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Dino is Ferrari’s most controversial project ever and the name honors Enzo Ferrari's late son.

As the story goes, Alfredino Ferrari, the only son of Enzo Ferrari, suggested to his father the development of a V6 racing engine for Formula 2 in the early 60s. Enzo approved his son's project, despite being in favor of V12 engines. He employed famed engineer Vittorio Jano to design this engine and the result was a very compact, 1600cc, quad-cam V6 which eventually won several F2 championship titles.

Before this turn of events could happen, Alfredino would suffer from a tragic fate, dying of kidney disease. Taking him several years to fully recover from heartbreak, Enzo Ferrari put the V6 into a mid-engined sports car and badged it "Dino" in memory of his son.