RE: Ferrari FXX K revealed

[clonmult]

Ekona said:

That makes the P1 GTR look like a one litre Micra.

I'm not a huge Ferrari fan, but that looks the absolute nuts.

Whilst this does look good, I think you're stretching things a little with the Micra reference. Especially as the McLaren is still likely to be the faster of the two cars ....

[Dagnut]

Bobley said:

You cant take it to a track day (as most track days require your car to be road legal).

Since when? Most are just interested in DB levels.

[Busso GTA]

Europa1 said:

Ferrari, stop it. You beat the poor thing pretty hard with the ugly stick in its original guise; to come back for a second go is just cruel.

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Once again pistonheads delivers

[Petee]

That is just Spectacular! Look at that profile - never has a car looked more like a fighter jet!

[Petee]

That is just Spectacular! Look at that profile - never has a car looked more like a fighter jet!

[neil1jnr]

clonmult said:

Whilst this does look good, I think you're stretching things a little with the Micra reference. Especially as the McLaren is still likely to be the faster of the two cars ....

My money would be on the Ferrari being quicker.

[keith2.2]

Bobley said:

Undeniably gorgeous car but slightly sad that its almost useless.

You cant race it (which has surely got to be Ferraris entire reason for existing)
You cant drive it on the road (which is what a car was invested for)
You cant take it to a track day (as most track days require your car to be road legal).

Useless? Far from it.

It's an R&D test mule, paid for by fabulously wealthy customers - who get to drive it as they want on circuits.

Ferrari book the circuits and take the fleet of FXX's. The "owners" turn up and drive them. They are offered upgrades over time, fed out of the development use. This all then goes towards the next new Ferrari road / race cars.

Chances are the owners will already have a boring, poverty spec LaF for day to day pottering about anyway so it doesn't need to be used on the road.

You're seeing it as "useless" from the perspective of we, the normal powerfully built director on the street.

[Silverbullet767]

A bedroom poster car if ever I saw one, that's utterly nuts. I love it

[Dinoboy]

Just gorgeous.

[ManFromDelmonte]

StottyEvo said:

ManFromDelmonte said:

StottyEvo said:

1036hp and 540kg downforce at 133... That will be fking quick, should blow the P1 into the weeds tbh.

I'm assuming this isn't road legal and as such is not really comparable to any road car.

I'm also assuming that McLaren will release a similarly track focused version of the P1 that will intern blow the LaFerrari into the weeds

It already exists:

http://cars.mclaren.com/home/models_link/McLAREN%2...

I wonder what the brief was for each though, subtly different I'm sure.

[zeduffman]

Busso GTA said:

power from the 6.3-litre V12 is up from 789bhp to 848bhp thanks to new camshafts and intake manifolds (with peak power delivered at a head-spinning 9,250rpm

Now that sounds awesome.

[anonymous-user]

keith2.2 said:

It's an R&D test mule, paid for by fabulously wealthy customers - who get to drive it as they want on slowly around circuits in nice warm countries......

EFA

[dazwalsh]

the P1 is more sleek but this just looks down right bonkers!

[suffolk009]

Bobley said:

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You cant take it to a track day (as most track days require your car to be road legal).

I think the idea is that you hire the track for yourself and a few (suitably slower) sycophants.

[I WISH]

Best looking Ferrari for a long time.

[3ananaPie]

Utterly mad, and will sound insane with that engine. Stuff like this is what Lambo should be doing, but they seem to be hell-bent on becoming a posher Audi instead.

[j90gta]

suffolk009 said:

I think the idea is that you hire the track for yourself and a few (suitably slower) sycophants.

What do you mean hire - you own your own track!!

[speedjockey]

dukebox9reg said:

No doubt take it round the ring though and say its the fastest 'production' car

If you're talking about the 599XX's run, they openly claimed it as the fastest road-based production car as Pagani did when they surpassed the Ferrari's time with the Zonda R. Nothing wrong there.

[slashley]

hornetrider said:

hondansx said:

Is the rear wing(s) really a result of ultimate performance unconstrained by racing regulations? I can appreciate there is less drag, but surely a FXXK off big wing would be the best solution...?

Prefer the look of the P1 myself. I'd rather have the Mac and an old Enzo based FXX please

I think, on reflection, that there is a centre section which raises up and joins the two winglets. At least that's what I'm gleaning from the flannel and the pictures.



ie the bit directly above the Ferrari badge - does it raise up on those two red centre plinth thingies? If so - awesome

They just look like handles to me. A very posh shopping trolley or a motorised Zimmer frame. Don't like it.

[slashley]

hornetrider said:

hondansx said:

Is the rear wing(s) really a result of ultimate performance unconstrained by racing regulations? I can appreciate there is less drag, but surely a FXXK off big wing would be the best solution...?

Prefer the look of the P1 myself. I'd rather have the Mac and an old Enzo based FXX please

I think, on reflection, that there is a centre section which raises up and joins the two winglets. At least that's what I'm gleaning from the flannel and the pictures.



ie the bit directly above the Ferrari badge - does it raise up on those two red centre plinth thingies? If so - awesome

They just look like handles to me. A very posh shopping trolley or a motorised Zimmer frame. Don't like it.