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Ferrari FXX, an upgraded Enzo
By Stéphane Schlesinger on 16 June 2005 | 
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The new Ferrari FXX is presented as the most sophisticated Ferrari in all time, F1s excepted. Only 20 highly skilled (and wealthy) customers will be granted the right to spend € 1.5 million (£1 million) for a car they won’t even drive on open roads for it’s not homologated. As a consequence, it won’t be a competition model either. Actually, clients will exclusively use it on track and, thanks to its on board telemetry system, gather information that will be exploited by Ferrari for further development. The FXX is powered by a 6262cc V12 engine delivering 800bhp at 8500rpm coupled with an F1-inspired gearbox changing gears in 100ms, a figure almost matching that of a real F1. Moreover, it’s possible to adapt the various spoilers configuration to suit a specific circuit. Along with an innovative shape allowing a 40% increase of the downforces, 19’’ Bridgestone slick tyres and special extra-large brakes designed by Brembo composed of ceramic and metal, reaching the limits of the car will require a skilled pilot’s know-how. On request, the FXX can get a passenger seat.
Ferrari will organize a series of track events on various circuits in the world over the next 2 years. On these occasions, an official team of technicians will be there to collect the 39 elements of information gathered by the cars and provide assistance to the so-called Client Test Driver. Given the degree of performance of the car, each customer will follow a training-course given by a professional driver, on the Fiorano track.
The icing on the cake is that the seat and pedals will be individually tailored for each client. The first FXX will be delivered at the end of the year, so, if you’re interested, you still can fill a form to be part of the program. No other supercar, neither the Bugatti Veyron nor the Mercedes SLR can claim to such a degree of exclusiveness: Ferrari have understood it’s not a mere question of price and styling…
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