Fastest ever Ferrari lands in Oz

The fastest ever road car yet produced by Italy's legendary supercar company has arrived in Australia. The Ferrari 599 GTO lands this month in extremely limited numbers with just ten vehicles allocated to the Australian and New Zealand markets.

"The Ferrari 599 GTO represents the pinnacle of Ferrari road cars in every area," says Ferrari Australia's General Manager, Kevin Wall.

"The bald performance figures, amazing although they are, do not do justice to the remarkable breadth of abilities that it offers. These range from being able to provide a true racing car driving experience on the track, through being the ultimate road going ultra supercar to having the comfort and luggage space that quite simply would not be expected in a car of this performance level.

"In short, only Ferrari could provide a car with the breadth and depth of ability with which the 599 GTO has been endowed, using Formula One technology and design that has then been honed to perfection in the unique FXX programme. The 599 GTO is the new definition of the ultimate road car and the ten Australian owners are able to look for to a truly unique driving experience at every level."

Recalling many design cues from the 599XX, the 599 GTO is capable of sprinting from rest to 100km/h in just 3.35 seconds. The exclusive machine having also earned the illustrious honour of lapping Ferrari's famed Fiorano test track faster than any other road going Ferrari in history, an impressive 1'24". Top speed is claimed to be in excess of 335km/h.

An innovative and thoroughly communicative chassis is said to push the car's electronic controls to the very limit. The driver-car interface sees Ferrari's Virtual Race Engineer (VRE) system provide instantaneous information on the vehicle's performance.

Additionally, the 599 GTO boasts new aerodynamic innovations, such as the wheel doughnuts which increase aerodynamic efficiency as well as improve brake cooling, and a different tyre set-up with wider front tyres for greater roadholding.

Braking comes compliments of Ferrari's latest, second-generation carbon-ceramic brakes, which are lighter and offer better performance.

The driver-car interface is also new with the adoption of the Virtual Race Engineer (VRE), which provides the driver with instantaneous information on performance.

Nearing a seven figure price tag the Ferrari 599 GTO would seem to be out of the reach of most. But even at this end of the fiduciary spectrum, Ferrari Australia tells us all ten are accounted for.

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