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Find out how it drives and what features set the Ferrari 599 apart from its main rivals. It redlines at a heady 8400rpm, so when it comes to performance it’s every inch the supercar.When it comes to interior refinements, however, its GT credentials are very much to the fore. It’s the sheer depth and breadth of its abilities that impress the most.The structure is all aluminium and some 85 percent of the 599’s mass is found within its wheelbase, so weight distribution is excellent with 47 percent over the front wheels and 53 over the rears, as opposed to an equal 50/50 found on the previous 575M. It’s not a supercar in the truest sense because you could happily cover many hundreds of kilometres in it at a moment’s notice and emerge the other end feeling glad you’d made the trip.

And the quad exhausts have been made a little louder and angrier, not that the current car is shy.The easiest way to spot the HGTE is its new matt-silver five-spoke wheels, which cut 5kg in unsprung weight.

And it isn’t, no matter what you might think, a bona fide supercar. But will the idea of spending an extra £13,960 for some chassis, gearbox and trim tweaks be enough to tempt existing 599 owners to upgrade?No engine modifications, for a start – not that the magnificent, Enzo-derived 612bhp V12 needs them. More info on Ferrari 599 GTB It’s also instantly recognisable as a Ferrari and that has to be a good thing.There’s purpose in its design with clever details such as the rear buttresses which channel air across the car’s rear, increasing downforce. 350 g. ANCAP Rating. That engine really does deliver, too, producing a colossal 456kW and 608Nm, with a 330km/h top speed while 100km/h from rest is despatched in just 3.7 seconds. Point the 599’s nose and it incisively obeys every command with an almost telepathic ability to interpret driver inputs. It’s one of the all time great motors and really needs to be heard to be believed.

But in the 599 that shocking speed is usable and exploitable; benign yet utterly thrilling.

With Ferrari predicting the same sales in 2009 as 2008, despite the addition of around 2000 Californias, it plainly needs help shifting its current models, and particularly the V12s.

More Ferrari But the average 599 buyer spends this amount on bespoke cosmetic changes anyway, so they’ll have little difficulty justifying an extra fourteen grand for a slightly sharper-handling version of what is arguably Ferrari’s best-ever GT car. See a 599 for real, however, and while it might not exactly be a beauty, it’s truly an impressive piece of work. More info on Ferrari 599 GTB This HGTE handling package for the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March and we’ve just been to Fiorano, appropriately, to test it. N/A. And if the rest of the 599 disappointed, it would be worth the asking price for this alone.It doesn’t disappoint, though – not on any level. Kevin Hackett Contributor - Review Gallery Price & Specs $ 677,250 Mrlp. Yet the two cars could not be more different in temperament.

Coupled with a flat bottom, the 599 is stuck to the black stuff like superglue when the speed is piling on. So best find a long tunnel, drop the windows as well as a couple of gears before burying your right foot into the carpet.

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In fact, while I say the 599 isn’t a supercar, it’s actually every bit as fast as a Porsche Carrera GT and would obliterate past über Ferraris like the F40. No prizes for guessing which is which.But that engine endows the 599 with shed loads of charisma. No other company I deal with has this approach and, like many of my colleagues, I feel like giving Ferrari a kicking because of it. But I can’t bring myself to do it because Ferrari builds cars like the Ferrari’s 599 GTB Fiorano, to give it its full title, has been with us since 2007. The 599 GTB Fiorano is truly a remarkable car, if you haven’t already gathered that. It will bite hard if you make big mistakes and one or two famous soccer players have ended up hitting the headlines for bending their 599s within days of taking delivery.

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