zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Buying
/
Keith Richards' Dino 246 GT Is Up For Sale
Keith Richards' Dino 246 GT Is Up For Sale-April 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:09:48

What car would you buy if you were a rock god? It’s a fun question to ponder, but not one to take too seriously since most of us can’t always get what we want. Someone with about as much (or more) money than a rock god will get to live that dream, however, when they purchase Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ 1972 Ferrari Dino 246GT at the Goodwood Revival auction this weekend.

With such a fantastic machine, it would have been easy to let it sit and accrue value. But nothing is more rock n’ roll than actually driving the cars. And Richards didn’t just buy this gorgeous rear-engined asphalt-eater. No, he made sure to let the 2.4 liter, 175 horsepower V6 engine stretch its legs.

Richards even had the car flown from California back to England, and actually drove the car around Europe rather than flying with the rest of the band while on tour, reports. He actively drove the car all the way until 1986 when it was sold to a collector in Japan.

“If you want to feel like a Rock God, this is the car for you. The stunning low-sloping bonnet, purring engine power and 0-50 mph acceleration time of 5.5 seconds makes the 1972 Ferrari Dino 246GT a very attractive choice,” Sholto Gilbertson, Director of Motor Cars at Bonhams said in a statement on the Bonhams website.

A very attractive choice may be putting it mildly. It’s a goddamn beautiful car that survived the ’70s better than the majority of hotel rooms the Stones stayed at while on tour, and arguably better than Mick Jagger did. Its rarity makes it all the more special. Ferrari only made 2,700 Dino 246GTs between 1968 and 1974, and this one, with its heritage, is expected to take £300,000-400,000 (or $390,000-$510,000 in freedom bucks) at the Goodwood Revival auction on Sept. 8.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Buying
For $4,500, Is This DeTomaso a Dodge You Should Dodge?
For $4,500, Is This DeTomaso a Dodge You Should Dodge?
Alejandro deTomaso was like a graffiti artist, always willing to append his name to damn-near any automotive enterprise. Today’s Dodge 024 may be one of the Argentinian’s lesser scribbles, but does its price make it worth signing on the dotted line? Consider for a moment the Dodge Omni and Plymouth...
Apr 1, 2025
How Google Cars Could Change The Car-Buying Game
How Google Cars Could Change The Car-Buying Game
(What will Google Cars mean for car buyers, as well as established buying guide websites like Edmunds and Cars.com? from weighs in.) Google’s autonomous car program tends to get the lion’s share of attention when discussing the tech giant’s auto initiatives. But lurking in the background is a more immediate...
Apr 1, 2025
1972 Cadillac Ambulance: The Jalopnik Classic Review
1972 Cadillac Ambulance: The Jalopnik Classic Review
Have you ever wanted to drive an ambulance, lights blazing and sirens wailing in rush after glorious rush to rip people from the jaws of death and take them to the hospital? It can be pretty cool, but usually, driving an ambulance is all about getting a patient to the...
Apr 1, 2025
For $7,500, Is This The World’s Nicest TR7, And Does That Matter?
For $7,500, Is This The World’s Nicest TR7, And Does That Matter?
Today’s Triumph is probably one of the best condition TR7 coupes you could find. That’s likely due to it having only 15,000 miles, but begs the question does that make it worth fifty cents for each of those miles? British steel is not just a great Judas Priest album, it’s...
Apr 1, 2025
For $7,500, This Is A REAL Mini Pickup
For $7,500, This Is A REAL Mini Pickup
We all love Mini trucks, right? Well set your hearts to flutter because today’s mini truck is a real Mini Truck. Will your heart however, also love its price? Keeping Austin weird is a full time job, and yesterday’s was doing its share. Unfortunately for its seller, 68% of you...
Apr 1, 2025
For $5,500, Keep This Beetle Weird
For $5,500, Keep This Beetle Weird
The mantra of a certain eclectic Texas town is to keep Austin weird. Today’s 1970 Bug is Austin-located, and with a Mazda 13B is kind of weirdly wonderful. Hopefully for its seller, the price won’t weird you out. Around here, two grand for a working car is usually considered a...
Apr 1, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved