Dino Roso design study takes another stab at reviving Ferrari's classic 246 GT
Dino Roso design study– Click above for a high-res image gallery
Good or bad, everybody's got an opinion on the styling of contemporary Ferrari offerings – a fact that could go a long way toward explaining why everybody and their cousin wants to have a go at designing the Italian stallions themselves. The latest to join the fold is Paolo Roso, an apparently aspiring automotive designer. His project? The Dino Roso, a project that aims to reinterpret the classic 1967 Dino 246 GT in a radically different form.
While we have to admit we're not big fans of the front end (and we have to wonder how the driver is supposed to see around those enormous pillars – rollover protection isn't an issue in fantasy) – there are certain attractive elements to the design. If you care to see for yourself, it's on display through October in 1:10 scale model form at the "Sognando l'automobile" (Dreaming the Automobile) exhibit at the Museo dell'Automobile Bonfanti-Vimar in northern Italy. Or if your passport is out of date, you could always just click on the thumbnails below to view in our high-res gallery.
Gallery: Dino Roso design study
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Carlos 11:32AM (6/01/2009)
That looks like a bad hot wheels design.
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skimrn 11:40AM (6/01/2009)
The front looks like that alien from The Predator who Arnie beat the hell out of...
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John Johnson 11:40AM (6/01/2009)
No.
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Clay Garland 11:43AM (6/01/2009)
How am I going to get all this vomit out of my keyboard?
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Gav 11:44AM (6/01/2009)
Ferrari should be calling their lawyers right about now.
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Aprime 11:46AM (6/01/2009)
Aztek meets Gallardo then rapes Enzo.
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MikeofLA 11:46AM (6/01/2009)
Looks like a bad 90's "Futuristic" design... something out of Demolition man.
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aarondeep 12:45PM (6/01/2009)
Demolition man, thats hillarious I was thinking something bad from Robocop series
artandcolour 11:48AM (6/01/2009)
nope. looks like a renault.
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Majarvis 11:49AM (6/01/2009)
Ahhh! My eyes are burning!
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N 12:09PM (6/01/2009)
looks like one of those car shaped bath toys for kids.
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Steve C 5:57PM (6/01/2009)
Owning a 1972 246 GTS, I can only say they shouldn't talk about that name (Dino) or that model (246 GT/GTS), which never carried the Ferrari nameplate, unless it's to be the same type of product.
If this new model is to be a similar marketing exercise to the first Dino -- smaller, less powerful engine, lower price, etc. ala the Porsche Boxster -- then bring it on. It would be nicer, however, if the flow of the design was more "classic" than these photos suggest.
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JZeke 1:04PM (6/01/2009)
This really has nothing to do with the 246.
That car was delicate, lithe... what is this? Its bulky and overwrought. Anyone who wants to rethink the Dino needs to remember it was less, not more Ferrari.
I'm interested to see a radical Dino - but still a Dino.
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AUTOMANIAC 1:42PM (6/01/2009)
Are you kidding?!
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tom 3:08PM (6/01/2009)
Too ostentatious.
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ozcanozkaya 4:18PM (6/01/2009)
So angular and cornered for Ferrari but I like the rear design.
Thank you.
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greenchile505 4:34PM (6/01/2009)
Messing with the camera FOV does not help in this case. Makes the car look like a 1:24 scale toy.
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I am Rich 7:43PM (6/01/2009)
Um, is that the front or back?
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AJB83 5:01AM (6/02/2009)
Looks like a railway locomotive.
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Nick 9:06AM (6/02/2009)
Add a little more to the front end.
I'll take it!
Nick
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