In fact, it extended rearwards to include the two buttresses either side of the rear window, and Pininfarina’s clever mechanism allowed the hood to fold away neatly behind the seats.Ī cabriolet version of the Mondial Quattrovalvole was first shown to the press at the Military Academy in Modena in September 1983, at a conference hosted by Enzo Ferrari, the model making its show debut at the Brussels Salon the following January.
By a bit of canny engineering, Pininfarina managed to give the canvas top the same line as the coupé. Nine years after its last open-top car (the 365 GTS4) had gone out of production, Ferrari came back with a 2+2 spider. Ferrari 308 GTB Quattrovalvole (1982)įerrari Mondial Cabriolet © Ferrari S.p.A. It was the first Ferrari production road car to be fitted with fuel injection as standard equipment from new. The “Mondial” part of the model title was a reference to Ferrari’s history, referring to the mid fifties sports racing model of that name, whilst the figure “8″ was for the number of cylinders in the engine. The Mondial 8 was announced at the 1980 Geneva Salon, as the replacement for the Dino 308 GT4 model.
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Good anti-corrosion treatment, lots of attention to detail and a more ergonomic interior, plus a class-leading high-performance engine, complete the profile of what truly can be defined as Ferrari’s first car with all-round appeal. The Mondial 8 featured a wheel base 10 cm longer than the old model, thereby affording more space to the back seats. Unveiled to the waiting world at the 1980 Geneva Salon, the new Mondial 8 was very much the successor to the 308 GT4, and the styling marked the return of this high-performance, mid-engined, V8-powered 2+2 coupé to the Pininfarina fold.
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