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Ferrari 599XX Evo up for auction
Online auction hosted by Maranello set to raise funds for families of victims of Italian earthquakes
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Gallery: Ferrari XX cars at Monza
Ultra rare Ferrari 599XX, XX Evo and FXX get tracked by owners in Italy
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Ferrari F12XX rendered
It’s definitely not real, and we definitely want it: Ferrari’s newest gets the track treatment
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Ferrari F12XX render and the 599XX
See pics of the rendered F12XX and the very real and very fighty 599XX
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Ferrari Racing Days - Suzuka
See more pics of Ferrari owners and their cars racing at Suzuka, and Mika Salo in the 2008 Ferrari F1 car
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Watch the new Ferrari 599XX Evo
First footage of the hardest ever track-only 599, complete with that bonkers rear wing
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Revealed: Ferrari 599XX 'Evo'
It’s a 740bhp track special...with an F1-style DRS system. Yes please
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Ferrari 458 Challenge world debut
Faster, harder and lightweight version of 458 Italia revealed at Bologna Motor Show. Form an orderly queue…
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Zonda R sets Nurburgring record
Pagani claims to have smashed Ferrari 599XX's ’Ring record for a ‘road-based car'...
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Lotus unveils F1 track-day special
Hethel-built F1-inspired monster unveiled in California, but err, what’s the point?
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Video: 599XX blitzes ‘Ring
Waste just under seven minutes in V12 heaven as Ferrari releases footage of 599XX blitzing the Nurburgring.
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Probably of more interest to Ferrari is the aerodynamic package that includes some real-deal features that might have more direct technological trickle-down than the lonely drip from the rarefied heights of F1. A new system called ‘Actiflow' can increase downforce or decrease drag depending on conditions thanks to a new porous material in the diffuser (it looks like pumice stone) and two fans in the boot that channel airflow from under the car out through two vents replacing the rear lights. You may think this stuff is unlikely to make it to a road car, but the grilles in the rear of the 430 Scud that vent the high pressure from inside the wheel arch (reducing rear-end lift) come directly from a system used on the FXX project. It's nearer than you think.
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For that shall we say, fairly unsubtle sum, you get to become part of the Ferrari ‘family' and have Ferrari technicians forensically dissect your lap times to discover just how rubbish your driving really is, while they gather myriad data about how to improve their future high performance cars. A new system called ‘Virtual Car Engineer' provides a screen in the car that provides a real-time indication of the car's efficiency, and therefore where you're going wrong. There will be no place to hide. As with the FXX, you'll get to play at 15 of the world's most famous circuits over a period of two years (with the car run by the Ferrari mechanics) and possibly contribute to the scientific development of future technology.
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Money, they say, won't make you happy. But it will get you much better toys, which make you happier. And Top Gear can't think of much better toy than this 599XX. A properly cranked-up gentleman-racer variant of the most complete supercar in the world.
The only slight dirty little fly in the Rosso Corsa ointment is that the 599XX will only ever be a toy, because this headbanger is not a road car, and never will be. Nor is it a full-on raceable competition car. It's being sold with the same caveats as the Ferrari FXX: track-use only as part of a development programme run by Ferrari itself. Basically, you pony-up 1.1million euro and become a Ferrari test driver, with one of only 15 599XXs thrown in as the world's most impressive track-day car-cum-garage ornament.
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Customers will, Ferrari hopes, spend more time in the car when it doesn't try and bite your head off quite so hard. Then again, even though no performance times have been published, the 599XX weighs just 1,330kg (some 330kg less than the stock car) and laps Ferrari's Fiorano test track within one second of the FXX and 10 seconds faster than the road version. This should not be considered a ‘soft' option.
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The gearbox has also been re-engineered, and free from the comfort and useability constraints of a road-biased car has now dropped shift times to just 60 milliseconds - much less than the proverbial blink of an eye. This thing will be brutal. But Ferrari still reckons that it will be quite a different experience to the FXX - more a GT racer than the F1-commitment of the Enzo-based car.
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