1974 Dino 246 GTS
W
hile the Dino never bore the Ferrari name, its namesake was
the son of Enzo Ferrari. The company had a reputation for
exotic V-12 performance cars unobtainable to the typical
Porsche driver. To go after its German rival’s buyers without watering down
the name, Ferrari birthed Dino as a separate nameplate.
A mid-engined sports car, in contrast to the front-engined GTs that
displayed the prancing horse, the Dino is Tymkiw’s favorite ride. Its V-6
engine screams up to nearly 8000 rpm, and its lithe dimensions make it the
ultimate Enzo-era driver’s car.
It fits the driver like a glove, he says of his GTS model, with its
removable targa roof. In terms of comparables, Tymkiw puts the experience
somewhere between a Porsche Boxster and a Lotus Elise, with more
refinement than the latter, but a more raw and pure experience than the
former.
“It just begs you to drive it harder and harder,” he says.
While Dinos didn’t get the respect of other cars built by Ferrari
for many years, that dynamic has turned on its ear. A car worth around
$165,000 six years ago, it’s now estimated at around a half-million dollars.
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