also, I think this car does make sense for Ferrari. Think about it, when they released the Enzo, it was supposed to be the end all supercar. On the track its still king, unless straight lines are there, then the Veyron or CCX take the lead, but I think its the 599 that is just a quarter second slower than the Enzo. The excuse? Ferrari says the 599 is newer technology.

If Ferrari beats the Enzo so quickly (its been less than 5 years I think right?) then the legacy of that car is damaged. Better to build fewer cars and offer cheaper ones (that are far less quick) then damage the legacy of the car that is derived from its founders name.

Allen, The Enzo was never king at the track, It never even came close to dislodging the now 14 year old Mclaren F1, The truth is that there were several versions of the Mclaren, the original version would likely loose on a track, however the Mclaren evolved into the F1 LM, which celebrated a racing win at Le Mans and added race style down force, as well as a more powerful version of the engine that was similar to the race car's engine. Handling for the LM is vastly improved over the standard version, and many owners actually had their cars converted partial to LM spec because of this. And then there was the final variation, the GT, which featured extended body work similar to the full racing GTR version, the GT featured increased down force compared to the original version, but did not feature a wing. The racing versions are likely to some extent in private hands now, The racing version finished 1,2,3,5,13th at Le Mans in 1995. Anyways the Enzo was never anything very special, poorly built, over weight at nearly 3300 lbs compared to less than 2600 for the F1, and rather Ugly to boot, if any company other than Ferrari had built it, no one would think it was great.

As far as a Dino is concerned I like the idea, however The F430 is already a $170k car so this is not a huge discount. If Ferrari wanted to build a car for the people they would look to hitting a sweet spot of around $70~80K, this would put them into contention with Dodge Vipers, Corvette Z06's, Porsche 911 Carrera's, the up coming High performance Skyline GTR variants, The Maserati Coupe, and the Jaguar XK. I would say those make a list that many people of upper middle class income levels aspire to, even if only a small percentage ever manage to fulfill those dreams.

You buy a Ferrari to raise your status, not to drive it. The truth is a Corvette is faster and more reliable. But nothing has the look and feel of a Ferrari. Anybody who drives a Rolls Royce for 5 minutes will realize a Toyota Camry is a better car, but you buy a Rolls to be seen in it.

If you want a 45K sports car look at the Lotus Elise, its more fun to drive than just about anything you can buy at any price (including any Ferrari) but like the Ferrari its a tiny two seat hot rod that you might not want to take to the supermarket.

Sports cars are fine for the elderly, but if you want to go fast get a motorcycle.