<![CDATA[Jalopnik: 599]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: 599]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/599 http://jalopnik.com/tag/599 <![CDATA[$320,000 Ferrari Crashes On Wet Florida Highway]]> A Jalopnik reader caught this Ferrari 599 crashed off the road near Jacksonville, Florida. Apparently 612 horsepower and rear-wheel-drive are a bit of a handful in the rain. Who knew? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5885441&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Matte pink Ferrari 599 looks ridiculous]]> The streets of Dubai are one of the few places in the world where you have a decent chance of catching a glimpse of a supercar on your way to work, they just usually aren't pink. Behold the unusual. This far too pink Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano was filmed cruising on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai . More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5839093&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tunisians Use Forklift To Steal Deposed Leader's Ferrari]]> Amazing video from Tunisia shows ousted Tunisian president Ben Ali's Ferrari being taken away from his compound using a giant forklift. They couldn't find the keys? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5736628&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This Is Why You Park Your Ferrari In A Garage]]> I'm all for driving your expensive 599 GTO instead of letting it languish and rot under a cover, but there are probably times you should park it in a garage. More at SWNS. (Photo: Peter Watt) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5715603&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Real Life Is Better Than Video Games]]> The screenshots from your favorite racing game will never be as cool as a fleet of real Ferrari 599XXs attacking the 'Ring. [Arthomobiles.fr] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5636267&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Shame Of Only Having A Gold Ferrari]]> It's embarrassing when your friends all have trains and all you can afford is a pathetic gold-plated Ferrari. That's what fathers are for. [reddit] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5594858&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari 599 GTO Enters Tunnel of Love]]> At what point does a car review simply become car porn? We're guessing that line is crossed the second the Ferrari 599 GTO enters a tunnel. The most powerful road-legal Ferrari ever sounds like pure sex. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5531592&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari 599 GTO: This Is What Fast Looks Like]]> The Ferrari 599 GTO looks like the fastest prancing stallion ever because, with a Fiorano Circuit time of 1:24, it is. The red-and-black firecracker bowed in China today and we obsessed over every inch. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5522867&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari 599 GTO Completely Nekkid]]> Nevermind from-afar spy photos, here's the Ferrari 599 GTO completely in the nude. With a presumed 680 HP and lower weight it's not just Italy's worst kept secret, it's the hottest prancing horse since the Enzo. One more picture below. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5503018&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari 599 Hybrid First Photos Leak]]> Cavallo Verde! These purport to be the first photos of the Ferrari 599 Hybrid set for reveal in Geneva. And while it's blasphemous to the extreme, at least they've given it an ugly paintjob so we can avoid it. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5481445&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari Confirms 599 GTO, Spy Shots Hit The 'Net]]> Ferrari CEO Amadeo Felisa recently confirmed that the Prancing Horse plans to release a streetable version of the 599XX. The car will be dubbed 599 GTO, weigh 3600 pounds, and produce 650 HP. A range-topping Enzo successor is also planned. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5465435&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[REPORT: Ferrari Planning Hardcore 599 GTO]]> Is the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano HGTE too tame for you? Ferrari is reportedly prepping a Ferrari 599 GTO combining 599xx-inspired looks, 700 HP and one classic name. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408524&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari 599 China Auctioned Off For $1.8 Million]]> Here's the plan: paint Song Dynasty Ge Kiln pottery patterns on a Ferrari 599, call it the "China" then auction it off for a cool $1.8 million at a Beijing gala event of Ferrari owners swooning over Michael Schumacher. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5396913&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How The Stile Bertone Mantide Got Angular Rear Wheelarches]]> When Jason Castriota left Pininfarina for Bertone, it was like switching to Coke after a lifetime of Pepsi. Let’s examine a design element he’s started using that’s alien to Pininfarina but essential to Bertone. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5234365&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The $2 Million Showdown: Bertone Mantide vs. Corvette ZR1]]> Stile Bertone's Mantide now has a price and production run size: $2,000,000 and ten. Let's see if it's worth the 20× premium over its donor car: the Corvette ZR1. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5239427&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Fabio Crashes A Ferrari 599]]> Guess Fabio's not so fabulous with Ferraris. He smashed up a Ferrari 599 that belonged not to him, but rather, to World Class Driving, near Calabasas, Cal. after hitting a turn going too fast. [TMZ] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5209138&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo Wrecks Ferrari 599]]> Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo lost control of his red Ferrari 599 in a tunnel near Manchester Airport this morning in a one car accident totally obliterating the front end of the fabulous touring car. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5126250&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[And Another One Gone: Ferrari 599 GTB, Greek-Style]]> The folks over at WreckedExotics bring word from Greece of another Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano on the scrap heap. The owner, hailing from Athens, put a little too much pep into his early morning drive and overcooked a curve. The silver lining here is what one could do with that intact powertrain: Ferrari-powered sand rail? One hell of a shifter kart? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5072505&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Chrome Ferrari 599 Lays Bling Smackdown On Chrome Audi]]> We all know the car, the polished-to-perfection Saudi Arabian Audi A8 you get in your email every four to six months, usually from the uncle who doesn't understand the internet telling you those durn furiners got too much money. Well, that car has now been tossed into the waste bin of internet history. We have a new champion of bling, a fully polished Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. While not doused in platinum (as the email always claims), this over-the-top wonder takes advantage of the 599GTB's aluminum body and simply classes up the joint, with thousands of hours of polishing and buffing.
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=395923&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[DOTS Geneva: Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano]]> Wandering around Geneva, a couple of things become readily apparent. First and foremost, this is a rich-ass city. Banks and ultra high end luxury stores are as common as faux hawks, and the Audi RS4 is a commoners' car. Another thing you notice quite quickly is how a city situated between two mountain ranges at the bottom of a giant lake gets kinda windy. I'm not going to step on Chicago's toes, but there may be a lost ear on the Rue De Mont Blanc Bridge. The brutal cold wasn't enough to keep us from finding this Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano parked street side. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=364699&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Vandenbrink GT Convertible, For When A Sub-$2 Mil Ferrari Is An Insult]]> Dutch custom car maker Vandenbrink, which specializes in cars we'll never be able to afford, has released the first image of its GT Convertible. Based on the 599 GTB Fiorano, this stallion for the well-heeled is going to feature a custom lightweight carbon fibre folding hardtop to keep things inside the cabin when cruising turns into shredding. Other than that we're a bit short on details, though it's rumored the engine will come out of the Edo Competition 599, which could mean power in the 650 to 750 hp range. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=336184&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari 599 Spider Gets Rendered, Speculated On]]> The good folks all about the ge-spot of autos just commissioned themselves some speculative renderings of what they think the rumored upcoming Ferrari 599 Spider will look like. Our thought is it looks a lot like a Ferrari 599. Except without a top. But you know, we've been known to be wrong before...from time to time. Also, we don't know German Dutch. Anyone want to help with the better-than-babelfish translation of the Teutonic tulip text we're facing at the link below? [via autogespot] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=332848&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari SUV on the Far Horizon?]]> Don't go getting you're panties in a bunch just yet, but rumors have been flying around the net lately about a new SUV concept being worked up to join the rest of the Italians in the Ferrari stable. The name given to this blasphemy against the name of Ferrari at this point is FS 599 Fuoristrada. Yes, the 599 denotes the engine stolen from the 599 GTB Fiorano already in the lineup. Things are so sketchy at this point that all the artists' renderings floating about that are complete flights of fancy. One is a sort of modernized hairy-chested study of the Testarossa, the other harkens back to the good old days of racing, yet another is closer to the design language of the Enzo and Fiorano. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=331039&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Oh No, Sergio! Fiat CEO Survives Crash, 599 GTB Totaled]]> Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is just fine today after a crash in Switzerland's canton Solothurn. The boss was reportedly traveling at around 60 miles per hour in a 599 GTB, when he rear-ended a Renault driven by an elderly motorist on the A1 motorway. According to a report, the impact caused the Ferrari's airbags to blow up, blocking Marchionne's sight. Subsequently, he lost control and slammed into crash barriers. Police say Marchionne had been unable to slow the car in time for an unexpected traffic jam. No one was hurt, but the $275,000 car was totaled. Marchionne later blamed the crash on Italy's pro-union political climate, but also raised Fiat's profit forecast. (Thanks to David for the tip.) [Reuters via Swissjourno's Weblog] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=318620&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari 599 GTB by Edo Competition]]> What color was Enzo's white horse? It was the same color as this here 599 GTB tuned by Germany's Edo Competition. The company's released new information on the prancing tuner, including a top ECU tweak to 750 horsepower. Purists may balk, but Edo knows what he's doing. In a sense. [World Car Fans] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=317793&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari "Dino" Test Mule, on Video]]> This "new Dino" business is becoming just a bit tedious, to say the least. It's obvious something's out there, despite denials from Fiat's top count, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. Word is, the "Dino" will be built mainly on Maserati hardware, and possibly at Maserati's plant. Will it be a Ferrari, a relaunched Dino, or a Maserati? Only the count knows for sure. [World Car Fans] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302857&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari Dino...Mule or 599?]]> We just got the following missive and photos from Brenda Priddy, who's claiming this here taped-up Ferrari is none other than the alleged mini-stallion, the Dino. Here's what Brenda's telling us: More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=289780&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Edo Competition Ferrari 599 GTB Teaser]]> World Car Fans cracked open the Ferrari message boards and came up with a teaser shot of Edo Competition's coming Ferrari 599GTB tuner. Not so much rossa as really freaking blanca, this tweaked out horse will likely be revealed in Frankfurt next month. Until then, we can go back through Edo's prior versions of Italian iron and wonder what might be lurking under the hood. [World Car Fans] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=287264&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari Stampede!]]> The kids over at VODCars have assembled a tight little package of explosive Prancing Horse goodness in honor of the marque's 60th anniversary. In fact, we're just playing it over and over, listening to the engines while we write. Seriously. Yum. We think we might be high. We're at the very least lightheaded. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=274503&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spy Photos: Is Schumacher The New Ferrari Chassis Macher?]]> Looks like Schumacher's not spending too much time away from cars now that he's retired from the sport of racing. According to the UK auto mag, Autocar, the German racer with the penchant for Italian race cars since '96 is helping Ferrari with testing its newest whip. It appears as though the recently retired racer was taking laps on the Nordschleife, giving the 599 GTB test car some track time on the Nurburgring. It's a new move for Ferrari, and certainly a new move for Schumi, but we're wondering how cool it'd be to see the race-macher taking the "Schumacher turn" in person. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=263970&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spy Photos: Corvette Z07 (Or Whatever!) Caught Testing Alongside Ferrari 599]]> Ed Hellwig over at the line that's always straight — one of the many sites that when combined together form the auto industry super-site that is Edmunds — looks to have snagged some pics taken by KGP of what appears to be a Corvette SS (Z07, Blue Devil, etc) powertrain mule on a test track in Europe. The Z07 (or whatever) seems to be partaking of some side-by-side comparison track time with a Ferrari 599. The always straightly-lined Edmunds site postulates it may have something to do with "reworking" the Delphi magnetically adjustable shock absorber system used by both vehicles. We happen to think it's "Maximum" Bob Lutz deciding to take his new up-powered super-toy into some super-screaming pissing matches with what he believes will be the competition. Well, probably more likely the shock absorber thing, but a man can dream, can't he? Anyone else notice the similarities between the vette in the spy shot above, and a certain powertrain mule you'll remember from a while back? In case your memory needs a jog, we've re-included the picture gallery below. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=261634&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Save The Dikes! Ferrari 599 Burns In Holland]]> Here's what we've gotten from our tipster on the above and below pictures. As we don't speak Dutch worth a damn, we're going to have to go with WT on this one until we hear otherwise. He's telling us:
"Yesterday in Holland a Ferrari 599 just burned spontaniously...They were standing at the traffic-lights and then they saw some flames passengers are oke...The car was in the Dutch Ferrari 60 Relay 2 day's ago also."
All we know is we've seen a lot of spontaneous car combustion as of late in Europe. Although wait — I don't think any of those ones we saw back in January were "spontaneous." – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=253911&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spumy Flinders! Dan Neil on the 599 Fiorano]]> In the video accompanying his review of the Ferrari 599, Se or Neil mentions that in a past life as a rock writer, he once interviewed Anthrax. He then proceeded to call them numbskulls. How can the band that recorded Among the Living and Persistence of Time possibly be a group of numbskulls? True, they did also record Fistful of Metal, an album that featured the lines, "I got thunder in my hands! I'm Metal Thrashing Maaaaaaaaaaaad!" So he could be correct. Regardless, Neil posits that the Fiorano is simply the best front-engined sports car ever made; a calling it a machine that will blow your mind to "spumy flinders." You okay over there, Dan? – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=251622&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Inside Line Goes Panamerican with Ferrari]]> Ken Gross, a man who has owned many cars that we would commit unspeakable acts just to ride in, took part in the Ferrari Panamerican jaunt to illustrate the solidity of their lastest front-engined GT car and came away impressed. Comparing it to his old 275 GTB, he calls it twice the car at half the price. But we do take issue with the fact that he would even dare to compare the looks of the 599 to the absolutely perfect styling of the 275, which is surely one of the most stunning cars ever to tread pavement. On the other hand, the 275 was never available with Satanogram wheels... – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=225926&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Clarkson on the 599 GTB Fiorano]]> Los Jalopniks have yet to get our hands on a 599 GTB. But we oh, oh, oh, oh so desperately want to. So far, C/D has crashed one, we have drooled over it from Geneva to Pebble Beach to Paris to LA, and now Clarkson weighs in on the Enzo-engined bruiser, As is his wont, he rips the hyperbux GT a new one, complaining that the headlights are no more effective than "candles in jam jars," among other things before succumbing to its charms, commenting "After just three days the power and the excess that had originally caused me to question this car were now causing me to drool and dribble." We wanna expectorate on our chins too. Please? – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=224306&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Dial 599 if You Really Want the Truth: Ferrari Panamerican Experiment Ends in NYC]]> The Riderooms popped over to catch a celebration the end of a 20,000-mile, 84-day marathon that involved a trek from South America to NYC. (Wouldn't it have just been easier to take jets from Brazil?) The cars? Ferrari 599s. On display? A non-crashed Enzo, an Alfa 159 wagon (drool) and a 333SP (schwing!). We want to be whoever these drivers were. Click over for a gallery of yummiliciousness. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=216189&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Nevermind The Horsepower: Buy A Ferrari 599, Use Your IPod]]>
The Ferrari 599 Fiorano has 620 raging italian stallions under the hood, providing the power to throw down a 0-60 time of 3.6 seconds. Additionally, although the 599's built off the Scaglietti's body — and it's got the looks to prove it — unlike the Scag, the 599's able to reach the top speed of 205 mph because of the car's all-aluminum construction, providing a power-weight ratio of only 5.7 pounds per horsepower. But what's the website Sybarites think really makes the 599 Ferrari's new hotness?
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=201957&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[More Flamin' Ferraris!]]> We knew that 308s had a reputation for burning up, largely because the cats would overheat and unburned fuel would ignite. But as reported earlier, 599s and F430s apparently are attempting to keep up the legacy of cavallino rampante flamb (and yes, we're aware that we're mixing our Romance languages). Not to be outdone, our pal Noah Lehmann-Haupt — who famously killed any chance of victory on a Bullrun stage for himself and teammate Rob Ferretti, as well as the kind, trusting ladies we were embedded with on the last four legs of the rally after giving us a helluva ride in a Ford GT — had a 360 go up in flames a week or so ago. Click through for the video of the tragedy. Says Noah: "Tubi is the best-built exhaust system ever made." After seeing the vids, we're inclined to agree. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=199200&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ferrari Flambe: Two Months, Two Ferrari Up In Flames]]> We hate it when we're driving the Ferrari home for the first time and it catches fire, like what happened to this now-poor sap in Dresden, Germany who's just dropped $250,000 (or the German equivalent) on a new 599, just to see it go up in flames on the inaugural drive home. And this isn't the first time we've seen this — it's actually the second Ferrari to go puff like the magic dragon in the past two months, except last time it was an F430 out for a test drive with only 750 miles on the odometer. And although Ferrari says they'll replace it, we've got a more important question to ask: More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=199121&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pebble Beach Ferrari 599 Preview]]> Being a Ferrari owner apparently has its perks, one being an invite to the Ferrari North America preview of the 599 Fiorano. We tagged along with Pen to check out the scene and were greeted by some magically delicious Ferrari-branded sportswear-clad ladies, one of whom seemed to take quite the shine to Pen, as she was a Navy brat who used to cut through the Camp Pendleton Marine base on her way to the beach, which was named for one of Pen's relatives, General Joseph Henry Pendleton. Meanwhile, we were disappointed that the 599s in attendance were sporting the upgraded tire and wheel packages, rather than the base Satano-star Pentagram examples. We mean, really, shouldn't the Beelzebubbian initimidation factor be worth a premium? Alternately, the boys in Maranello could pervert Chrysler's slogan: "Ferrari: Lucifer Comes Standard." More »
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