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Ferrari 599 GTO
The Ferrari GTO to be reborn in the form of the 700bhp, 217mph 599 GTO supercar
By Harry Metcalfe
05th January 2010
Ferrari 599 GTO supercar

Ferrari 599 GTO set to look a lot like this, the 599XX

The Ferrari GTO is back. A scorching version of the 599 GTB Fiorano supercar is set to wear the Prancing Horse’s most famous initials.

It will be the first time the GTO badge has been used since the 288 GTO went west a quarter of a century ago. During a recent interview with evo, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa remarked that the company had changed the internal classification of its flagship 599 from being a ‘GT’ car to part of the ‘Sports Car’ division, alongside the newly launched 458 Italia. It’s this change that has allowed the development of a more extreme version of the 599, much in the same way that the Scuderia was developed from the standard F430.

The 599 GTO will effectively be a road-going version of the track-only £1million Ferrari 599XX and in terms of dynamics will sit well above the current 599 HGTE. Chiefly by raising the rev-limit of the 599’s Enzo-derived 6-litre V12 to 9000rpm, power has been boosted to a whopping 700bhp – an increase of 89bhp over the standard car.

And with quicker gearchanges (down from 100 milliseconds to around 60), expect the 0-60mph time to tumble from 3.7sec to around 3.2, while top speed (205mph in the 599 HGTE), could rise to an Enzo-rivalling 217mph. Which means there’s a very real chance the 599 GTO could be Ferrari’s fastest ever road car.

The UK is slated to get 50 cars, priced at £300K each, with deliveries expected to start as early as May. You can read about the 599 GTO in greater detail
(as well as finding out about a new rear-engined rival from Porsche, the GT2 RS) in Issue 140 of evo, on sale now.

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This month's evo, Issue 140
From M3 CSL to new 911 Sport Classic, driving the greatest special editions. Plus the Ferrari GTO returns, 911 Turbo v R8 V10 v GT-R, and Veyrog
5th January 2010

News
If a Porsche GT2 or a Ferrari 599 HGTE is just a bit too softly-softly for your liking, then you’ll be pleased to hear that Porsche is making a GT2 RS, while Ferrari is taking the stickers off a 599XX and calling it the 599 GTO (probably)

Driven
We give a handful of the newest cars a first drive, including the new VW Golf R, Rolls-Royce Ghost, Caterham 7 Roadsport 175 and some tuned hot hatches amongst others

Letters
A reader mourns the passing of the Ferrari manual shift and Mr MonoTracer has picked himself up, dusted himself off and responded to last month’s feature…

The Specials
These cars weren’t built to boost sales numbers. They’re not useful and they weren’t created to be understood by everyone. But their existence does make our world a better, more interesting place, so we thought we’d celebrate them.

We start on page 50 with the new 911 Sport Classic before imagining a few Porsche specials of our own. Then on page 64 we drive nine of the most sublime specials ever built, including a none-too-common CLK DTM AMG and an even rarer Lancia Hyena. Then we talk to some of the people behind the craziest specials to ask them what they were taking at the time. On page 82 Richard Meaden retraces James Dean’s final journey in a Boxster Spyder, the modern incarnation of the car the star was driving when he met his death. Finally we ponder the specials that didn’t quite work (including one owned by Harry Metcalfe…)

Guy Martin and his V12 Vantage
What sort of person considers it normal behaviour to buy an Aston V12 Vantage instead of getting on the property ladder? The same sort of person who gets their kicks on the Isle of Man every summer…

The future of rallying
The WRC has been gradually slipping further from the centre of motorsport fans’ radars in recent years, but it’s due to make a comeback. Here’s why you need to take your bobble hat out of storage

Porsche 911 Turbo v Nissan GT-R v Audi R8 V10
The Porsche 911 Turbo was the original all-weather supercar, but its pre-eminence has been shaken in recent years. We pitch the latest generation with a paddle-operated PDK against its two most formidable four-wheel-drive rivals in a suitably wet Wales

Subscriptions
Apparently the new Dr Who just takes over the old one’s evo sub. If you’re not in that lucky position, click here to grab yours

Project Veyrog
Some say that its new stickers have drawn admiring looks from Gemballa and that when it spits flames from its exhaust it is openly mocking the Koenigsegg CCX. All we know is, it’s called the Veyrog

Long-term tests
Our RS-slaying Focus ST has left us this month, Simon George is regretting ignoring a warning light in his Aston DBS, and David Yu reveals his pride and joy in its surprising new shade of purple

Buying cars
It’s a new year. In fact it’s a new decade. So it’s definitely time for a (nearly) new car. Like a Porsche Cayman S perhaps? What a lovely way that would be to kick off 2010. Plus, we’ve been Driving the Ads again – this month an Elise special edition and a gorgeous F355

The Knowledge
All the vital stats on every new performance car, alongside the best of the oldies. Meanwhile the Shelby Mustang GT500 sets a time round the Bedford Autodrome West Circuit. Ye and, indeed, Ha!

Ask the experts
If you spent Christmas pondering which Caterham to buy but failed to reach a conclusion, then you’ll be pleased to hear that our experts spent their Christmases pondering the very same thing – and they did reach a conclusion

Birth of an icon: TVR Speed 12
Only TVR could produce a special as special as the Speed 12. A sort of interesting fact is that it’s the only car ever to receive eleven and a half stars in an evo review

95spiderman

thanks, will need to get that issue.

dertub

Right after Dump truck RS !!

prosper

At least there is only GT-R Spec V and
NO GT-R RS hahaha

carbonfib3r

Has EVO actually provided any figures on the new GT2 RS? power? price?

Any UK readers please??

GT

Over 600hp, GT1 engine (not DFI), lighter. I think none of that info
is confirmed though.

iLLM3

Would be awesome, BUT, we will not be seeing it in the states. Market tanked on the 997 GT2's as it is :/

Guy62

Looks cool in red

YearOne

This will be be cool but with the second hand price of used GT2s being so low here in the UK I would imagine you will be able to do better yourself for less £££'s. I wonder how far they will go with this car? If you took a regular GT2 clubsport and added suspension, lighter wheels, GT Carbon seats and uprated the engine at RS Tuning I think it will be cheaper and faster but then it will still be lacking the RS moniker I suppose.

TraqGear

Yup. My new P Sport Driving School catalogue lists a GT2 RS and a GT2 CS. No way to tell if they will send them to the US though.

prosper

GT2 CS ?
What is "CS" means ?
Club Sport ?

TraqGear

Club Sport was my assumption as well. It just reads CS and RS.

Terry L

CS means Carroll Shelby. A new marketing direction.

Wilder

I wonder just how severe of an impact a GT2 RS would have on used GT2 values...