Monday 27th February 2012

Ferrari 599 replacement leaks onto web

New V12 GT flagship snapped ahead of official unveil

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Ferrari didn't want you to see this, the first undisguised image of the replacement for the 599, until 29th February.

But these days the car industry seems to spring more leaks than your average government ministry, and so this shot has been leaked to website GTspirit.

It's not clear, but it does seems as if this car is a styling buck, rather than the finished item, but it surely gives a strong impression - and possibly an entirely accurate one - of how the finished car will look when it is unveiled at Geneva.

We also know that beneath those taut curves lies a V12 with at least 710hp (making it Ferrari's most powerful road car ever) a rear-wheel drive chassis and a seven-speed twin-clutch transmission. We can't wait to find out more...

See the official teaser video here

[V8 GRF]

If that's the real thing then it's a nice evolution of the existing shape with some nice details for what we can see.

[Bisonhead]

Gorgeous! Seems Ferrari are getting back on form with body design. Looking forward to finding out more!

[bigricho]

Looks like a cross between a California and a Maser GT

[jimbo2728]

There is an amusing thread about this on the Autocar site here:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/forums/t/22344.aspx

Some mental bird called Queen Vicky banging out a load of drivel and getting the other readers in a right tizz.

The car looks great in my humble opinion and I bet in the metal it will look even better. Based on the claimed performance figures it should be on another planet to the majority of its "real" rivals (ie proper GT's).

It just makes me even more excited about the Enzo successor now. It should be capable of space travel if Ferrari go as nuts with the performance as they have with the F620!

[WCZ]

this is a wooden prototype and the real thing looks different also it's 740 bhp!

[ktm301p]

jimbo2728 said:

There is an amusing thread about this on the Autocar site here:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/forums/t/22344.aspx

Some mental bird called Queen Vicky banging out a load of drivel and getting the other readers in a right tizz.

The car looks great in my humble opinion and I bet in the metal it will look even better. Based on the claimed performance figures it should be on another planet to the majority of its "real" rivals (ie proper GT's).

It just makes me even more excited about the Enzo successor now. It should be capable of space travel if Ferrari go as nuts with the performance as they have with the F620!

Hahahahaa that thread was a brilliant read!

[packman10_4]

Looks like a bit of Corvette in there , were is this power stakes going to end !!!

[Civpilot]

Shame there is a Pistonheads banner obscuring the rear roof line

Any chance of a rethink on how images are tagged on here? Loads of times that banner is just a pain in the behind.

[Krikkit]

WCZ said:

this is a wooden prototype and the real thing looks different also it's 740 bhp!

Citation needed.

[FourWheelDrift]

jimbo2728 said:

There is an amusing thread about this on the Autocar site here:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/forums/t/22344.aspx

Some mental bird called Queen Vicky banging out a load of drivel and getting the other readers in a right tizz.

queen vicky said:

My uncle is a Ferrari fan and has owned half a dozen of them, three of them being contemporary, so to speak (355, 612 Scaglietti, and 599 GTB). All of them have had dreadful electric or electronic glitches; 612 stalled once and 599 twice on the road

For an Italian build that's amazing reliability.

Queen Troll.

[Riggers]

Civpilot said:

Shame there is a Pistonheads banner obscuring the rear roof line

Any chance of a rethink on how images are tagged on here? Loads of times that banner is just a pain in the behind.

Sorry! That ruddy thing puts itself on automatically!

[Addymk2]

I can't make my mind up on this one, love or loathe... It looks like a life size hot wheels toy.

Performance will be mind blowing, but I keep on picturing it getting fired off an elastic band powered starting grid through a series of small plastic loop the loops.

[E38Ross]

loving the general profile of the car. prefer it to the 599 in fact and certainly the FF

[MCBrowncoat]

Maybe make it translucent?

Front end is definitely more resolved than 599, I'd like to see a shot of the rear three quarters, from this angle the rear end looks pretty harsh

[FourWheelDrift]

21st century Daytona.

[kambites]

Overall shape is nice but, as with just about all modern Ferraris, I think it's let down a bit by the detailing.

[Skater12]

I like the look of it, but I'm a little more excited about the car in the pictures below!!




Could it be this???

[steviegunn]

Isn't everyone expecting a 599 rear - FF front cut & shut?

[BarbaricAvatar]

Never thought i'd be saying this but the 599 was better looking.
Hate the new family grille that it shares with the FF. But then again there haven't been any properly pretty Ferrari's for years so not really surprised.

[P4ROT]

jimbo2728 said:

There is an amusing thread about this on the Autocar site here:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/forums/t/22344.aspx

Some mental bird called Queen Vicky banging out a load of drivel and getting the other readers in a right tizz.

The car looks great in my humble opinion and I bet in the metal it will look even better. Based on the claimed performance figures it should be on another planet to the majority of its "real" rivals (ie proper GT's).

It just makes me even more excited about the Enzo successor now. It should be capable of space travel if Ferrari go as nuts with the performance as they have with the F620!

Looks like it's pretty easy to troll autocar users....