Ferrari 599XX
The Ferrari GTO is back. The last time the famous “gran turismo omologato” name appeared on a Ferrari was on the 1985 288 GTO, but according to some reports, the GTO nameplate could return on a 700 bhp road-going version of the ultra-high performing 599XX race car.
During a recent interview with evo, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa remarked that the company had changed the internal classification of its flagship 599 from being a ‘GT’ car to part of the ‘Sports Car’ division, alongside the newly launched 458 Italia. It’s this change that has allowed the development of a more extreme version of the 599, much in the same way that the Scuderia was developed from the standard F430.
The 599 GTO will effectively be a road-going version of the track-only $2 million Ferrari 599XX and in terms of dynamics will sit well above the current 599 HGTE. Chiefly by raising the rev-limit of the 599′s Enzo-derived 6-liter V12 to 9,000 rpm, power has been boosted to a whopping 700 bhp-an increase of 89 bhp over the standard car.
And with quicker gear changes (down from 100 milliseconds to around 60), expect the 0-60 mph time to drop from 3.7 seconds to around 3.2, while top speed (205 mph in the 599 HGTE), could rise to an Enzo-rivalling 217 mph. Which means there’s a very real chance the 599 GTO could be Ferrari’s fastest ever road car.
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Source: evo.co.uk and rumors.automobilemag.com
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