ðə mˈɑːnoʊkˌoʊk tˈʌb wʌz bˈeɪst əpˌɑːn ðɪ ˈɜːlɪɚ maɪnˈɑːɹɹi kˈɪt kˈɑːɹ dɪzˈaɪnd baɪ ˈændɹuː bˈɑːɹoʊmən ænd ʃˈɔːn pɹˈɛndɚɡˌæst ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, ðə dɛlfˈiːnoʊ wʌz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli ɐ pɹˈoʊɾoʊtˌaɪp maɪnˈɑːɹɹi kˈɪt kˈɑːɹ ðæt hɐdbɪn mˈɑːdᵻfˌaɪd tə tˈeɪk ɐ sˈuːbɚɹˌuː dɹˈaɪv tɹˈeɪn æz əpˈoʊzd tə ðɪ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl ˈælfɚ ɹˈoʊmɪˌoʊ dɹˈaɪv tɹˈeɪn.
The monocoque tub was based upon the earlier Minari Kit Car designed by Andrew Borrowman and Sean Prendergast in the early 1990s, the delfino was originally a prototype Minari kit car that had been modified to take a Subaru drive train as opposed to the original Alfa Romeo drive train.