Comments on: Despite official claims, wild Ferrari Dino speculation continues

By: Piablo

Piablo — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:20:31 +0000

Peo, Kudos to you, you get the bronze star today. And I personally have the picture they used to slap the 599 Fiorano front end on the thing. This car is a hoax.

By: Veda

Veda — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:48:33 +0000

Which begs the question of whether you’re willing to trade an expensive sports car for a couple nights with a celebrity of your choice. The ownership of such a car would score you some decent lays but what is it worth to ya?

By: onur

onur — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:34:13 +0000

Well first of all a 4.2 v8 is impossible. 480 hp is a ridiculous claim as well. Who the hell is going to buy the F430 if this is a truckload cheaper and has better performance (assuming it will be lighter than the F430)

And the second thing is Ferrari mentioned a while ago that only the v6 engined models will be called “Dino”.

By: Peo

Peo — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:06:43 +0000

If you look at the swedish car mag http://www.teknikensvarld.se they have located the exact pics of Cayman that Poblete has used for this “Dino”. It´s even the same girl driving “both cars”…

By: Kaizen

Kaizen — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:43:13 +0000

My my that is hideous. Ditto to Veda. The Vantage is instant sex.

By: Veda

Veda — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:14:15 +0000

I’d be actually embarassed to be in a Dino. It’s really a Ferrari for those who can’t afford the real thing. I’d rather take the Aston or for pure performance Porsche.

By: Renton

Renton — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:38:29 +0000

I’ll take one.

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:32:51 +0000

It looks like a cross between an Audi TT and a nissan 350Z

By: meanpants555

meanpants555 — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:20:49 +0000

They can work the loop hole of calling it a Dino and not a Ferrari. One of the British mags said that they had called suppliers to Ferrari and they confirmed the existence of this car.

By: Freshshoebox

Freshshoebox — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:53:22 +0000

I don’t think the rendering was the point of the story…

Still though, as Angelo said: if it’s a cayman, it’s the best damn looking cayman ever and I want one.

By: peter g

peter g — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:44:07 +0000

The “mythical Elise-Cayman-Ferrari” is right on and I love it ( not the car though )…Ferrari won’t be able to deny this story, they’ll probably be too busy laughing and enjoying all this free awareness ( or what them advertising people call it ).

By: hanlond

hanlond — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:44:05 +0000

They’re seem to be pics of a Elise with Ferrai badging a little more rather than pics of a real future Ferrari to me.

By: imageWIS

imageWIS — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:34:26 +0000

Ah, yes the mythical Elise-Cayman-Ferrari…

Jon.

By: Piablo

Piablo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:41:42 +0000

Wow, didn’t take long at all to get someone’s panties all bunched up.
Roadrage, I think you missed the point. It’s not about my wealth of skills, nor my immense artisitic ability. To let you in on a little secret, I don’t plan on photoshopping anything. The POINT is that this is an obvious photoshop job of a Porsche Cayman and therefore not worthy of any story. These pictures are as ludicrous as an Escalade being photoshopped with prancing stallions and a bright red paint job. Get it??

By: Jazz

Jazz — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:30:49 +0000

Photoshop or not that is a good looking car. don’t like the hood louvers

By: cknoff

cknoff — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:00:43 +0000

Looks like the Lotus Elise to me…

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:42:35 +0000

480 hp in a 911 competitor? thats unlikely, especially considering the Vantage is under 400 and the F430 has a ballpark horsepower number, which would make it pointless to purchase in the eyes of many.

By: roadrage

roadrage — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:20:23 +0000

well…why don’t you show us your photoshop skills then Piablo. we are all dying to see your interpretation of Ferraris SUV rendering based on Escalade. we are really dying to see how good you are and to see if you can come up with anything decent.

BTW, these rendering, especially front 3/4 ones are quite nicely done.

By: angelo

angelo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:23:42 +0000

if it’s a Cayman, it’s the best damn looking Cayman ever and I want one.

By: Piablo

Piablo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:38:53 +0000

And now that I spent two seconds looking at the photos, someone just photoshopped a Cayman. How does this get any press? The last fake picture looked 20 times better than this one.

To get peoples panties really in a bunch, I will photoshop an Escalade and and send it to a couple magazines saying there is no Dino, it was just a cover for Ferraris new SUV!

By: Fatstrat

Fatstrat — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:38:50 +0000

There was a similar story in ‘Automobile’. They claim it’s a go even if Ferrari denies it right now.

By: Piablo

Piablo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:34:20 +0000

Someone has a sense of humor out there. That’s the only explanation.

By: MyGodBeatsYourGod

MyGodBeatsYourGod — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:13:42 +0000

Don’t ya love Adobe’s PhotoShop?

I see some Cayman/Boxster, 355, Scagiletti, etc all blended.

Much better than CCW’s silly stationwagon ‘chops.

By: Veda

Veda — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:38:01 +0000

Nice to dream indeed. No wonder the speculations won’t die. People are dying to spend their savings on a Ferrari. The cheaper the closer.