2010 Ferrari 599

Lusting after the 2010 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano? Oh, and it's not only a Ferrari; it's the most expensive Ferrari.

Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The 2010 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is a two-seat coupe available in one trim level. Standard equipment includes 19-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels shod in performance tires, xenon headlights, an adaptive suspension system with magnetic dampers, carbon-ceramic brakes, rear parking sensors, automatic dual-zone climate control, power seats, leather upholstery and interior trim, a power-adjustable tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, a navigation system and an eight-speaker Becker sound system with a CD player.

HGTE also adds unique exterior and interior styling cues.
Other options include different wheel designs, a space-saver spare tire, run-flat tires, front parking sensors, tinted rear windows, a carbon-fiber racing wheel with integrated LED shift lights, fully powered Recaro sport seats, an iPod interface, a six-CD changer and a Bose Hi Fi premium audio system.

Powertrains and Performance
Ferrari offers a traditional six-speed manual transmission as standard or a six-speed single-clutch automated manual transmission with paddle shifters as an option. Antilock disc brakes, stability control and traction control are standard.

Interior Design and Special Features
Unlike supercars of old, the 2010 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano offers much more than a cramped cockpit with minimal accoutrements. The standard navigation system offers a tiny, antiquated screen and there's no HD or satellite radio available.

2011 Ferrari 599

,The 2011 Ferrari 599 GTO is all new.

Introduction
The 2011 599 GTO represents the pinnacle (so far) from Ferrari, as the company's fastest road car ever built. The GTO also takes a few playbook pages from the 599XX, Ferrari's rare racetrack-only variant. Further complicating a 599 GTO acquisition is its estimated cost of $750,000. Ouch.

In producing the 599 GTO—the fastest-ever Ferrari road car, at least in terms of lap times around Ferrari’s home track (Fiorano)—the engineers in Maranello, Italy, focused on four key areas: increasing power, decreasing weight, reducing understeer and improving downforce.

Ferrari says the GTO’s 6.0-liter V-12 is “about 90 percent of the 599XX’s engine.” Besides adopting the 599XX’s crankshaft and intake system, the GTO V-12 has new connecting rods and pistons, raised 11.9:1 compression (up from the GTB’s 11.2: 1 ratio) and the 599XX’s lighter (and 8-decibel louder) exhaust—with catalytic converters, of course. The result is 661 bhp at 8250 rpm and 458 lb.-ft. of torque at 6500 rpm, which make the 599 GTO the most powerful road-going Ferrari ever.

Besides being more powerful, the 599 GTO is 220 lb. lighter than the GTB (which weighed 3865 lb. on our scales). Ferrari says these brakes were absolutely required to cope with the Ferrari 599’s increased performance level.