{"id":6486,"date":"2020-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/40-years-of-ferrari-mondial\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:19:48","slug":"40-years-of-ferrari-mondial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/40-years-of-ferrari-mondial\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Years of Ferrari Mondial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After Ferrari had ordered the design for the Dino 308 GT4 as a 2+2-seater with a mid-engine from Bertone, there were heated discussions among customers and brand fans. Many didn’t like the new lines. Others demanded that only Pininfarina should be the designer of new Ferrari models. Nevertheless the 308 GT4 sold excellently. For the 1980 Geneva Motor Show, the replacement by a successor models was on the agenda. The platform of the 308 GTB was used as the technical basis, but with a wheelbase extended by 310 to 2,650 millimeters. This meant that two additional seats could still be accomodated in the rear. The name was taken from a racing car from the 1950s: Mondial.

While the predecessor model designed by Bertone had already been the subject of controversy, the Mondial caused further discussion. Fans of the 308 GT4 smiled at the fact that the rather unfavourably proportioned design of the Mondial came from Pininfarina. In the side view, the C-pillars, which are pulled far back, cleverly conceal the mid-engine design, but are counteracted by the large, ribbed cooling air intakes behind the doors. Between the C-pillars, the bonnet lies horizontally below the vertical rear window. Behind the four seats was initially a three liter V8 engine with petrol injection and 157 kW\/214 hp.<\/p>\n\n\n

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