Selasa, 31 Maret 2009

Ferrari's 599XX Is Not For The Faint Of Heart. Or Wallet ..

We have only heard rumors of this machine, and it has finally been on show at the Geneva Motor Show 2009. The 599XX has made my heart skip a beat, probably the meanest looking Ferrari I have seen which doesn’t look like a full blown race car. I like the combination of Red and Dark Grey top half & Rims. They have thrown everything they have into this machine, this is the most extreme version. Only a select few will be offered the chance to buy this machine. I’m still stunned by it!

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Ferrari's 599XX Is Not For The Faint Of Heart. Or Wallet.

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The Geneva Motor Show isn't all about hybrids, EVs and hopeful thinking. There are some hardcore sports cars there as well. Ferrari, as always, brought out some serous iron. Or in this case, some serious alloy, carbon composites and technical know-how.

Witness the 700-horsepower 599XX. It’s about as serious as a sports car gets, but sadly, we’ll never see it on the roads. The 599XX is designed exclusively for the track.

The 599XX is based on the magnificent 599 GTB Fiorano but is a different beast altogether. It’s slathered with all the latest high tech goodies from Ferrari’s racing department and is not aimed merely at the rich. The 599XX, like the FXX before it, is to be sold, in Ferrari’s words, to "a select group of clients," which is to say people are are both rich and want to go wheel-to-wheel during exclusive Ferrari track days. When those few fortunate souls aren't actually behind the wheels of their 599XXs, Ferrari will graciously store them.

Not only do owners of the 599XX get to do some weekend racing, they get to help out with the testing and development of innovations that will make it into road-going Ferraris. That means they'll be playing will all the cool stuff before anyone else.

The 599XX packs a lot of its own cool stuff. It ditches the Fiorano's front end for an airdam/splitter. There's another splitter and a wing at the back, and the XX's aero package is good for almost 1,400 pounds of downforce at 185 mph. Such speeds are attained thanks to the heavily modified and lightened 6.0-liter V12 that red-lines at 9,000 RPM. Carbon ceramic brakes clamped by aluminum calipers bring the car down from frightening velocities post haste.

The 599XX is available in any color so long as it's red. No word on the price, but that doesn't matter. Ferrari has already contacted those it wishes to sell the cars to, and it's a safe bet every one of them can afford it.

Photo: Ferrari.

Ferrari 599XX: First Live Shots Of New Track-Ready Stallion! 2009

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Here are the first pictures from the Geneva International Motor Show of Ferrari’s brand new laboratory on wheels program for it’s uber exclusive clients. This program leverages all of Ferrari’s F1 knowledge and will most likely lend a hand towards the next generation Ferrari 599 GTB. Just like the Ferrari FXX Evoluzione program.


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Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

Ferrari is planning a couple of major reveals at next week’s Geneva motor show, and they both concern our favourite current supercar – the fabulous 599 GTB Fiorano.

The biggest news is the 599XX, a unique tech-fest in the vein of the Enzo-based FXX. In Ferrari’s words it’s ‘aimed at a select group of clients’, which in the FXX’s case meant a group of wealthy owners who ran a car on exclusive Ferrari trackdays and stored it with the supercar giant when not in use. The car wasn’t road legal (unless you investigated some unofficial tweaks) and it’s unlikely the 599XX will be a road car.

Instead it’ll be a unique track toy that demonstrates all of the Prancing Horse’s new technology and innovations, with its lucky owners trying out and helping along the development of stuff that will make it onto series production Ferraris further down the line. A lot of the tech is filtered straight down from the company’s F1 research, and fittingly the 599XX will be displayed at Geneva wearing the F12008 Grand Prix car’s colour.

Also on show, and of more relevance to the rest of us (just), is the Handling GT Evoluzione dynamic package for the 599 GTB Fiorano. It’s essentially the same idea as the Fiorano handling back bestowed upon the Ferrari 575M, the 599GTB’s predecessor.

Whether the latter’s handling can be improved much more remains to be seen, but we’ll find out more details as Ferrari reveals its new cars and tech on March 3 when Geneva opens. Come back then for more details, and in the meantime read our Geneva motor show previews.

Senin, 23 Maret 2009

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