The first Ferrari Mondial iteration was introduced as the Mondial 8 at the 1980 Geneva Auto Salon. It was the first Ferrari to depart from the company's simple 3-digit naming scheme, and some reviews found it relatively mild, compared to other Ferraris, regarding performance, drawing criticism from some in the motoring press. It used a mid/rear-mounted fuel injected 2.9 liter V8 (2,926 cc), shared with the 308 GTBi and 308 GTSi, mounted transversely. After 703 Mondial 8's were produced, all in the coupe body style, it was replaced by the Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvole Coupe and the Quattrovalvole Convertible in late 1982.