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Google exec buys Ferrari 599XX Evo
Special Fezza auctioned to raise funds for Italian earthquake victims snapped up
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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 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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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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