Most powerful V-12 Ferrari Ever:599 GTB

[McLaren]

It actually does, doesn't it.

I like the top picture as its a better angle, but the wheels....

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Was never a fan of the front engine Ferrari body lines, eg. 575, and those wheels almost look like cheap plastic aftermarket hub caps you would find at Walmart. I love the F430, pure sex on wheels in a hot MR platform, but I never really liked the 575, or the 612, and I think i'll find it hard to like this new one as well.
Still wish I owned one though, go figure. lol

 

[Pebb]

Ugly and underpowered in this day and age. Especially for its price.

Nothing will bring back the days, when most of the market had crazy Co2 pumping out. Those days are gone, because of the greenpeice people.

And different goverments.

 

[JohnBM01]

I think the 612 Scaglietti is a beautiful Ferrari. Perhaps even one of the lovliest Ferraris since the 360 Modena. As far as this thing goes, it's a nice car, just too many lines. This may seem weird, but along the sides, I can kind of see MKIV Toyota Supra in its design, only without the tall rear spoiler. The different vents don't look as outlandish as on the TVR Sagaris (not knocking the Sagaris), but maybe with a few less vents and a cleaner appearance at the rear, I may even say this machine surpasses the 612 Scaglietti in beauty.

Out of 100%, I'd give this car design an 89% rating. And speaking of the Ferrari F40, I actually liked the F50 a little more.

 

[Tornado]

The list of collectible, desirable, and classic mid-engine roadgoing Ferraris can be rattled off on one hand.
1 - 246GT Dino
2 - 288 GTO
3 - F40
4 - F50
5 - Enzo
Ferrari has always been about the big V12 coupes and roadsters, with the engine placed ahead of the driver. Even Enzo himself said "I enjoy the music of twelve cylinders".

But that list only includes one of the small Ferrari's, the
Dino. What about the 355 or 360? The Dino 308GT4? The 308GTB? The 512 Testarossa? The 512 BB? In addition, a good majority of the FR Ferrari's you mentioned were made well before the MR layout took hold on sports cars anyways.
Besides, if the car is mid-engined, your head (and thus, your ears) is closer to the engine.

 

[ExigeEvan]

It looks like abeefy 612, and I like it. The only changes I would make is remove the 'duct' behind the front wheel arches and change the wheels. But otehr wise I think it's a pretty good design.

At least 600 Imola sounded like a fast car...But 599?
Sounds tacky....

That is the oddest thing I have ever heard.

 

[iceburns288]

Photoshop says hi:

Oh, and BTW, I was back at FCI Saturday...
This is Lawrence explaining how the semi-gullwing doors on the AMV8 work:

 

[Kent]

Interesting...

I'd have to say it looks like a mix of the Z06 (C6) and the Concept GT-R (R35) (with a bit of the shelby series 1 in there as well).

Some angles look good on the 599, some just looked horrible.

I'm gonna have to give design a big 👎

Atleast until it hits the track.

Flare those fenders, give it a nice spoiler, some new wheels, and driver to show us what the hoopla is all about and then maybe I will give this car a big 👍

But who knows...

I'm just saying that something in the world must be very wrong at this point in time... I can't remember the last time I thought to myself that I would rather have a Z06 than a Ferrari (but that's the case right now).

That said, the Z06 (C6) is the bomb!

I just hope the V12 in this new Ferrari can hang with the likes of the other real super cars in the world.

Problem is, I'm guessing here, but the 599 looks like it's a FR format and that doesn't seem to work very well for many competitors at that level.

If I get only 2 seats and a V12 for more than 100K, I've gotta expect a MR format and killer looks.

For now I'm just going to have to hope that the V12 is a beast because if it isn't then this car will be a nasty flop.

 

[Layla's Keeper]

But that list only includes one of the small Ferrari's, the
Dino. What about the 355 or 360? The Dino 308GT4? The 308GTB? The 512 Testarossa? The 512 BB? In addition, a good majority of the FR Ferrari's you mentioned were made well before the MR layout took hold on sports cars anyways.
Besides, if the car is mid-engined, your head (and thus, your ears) is closer to the engine.

Yes, it includes only one of the small Ferraris because it is the only one of the small Ferraris to be considered as desirable as a big front-engine V12 Ferrari.

And even then, the Dino is easily eclipsed by lesser V12 models such as Tipo 500 Superfasts, 410 Superamericas, and the 330GTC.

The "Dino" 308GT/4 is considered by Tifosi to be an aberration as it is the only road-going production Ferrari to wear a Bertone body. The 308GTB is looked at as the "poor man's Ferrari". Only Quattrovalvole models carry any significant weight, and even then you need a Vettroresina generation Quattrovalvole with carburetors for it to carry any provenance.

512BB? A good car, and the Le Mans/IMSA Group 5 variants have some clout, but they're bargain basement. Testarossas tend to make Tifosi vomit.

The 355 and the 360 are still too new to truly appreciate (or depreciate) in value, nor have they had significant enough impact on motorsports or in Ferrari's lineage to garner provenance of their own.

The list I created had three qualifiers: Collectible. Desirable. Classic. Not a one of the road-going Ferraris you listed, which (save for the 365GT/4 BB, 348tB, and the oft forgotten Mondial) comprise the entiriety of the mid-engine Ferrari fleet, meet all three of those requirements.

Perhaps, given another ten years, the 360 Modena will join this list, but it will be in a limited capacity considering the large numbers of Modenas produced and the fact that the Modena is carrying on in F430 form.

 

[iceburns288]

The BB512 and the Testarossa are very desirable cars. The 308s are also desirable, I don't know why you would think otherwise. 308 GT4, that's another story

I would consider the F355 a classic.

 

[Slicks]

Let the Photoshopping begin!

PSC Weekly 128 features this car. Feel free to participate.https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2108721#post2108721

 

[McLaren]

iceburns, you really touched this car up. Ferrari could learn something from that.

BTW, lucky b*stard. Our Aston Martin dealer kinda sucks.
They have nothing in stock. It's almost Pre-Order these days.👎