Jarama vs GT4

[dinkel]

Gandini dit a fine job.

Edited by dinkel on Monday 13th April 14:48

[a8hex]

dinkel said:

Gandini dit a fine job.

The fist of your links is broken Dinkel.

[dinkel]

Fixed! Thx.

[The Surveyor]

The Jamama is beautiful and sufficiently rare to appeal more than the GT4, although I wouldn't say no to either.

One odd quirk with the Jamara styling is that the way the back end bulks-up over the rear wheel arch makes the back wheels look smaller than the front.

[mickyveloce]

The Jarama is the undisputed king of the overhang; a real 70's classic- as wide as the wheelbase is long. It lacks the delicacy of the Islero, but has more exotic capital than the GT4.

I could never warm to the GT4 at all. I think that the driver (same applies to the clumsy Mondial) always looks tiny in that cab-forward design.

[dinkel]

Jarama is a small wheelbase car!

GT4 forward cabin: as is the Countach.

Both are rare and specific approaches by master Gandini.

[castex]

Jarama wins by KO in the first round.

[dbdb]

The Jarama was a much more expensive car when new, of course. It definitely has a brutishness missing in the Ferrari. I quite like the 308GT4; I think they look good. I'm not really a fan of Ferraris or of Lamborghinis - I would much rather have a contemporary Maserati. A Khamsin, please!

[castex]

I too quite like Dino 308gt/4. I shall never forget sitting on the bus from Florence to Abetone to go ski for the day and being overtaken with some allegro by an ever-so-slightly ratty one in TDF blue.

The one in dear Dinkel's pic, however? No ta. Not with those shields, those hubcaps.

[Justayellowbadge]

castex said:

I too quite like Dino 308gt/4. I shall never forget sitting on the bus from Florence to Abetone to go ski for the day and being overtaken with some allegro by an ever-so-slightly ratty one in TDF blue.

The one in dear Dinkel's pic, however? No ta. Not with those shields, those hubcaps.

Later examples were Ferraris, badged as such from the factory.

Agree on the shields though.

[castex]

Justayellowbadge said:

Later examples were Ferraris, badged as such from the factory.

Yes JAYB, and I did not mean to imply that a Dino would be any less of a car, just wouldn't wish to gloss over what was an interesting period in the company history and a romantic gesture by EF as it seemed the company later did.

[Justayellowbadge]

castex said:

Justayellowbadge said:

Later examples were Ferraris, badged as such from the factory.

Yes JAYB, and I did not mean to imply that a Dino would be any less of a car, just wouldn't wish to gloss over what was an interesting period in the company history and a romantic gesture by EF as it seemed the company later did.

My understanding is that it was Fiat being unable to help themselves slap their branding on their half of the joint venture that caused it to falter.

Although built at different plants, there was not meant to be a hierarchy of the coupe, spider and GT4. All were Dinos - Fiat could not resist claiming some of the glamour, to their detriment ultimately.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Thursday 16th April 21:39

[jaisharma]

A Gt4 was the first Ferrari I drove and very nice too
But the Jarama I had, had an engine to die for. I would be happy to have that again😄

[Parabola]

jaisharma said:

A Gt4 was the first Ferrari I drove and very nice too
But the Jarama I had, had an engine to die for. I would be happy to have that again??

I'd love to be able to do a post like this one day!

[dinkel]

I'm sure there'd be one for sale somewhere?