RE: Driven: Ferrari 599 XX

[TonyHetherington]

Ah ok - so my new 599 XX would be ok. Good stuff

[Luca Brasi]

God, I would give anything to have a go in one of those.

[RacingPete]

Wayne King said:

TonyHetherington said:

Don't some TDOs have rules about cars having to be road legal? (stops single seaters and the like?!)

I am sure you could pay you're way in....

And I am not sure TDO want to start inspecting cars for road legal-ness and the like as it then puts the blame on them if something happens to the car.

Though from what I have read about this car, Ferrari will ship the car to a track of your choice and let you play in it, how much they are willing to do that for a cold track day at Cadwell Park in March I am not too sure.

[Emeye]

I know this isn't right, but that rear gives me the horn. Seriously. Best looking arse on a car I can think of for a looooooooooong time. There was a picture in the Autocar article the other week that is even better.

ETA:

Edited by Emeye on Monday 22 February 11:21

[Denorth]

nice car, fantastic exercise of technology and development

speaking of track days - don't think that one having a car will do 'ordinary' track days mixing with us mortals

[pSyCoSiS]

What an awesome peice of engineering.

[Snoggledog]

TonyHetherington said:

Dagnut said:

The size of those brake disks!! if you had the money you would..

Exactly, and I think this is a point often overlooked on threads like this. We're not talking about people that had 1.5m dollars and decided to spend 1.1m of that on the 599 XX.

We're talking about billionaires.

It's the equivalent of you and I deciding to spend £10 on a toy.

So, if you could have the 599 XX for £10 - you would, wouldn't you?

But you'd also have a season's racing, a McLaren F1, an Enzo etc. etc. as well.

Ok, I take the point that it's not a road car or a race car; but it makes no apologies for that and, if we're honest, certain track specific cars often get used in much the same scenario, it's just that they have number plates on the front and some other compromises.

Acid test then.. Will Flemke, Mr Bridger etc be buying one?

[astrsxi77]

Despite all that weight saving jizz, they still get it to weigh 1430kg! What is wrong with manufacturers these days?

"The way you can throw the thing at a corner and then let the electronics guide you through is genuinely astonishing."

Well, I suppose the statement above sums up what this sort of punter expects from a modern supercar - the Playstation made real. I find it all just a little bit sad.

[Lagerlout]

Where is the photo of the engine!!! Surely can't have missed that?!

[Kamox]

P4ROT said:

Kamox said:

"Mannetino" is wrong. It's spelled "manettino" (and it's lowercase, it's a noun, synonym for "circular switch" in Italian).

I'm guessing Kamox is italian for smartarse then lol

It sound hilarious to an Italian (like me) and, since PH has an international audience, hope an advice doesn't hurt.

[TonyHetherington]

Kamox said:

P4ROT said:

Kamox said:

"Mannetino" is wrong. It's spelled "manettino" (and it's lowercase, it's a noun, synonym for "circular switch" in Italian).

I'm guessing Kamox is italian for smartarse then lol

It sound hilarious to an Italian (like me) and, since PH has an international audience, hope an advice doesn't hurt.

Worry not - I was interested to read the correct version

[TonyHetherington]

Snoggledog said:

Acid test then.. Will Flemke, Mr Bridger etc be buying one?

They are, afterall, the only billionaires in the world with a car addiction

[TheRoadWarrior]

What an amazing bit of kit, and a fantastic idea on Ferrari's part too (The whole dev program thing)

[ivanj]

Whats in the boot?

[inman999]

Am I the only one left cold by this car.

"The way you can throw the thing at a corner and then let the electronics guide you through is genuinely astonishing."

"no matter what I did with the throttle on the way out of corners. Through a long, fourth gear right-hander there was maybe a whiff of understeer, but to all intents it felt neutral on turn-in and absolutely glued mid corner."

"On number five, you can open up the throttle 100 per cent at the apex and then just wait for the system to decide when there's enough traction to actually deliver full throttle."

"dial down the level of assistance and perform digitally perfected drifts, all day, every day"

Just what I always wanted a computer to do all the driving. Not really my idea of driving pleasure. I can put my hand on my heart and say I had more fun on Saturday over the snake pass in my 15YO MX5 than I would round a track with the all the electronic trinketry dialed up to 11. Oh and it cost me 2400 times less.

[motoroller]

I'd be interested to know what's in the boot too.

What's stopping it from being road-legal? Looks like better lights would be needed, but that'd attract the customers instantly...

[TheRoadWarrior]

The boot install is some sort of ground effect suction/aero gizmo.

[Snoggledog]

TonyHetherington said:

Snoggledog said:

Acid test then.. Will Flemke, Mr Bridger etc be buying one?

They are, afterall, the only billionaires in the world with a car addiction

Ok. Fair point. Maybe it's just me but I can't see petrolheads with deeper wallets going for this. It smacks too much of a techno fest rather than a driver focused car.

[Fastra]

There a video on Autocars website of this isn't there...???

Yep:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallpapers/Videos.a...

Edited by Fastra on Monday 22 February 12:52

[Wayne King]

Snoggledog said:

Ok. Fair point. Maybe it's just me but I can't see petrolheads with deeper wallets going for this. It smacks too much of a techno fest rather than a driver focused car.

They will sell them all, easily. Infact, it is probably easier to sell this than most current Ferrari's on sale.