Anyone getting the 599 GTB Fiorano?
#1
05-27-2006 | 11:26 PM
Anyone getting the 599 GTB Fiorano?
God I LOVE this car! Anyone know when the first ones will hit the shores?
"...Let's get one thing very clear - the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is spectacularly quick. But what makes it so special isn't how fast it is, but how easy the speed is. It's so comfortable with this performance. It's easy to control, yet it doesn't divorce you from the action. It draws you in. It asks so little and gives so much. That's what makes the 599 such a landmark car.
Getting into the rhythm on a tight, bumpy, undulating road - not exactly an easy place to dispense 620 horsepower. But the 599 just engages the tarmac and rockets along. Engine, transmission, brakes, steering, damping - all of them get along like an absolute house on fire with each other, with you and with the road. You'll be on fire at the end of it, too.
The V12 is a masterwork, capable of pouring out a trickle or a torrent exactly as you ask. The 599's power and urgency, its amazing Pavarotti lungs, just get progressively more intense as you explore the pedal and push on around the dial until that ballistic yowl nudging the 8,400 redline. Which makes it easy to use.
Power is 620bhp from six litres, delivering 62mph in 3.7 seconds, 0-125 in 11.0 and a top speed of 205mph. An Enzo is 3.65, 9.5 and 218. Not really so different...
It's an absolute drift-monkey too. All that power, all that control, and all of it through the rear tyres. In a slow corner, low gear, it's ready to play - even, to an extent, if you have the ESP (CST in Ferrari speak) switched on. But more impressive still are the fast corners, where it stays flat, neutral and brilliantly damped, wiring you into the experience.
All told, this isn't quite a beautiful car like an Aston - fundamentally, it's a shape that does a job, but it does have terrific proportions and some very subtle surfacing. Anyway, once you've driven it, you can't think about the looks in isolation. Love is blind...."
"...Let's get one thing very clear - the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is spectacularly quick. But what makes it so special isn't how fast it is, but how easy the speed is. It's so comfortable with this performance. It's easy to control, yet it doesn't divorce you from the action. It draws you in. It asks so little and gives so much. That's what makes the 599 such a landmark car.
Getting into the rhythm on a tight, bumpy, undulating road - not exactly an easy place to dispense 620 horsepower. But the 599 just engages the tarmac and rockets along. Engine, transmission, brakes, steering, damping - all of them get along like an absolute house on fire with each other, with you and with the road. You'll be on fire at the end of it, too.
The V12 is a masterwork, capable of pouring out a trickle or a torrent exactly as you ask. The 599's power and urgency, its amazing Pavarotti lungs, just get progressively more intense as you explore the pedal and push on around the dial until that ballistic yowl nudging the 8,400 redline. Which makes it easy to use.
Power is 620bhp from six litres, delivering 62mph in 3.7 seconds, 0-125 in 11.0 and a top speed of 205mph. An Enzo is 3.65, 9.5 and 218. Not really so different...
It's an absolute drift-monkey too. All that power, all that control, and all of it through the rear tyres. In a slow corner, low gear, it's ready to play - even, to an extent, if you have the ESP (CST in Ferrari speak) switched on. But more impressive still are the fast corners, where it stays flat, neutral and brilliantly damped, wiring you into the experience.
All told, this isn't quite a beautiful car like an Aston - fundamentally, it's a shape that does a job, but it does have terrific proportions and some very subtle surfacing. Anyway, once you've driven it, you can't think about the looks in isolation. Love is blind...."
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05-27-2006 | 11:32 PM
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Not even the dealers in the US know. BTW I am a V8 guy. So...NO. Stick with my awesome F430 that after 4K+ miles is just starting to get into it's stride. BTW knock on wood... not a single issue since I took delivery in 12/05
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05-30-2006 | 05:39 PM
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didnt this car hit the shores already, I saw one last week in coconut grove florida, and pretty sure another in LA.
I thought it was a 612 fom far away then notcied the distinctive wheels and aston martin looks...
I thought it was a 612 fom far away then notcied the distinctive wheels and aston martin looks...
#7
05-30-2006 | 08:10 PM
Originally Posted by raffi
didnt this car hit the shores already, I saw one last week in coconut grove florida, and pretty sure another in LA.
I thought it was a 612 fom far away then notcied the distinctive wheels and aston martin looks...
I thought it was a 612 fom far away then notcied the distinctive wheels and aston martin looks...
When the Press pictures were revealed of the 599GTB Fiorano i was VERY dissappointed. But now that i've seen some real pictures, Im really starting to like this car.....
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05-31-2006 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by raffi
sorry for my ignorance, i thought I knew all the p-car and f-car lines...
what the heck did I see?
it looked exactly like the 599, wheels and everything...
what the heck did I see?
it looked exactly like the 599, wheels and everything...
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05-31-2006 | 10:07 AM
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Personally I think the 599GTB looks a lot better than the 550/575 cars. I believe it will be a classic look. Definitely a fan. I also agree that the press pics didn't do much for me, but now that I have seen more pics through mags, I am loving it.
Definitely a fan. I also agree that the press pics didn't do much for me, but now that I have seen more pics through mags, I am loving it.
