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When secretive rumbles begin about a new Ferrari, it’s hard not to get excited. When said rumbles involve three of the most storied letters in Scuderia lore—G, T, and O—well, it’s hard not to start having anticipatory seizures.
And when the rumbles prove true, and Ferrari introduces something as wicked as this car, the 599GTO, it’s hard not to start knocking over banks and selling your relatives for the chance to own one. When you read the details, you’ll see what we mean.
The Ferrari 599GTO is the next in the line of special 599s, a car the public will see for the first time at this year’s Beijing auto show. As we said, the GTO name carries a lot of clout in the Ferrari world. GT, as you know, stands for Gran Turismo (Grand Touring).
The O stands for Omologato (Homologated), meaning this car might be homologated for more racing than the private sessions seen by the 599XX. The GTO suffix was worn by the 250 in the early ’60s and the 288 in the mid-’80s, although only the 250 was officially raced, so the 599GTO may not lap in anger, after all. Appropriately, there will only be 599 examples of this latest GTO built.
The 599GTO is powered by a 661-hp, 6.0-liter V-12 (49 more horses than the standard 599 but 59 short of the 599XX), and the car laps Ferrari’s Fiorano test track in 84 seconds. That’s about 2.5 seconds quicker than the 599, but far off the 599XX’s 76-second pace.
Maximum horsepower is available at a screaming 8250 rpm, while the peak torque figure of 457 lb-ft comes online at 6500 rpm. Ferrari’s six-speed F1 automated manual gearbox is the only transmission; it is said to deliver the same 60-millisecond shift times as the 599XX’s.
Zero to 62 mph is achieved in just 3.4 seconds, says Ferrari, but we tested the regular 599 to 60 mph in 3.3, and we believe the GTO is likely to be at least a tenth quicker to either mark. Ferrari calls the 599 GTO its “fastest-ever road car,” but with its stated top speed of 208-plus mph, it falls just a touch shy of the claimed 209-mph terminal velocity of the Enzo supercar.
Source: Newcarupdate
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