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Ferrari 599 Roadster made an appearance at Pebble Beach?
September 1st, 2010 | Author: topspeed.com
In the middle of all the hoopla that comes with the Pebble Beach Concours, one car, that nobody saw, supposedly made an appearance that now has the Internet abuzz.
From what we’ve heard, it looks like the Ferrari 599 Roadster made an appearance at Pebble Beach for a select group of owners, all of whom got a sneak peek at the new Ferrari supercar. Not much was made of the super-duper secret showing during the event, which pretty much explains why nobody even saw the car on the Pebble Beach grounds.
But with rumors circulating that the roadster was, in fact, present during the event, a poster from Luxury4Play uploaded what appears to be a scanned letter from Ferrari North American CEO and President Marco Mattiaci to a certain Nicolas Jimenez – we’re guessing he was one of the select owners that were invited for the sneak peek – where the former thanked the latter for his visit to “our Ferrari 599 presentation at Pebble Beach.”
Mattiaci then goes on and writes “the first feedback from the highly selected group of friends visiting us at Quial Meadows has been enthusiastic on this upcoming limited-edition product,” suggesting that Ferrari may have been asking for some input from its customers regarding the 599 Roadster.
It looks like Ferrari may have pulled a fast one on all of us by keeping this event so tightly guarded. But as is the case in the auto industry, you can’t keep a secret too long and, at some point, something’s going to get leaked out.
Ferrari 599 Roadster made an appearance at Pebble Beach? originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 10:00 EST.
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Matte Black and Black Gray Ferrari 599XX captured
August 12th, 2010 | Author: topspeed.com
How often do you have the chance to see a Ferrari 599XX? Not very often, right? Well, photographer Sevan Calians was able to get pictures of two Ferrari 599XXs at the Paul Ricard High Test Track. Talk about being at the right place, at the right time; Calians was also able to capture a Pagani Zonda R right next to them! Now, that’s a perfect combination.
In case anyone has forgotten, the record-breaking 599XX’engine delivers a maximum output of 700 HP at a screaming 9,000 RPM and is mated to an all new SuperFast gearbox that is able to swap cogs in a mere 60 milliseconds. The 599XX is characterized by an innovative system called the “High Performance Dynamic Concept” which has been designed to get the maximum performance from the vehicle by managing the combination of the car’s mechanical limits with the potential of its electronic controls.
We’d love and hate to be the ones testing those cars on that track. Can you imagine having to pick between those voluptuous beauties for testing? Let’s just hope the test drivers were able to catch a ride in all three!
Matte Black and Black Gray Ferrari 599XX captured originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 12 August 2010 16:00 EST.
Rich Saudi Arabians Have A Sense of Humor Too
July 25th, 2010 | Author: topspeed.com
Apparently, those rich fellas in the Middle East have a sense of humor too.
This postcard-looking thing came from Saud Arabia and illustrates how the son of what we imagine to be a freakishly rich family – yeah, all of us can afford that gold Ferrari 599 GTB – feels a little out of place in his new university in Berlin because he drives the gold 599 GTB whereas his fellow students and teachers only take the train to go to campus.
Hilariously, dear old Daddy replied to his son’s worries by telling the latter that he just deposited $20 million in his account and that the son should stop complaining and just buy his own train.
Sure, it’s only a joke, but if there’s one place where something like this could potentially happen, it’s in that neck of the woods. Only in the Middle East, boys and girls. Only in the Middle East.
Rich Saudi Arabians Have A Sense of Humor Too originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 25 July 2010 20:57 EST.
Video: Ferrari 599 GTO shoots flames out of exhaust
July 20th, 2010 | Author: topspeed.com
There aren’t a lot of things in this world that are sexier than a supercar that shoots flames out of its exhaust. And when the supercar that’s doing its best flamethrower impersonation is one Ferrari 599 GTO, then it’s easy to get caught up in all of the fireworks.
And, really, what’s not to love about this car? It’s got a12-cylinder engine, producing up to 670 horsepower with a 0-60 mph time of just 3.35 seconds and a top speed of 210 mph, making it the Prancing Horse’s fastest street-legal road car in its long and illustrious history.
Limited to 599 units, we don’t get a whole lot of this beautiful machine out on the streets, so seeing one spewing flames out of its exhaust is as close to a mouth-watering experience we can have of the 599 GTO. We invite you to watch the video and join us in drooling over this car. Really, there’s no shame in that.
Video: Ferrari 599 GTO shoots flames out of exhaust originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 16:00 EST.
Video: EVO’s Chris Harris finally gets his hands on a Ferrari 599 GTO
July 7th, 2010 | Author: topspeed.com
It is the dream of every auto journalist to be able to get behind the wheel of one of the fastest known cars on the planet and drive it the only way it’s supposed to be driven: face-deformingly fast.
Most of us can only dream of being put in that kind of situation, but for people like Chris Harris, it is a likely situation. These chaps never seem to run out of cars to test drive. Are we jealous? Perhaps. Oh wait, who are we kidding. Of course we are!
Nonetheless, despite our steaming envy for his good fortune, we’re still compelled to show you this three-part video of Harris unleashing the Ferrari 599 GTO out on Ferrari’s legendary Fiorano race track. It’s not because we hate the guy – not hate so much as envy with the fire of a thousand suns – but more so because we love the 599 GTO that much.
It’s a three-part video that Ferrari fans will surely want to watch over and over again, if only because the extended footage of the 599 GTO only makes us long for the days when we’d miraculously find one gift-wrapped in our garage with a big red ribbon on top. Of course, that’s not going to happen anytime soon or forever, for that matter. So, we’ll settle, albeit begrudgingly, on watching this video for as many times as our hearts can take it.
Parts 2 and 3 after the jump
Video: EVO’s Chris Harris finally gets his hands on a Ferrari 599 GTO originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 11:36 EST.
Video: EVO’s Chris Harris finally gets his hands on a Ferrari 599 GTO
July 7th, 2010 | Author: topspeed.com
It is the dream of every auto journalist to be able to get behind the wheel of one of the fastest known cars on the planet and drive it the only way it’s supposed to be driven: face-deformingly fast.
Most of us can only dream of being put in that kind of situation, but for people like Chris Harris, it is a likely situation. These chaps never seem to run out of cars to test drive. Are we jealous? Perhaps. Oh wait, who are we kidding. Of course we are!
Nonetheless, despite our steaming envy for his good fortune, we’re still compelled to show you this three-part video of Harris unleashing the Ferrari 599 GTO out on Ferrari’s legendary Fiorano race track. It’s not because we hate the guy – not hate so much as envy with the fire of a thousand suns – but more so because we love the 599 GTO that much.
It’s a three-part video that Ferrari fans will surely want to watch over and over again, if only because the extended footage of the 599 GTO only makes us long for the days when we’d miraculously find one gift-wrapped in our garage with a big red ribbon on top. Of course, that’s not going to happen anytime soon or forever, for that matter. So, we’ll settle, albeit begrudgingly, on watching this video for as many times as our hearts can take it.
Parts 2 and 3 after the jump
Video: EVO’s Chris Harris finally gets his hands on a Ferrari 599 GTO originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 11:36 EST.
