Category: Drive Time

So:  Ferrari V6 or Ferrari V8?  In an interesting rebuttal of an old myth about Enzo Ferrari, Hagerty’s Jason Cammisa pronounces a revelation.

However, the end of the “revelation” — just the last couple minutes of the video — has a side-by-side comparison of the sound made by the engines of the Dino 246 vs. that of the 308 as Cammisa takes each one along the same twisty mountain road.

As Longtime Readers know, I have a soft spot for the wonderful and curvy Dino 246 GT, the most beautiful car ever made:

…compared to a rather sour opinion of its successor, the flat-planed and wedgy Dino 308 GT4, which isn’t close to being beautiful:

However:  after listening to the two engines close together… I admit to a certain degree of confusion, because the V8 of the latter sounds absolutely glorious.

Put on some headphones, crank up the volume and see if you agree with me.

And yes:  a pox on whoever at Ferrari decided to do away with the manual gearbox.

…by a beautiful little Alfa Duetto 1750 Spider.  And why not?  Is he going to buy it?

…and three years later, Mr. Metcalfe drives the Mille Miglia  course in it.  The bastard.  Why is he a bastard?

Because driving the MM corsa  is very much on Ye Olde Buckette Lyst (as I discussed here, its extension here, and a discussion on a “pairing” here), and I envy Harry.  A lot.

I would humbly suggest that watching the videos and reading (or re-reading) these posts is not the worst way to spend a couple hours on a Saturday.  Enjoy the adventure.

…which brings this series to a close.

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See yesterday’s important amendment.

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Update:  Okay, I screwed up.  I should have posted the 1963 Lancia Flaminia instead:

Satisfied?

And seeing as it’s July 4th, why not look back at a time when we made manly American cars?

I can’t help but think that once Paul Revere had got over the “No horses?”  shock, he’d have approved, mightily.

And I think all the Founding Fathers would have approved of this farming implement:

…and they would have been quite familiar with the word “Gladiator”.