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  1. BThayer23

    BThayer23 Well-Known Member

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    #2 BThayer23, Apr 23, 2010
    I don't understand how the 599XX can call itself "production-derived" when the 599 GTO is the road-going version of the 599XX. And how many of these 599XX are actually driven on the road? Seems like Ferrari is stretching too much on this one.
     
  2. YesIFit

    YesIFit New Member

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    #3 YesIFit, Apr 23, 2010
    None of them, they're not street legal. And the tires they used to set the record weren't either...
     
  3. ScottinBend

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    #4 ScottinBend, Apr 23, 2010
    A fantastic car, but not a street legal one. Kinda like calling the 962 Porsche street car derived.......:D

    But I do love watching cars on the 'ring!
     
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    #5 Tüls, Apr 23, 2010
    Still epic. "street legal" or not. I'd rock it. Ferrari, more money than you got pal. Lol
     
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    #6 Blainestang, Apr 23, 2010
    Yeah, the trick is to keep adding qualifications until you're the fastest.

    I own the fastest '09 MINI Cooper in Oxygen Blue owned by someone that goes by Blainestang on Motoring Alliance!
     
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    #7 rkw, Apr 23, 2010
    $1.5M according to the Wall Street Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2010/04/23/ferraris-599xx-sets-a-new-speed-record-should-it-be-tested-for-hgh/
     
  7. Steve

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    #8 Steve, Apr 24, 2010
    I like that ^ article. Here are a few pics for those who haven't seen it.

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    #9 Metalman, Apr 24, 2010
    Wow, that 599xx has the same color alcantera steering wheel as my headliner. Must be the 599xx is "production - derived" after my MINI. Who would've known?:arf:
     
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    #10 goaljnky, Apr 24, 2010
    I want the CF wheel donut. That should really keep the brake dust off my rims.
     
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    #11 lotsie, Apr 24, 2010
    :Thumbsup: But I want mine in BRG:lol:

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    #12 rkw, Apr 24, 2010
    But I wouldn't want to drive around with large WHEEL DONUT lettering printed on it.
     
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    #13 Nathan, Apr 24, 2010

    If I was driving around in a 599XX it sure would not bother me!
     
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    #14 lotsie, Apr 24, 2010
    I'd have it tattooed on my forehead.

    Mark
     
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    #15 Doggybags, Apr 24, 2010
    I read an article on the 599xx and the aerodynamic design of the car is insane. Where the tail lights are supposed to be are the exhausts for two fans that pulse out air from under the car.
     
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    #16 old81, Apr 25, 2010
    That was an excellent E-ticket ride. If he had a HANs device to keep his head from rocking, it would have be down a few more seconds.

    Production derived, yes I can see it. :arf:
     
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    #17 jiminni, Apr 25, 2010
    What about this "road legal" car?:


    The Ferrari 599XX has posted a startling sub-seven minute time around the 12.8-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit.

    Ferrari claims that it is 'the first ever production-derived sports car to break the 7-minute barrier on the classic 20.832 km Nordschleife circuit.'

    Its 6:58.16 lap is actually the third fastest recorded time for a production car, although the 599XX is not road legal. The top spot is taken by the Radical SR8LM, and below that the Radical SR8 - which is a road legal car, amazingly.


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