Ferrari 599 XX 1.5milion $ car
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VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 1- or 2-passenger, 2-door coupe
BASE PRICE: $1,500,000
ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 48-valve V-12, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 366 cu in, 5999 cc
Power: 720 bhp @ 9000 rpm Torque: 506 lb-ft @ 6500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automated manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 108.3 in Length: 188.5 in Width: 77.6 in Height: 50.5 in Curb weight: 3350 lb
PERFORMANCE (C/D EST):
Zero to 60 mph: 2.9 sec Standing ¼-mile: 10.8 sec Top speed (redline limited): 196 mph Except for the roof and windshield, not much of the 599XX is cannibalized from the all-aluminum 599GTB Fiorano. All four fenders, for instance, feature F1-like aero “fences,” vertical panels behind which air is scooped out from each wheel well. To relieve heat and pressure, the hood likewise features nearly as many holes as Augusta. The winglets on the C-pillars—resembling Alfred E. Neuman’s ears—funnel air inward, forcing it to slide down the Lexan backlight, then along the ducktail trunklid, and finally over the carbon-fiber blade spoiler. And then there’s the huge underbody fairing and rear diffuser, whose center section is air permeable. Two electric fans mounted inside the trunk suck air through that permeable panel and then vent it through the holes previously occupied by taillights. The air is discarded in individual huffs and puffs (like a subwoofer stomping out rap music), which, we are told, detaches the wake from the rear of the car. This is apparently a good thing, according to the F1 engineers who designed it—along with the winglets—during hundreds of trial-and-error hours in Ferrari’s own wind tunnel. The fans automatically quit sucking underbody air at 155 mph, a speed that suggests the car is traveling in a straight line and thus needs no extra downforce. Speaking of which, all of this aero chicanery creates 617 pounds of downforce at 124 mph and 1389 pounds at 186 mph. For what started as a street car, that’s a bunch. |
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