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If you've got a Ferrari 599 knocking about in your garage, now's the time to dust it off and wing it to a dealership.
When you get there, ask them to bolt on an HGTE handling pack, which is now
available as a retro-fit option.
The pack lowers the car by 10mm, stiffens the spring rates and anti-roll bars,
gets you racier rims and tyres (for eight per cent more grip!) and, of course,
recalibrates your magnetorheologically controlled dampers. Hmm. We've no idea
what that means, but we're told it makes your car nicer to drive around
corners.
If your 599 was made from 2008 onwards, you can get a power increase too, which quickens the already lightning-fast gearchanges to just 85 milliseconds.
There's also a ruder exhaust on offer, which owners of older cars can choose.
The pack also tarts up the exterior, with a new grille and matt-finish prancing
horse badges.
And the price for all this? £17,213 if your 599 was built before 2008; £19,703
if it was made after then.
Or you could save the cash and buy yourself a nearly new Golf GTi instead.
It'd look good next to the 599 on the drive...
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What do you think?
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nHeroGo commented on this article
at 03:45 pm on 17 July 2009
The Golf GTI is a good idea. The package, useless. If I'd have too much money, I'd have to spend it on a wine cellar and stay home.
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juanpablo commented on this article
at 04:45 pm on 17 July 2009
If I had that much money, I'd buy both, the wine cellar and the handling pack. It's probably unnoticeable on the road, but who wouldn't go track day with a Ferrari?
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juanpablo commented on this article
at 04:45 pm on 17 July 2009
If I had that much money, I'd buy both, the wine cellar and the handling pack. It's probably unnoticeable on the road, but who wouldn't go track day with a Ferrari?
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Wotski commented on this article
at 04:59 pm on 17 July 2009
Improvements to an already awesome car; if you can afford the car, you really should get the package as well. No banana yellow though thank-you-very-much.
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MattG commented on this article
at 05:52 pm on 17 July 2009
I agree Wotski. Ferrari 599 with an upgrade pack would make it sublime. Choose Rossa Corsa paint (Red) with a track day specialised package and it'll be an amazing car.
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