599 GTO

Back in the early 2000s after the Enzo was released the boys at Ferrari's factory in Maranello were working on designing a car that would be their most powerful road-legal car to date. It's looks may not be as outrageous as the Enzo, but it is more powerful, more agile, more sophisticated and even faster. Based on the 599GTB, visually there isn't much that sets it apart from the GTB except for a few additional aero elements that double the car's high-speed downforce.

Taking its name from the legendary 1962-64 GTO (the most collectable Ferrari to date) and the predecessor to the F40, the twin-turbo 288GTO; Ferrari felt it was time to bring back the GTO name in the form of the 599GTO. It's naturally aspirated V12 climbs to 8,400rpm producing 661hp (up from 612 in the GTB); with shifts from its F1 derived single clutch gearbox occurring in just 60 milliseconds. Top speed in 6th gear is 208mph and 0-60 is done in just 3.1sec. 

The GTO's power increase is largely improved via less restrictive intake and exhaust flow making one of the best sounds to come out of Maranello, especially due to the forced induction nature of todays super/hypercars. Other improvements include a new flat plane crankshaft design and extensive friction reducing carbon coating to all the internals inside the V12 beast making it 12% more efficient than the stand GTB's V12. All this along with a multitude of other enhancements made the 599GTO the fastest car around Fiorano, turning a time of 1:24 vs the Enzo's 1:25 lap time. @car.tales