Ferrari 599: GTB Fiorano, GTO, SA Aperta and 599XX history and specs

The Ferrari 599 is the front-engined V12 grand tourer that Ferrari built at Maranello from 2006 to 2012, between the 575M Maranello and the F12berlinetta. The 599 GTB Fiorano coupé has a 6.0-litre V12 from the Enzo making 620cv (611bhp); the 599 GTO and the open SA Aperta make 670cv (661bhp), and the track-only 599XX, 730cv. In April 2010 a 599XX lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6min 58.16sec, which Ferrari called the first lap under seven minutes by a production-derived car.

People look it up for what one costs now (evo put the cheapest 599 GTBs at £85,000 in 2025, and a 599 GTO sold for £2.9 million in January 2026), for the differences between the GTB, HGTE, GTO, SA Aperta and 599XX, and for what goes wrong.

History of the Ferrari 599

Ferrari unveiled the 599 GTB Fiorano at the Geneva motor show on 28 February 2006 as the replacement for the 575M Maranello, and built it until 2012. Its release, reproduced in full by Autoblog, called it "the most powerful 12-cylinder berlinetta ever developed at Maranello". The name is the engine's 5,999cc divided by ten, GTB for Gran Turismo Berlinetta, and Fiorano for Ferrari's test track next to the factory.

Replacing the 575M Maranello

The 550 Maranello of 1996 had brought the V12 back to the front of Ferrari's flagship, and the same Geneva release counted 5,700 cars built of the 550 and the 575M together, a record for the line. Autocar called the 575M "a dynamic step backwards" from the 550 in its review of the 599. The new car kept the layout (a V12 in front, the gearbox at the back, two seats) and replaced the tubular steel chassis of its predecessor with an aluminium chassis and aluminium bodywork. The wheelbase grew, and the fuel tank moved inside it, ahead of the rear axle, which Autocar said lowered the centre of gravity and the polar moment of inertia. Its development code was F141.

Launch at Geneva in 2006

Ferrari gave the 599 the Enzo's V12 at 620cv, a choice of six-speed manual or F1 paddle-shift gearboxes, and a Racing and Track option pack with carbon-ceramic brakes, 20in wheels, four-point harnesses and a cockpit roll bar. evo puts the UK price in 2006 at about £170,000, and Parkers reported a two-year waiting list for new cars.

The end of production and the F12berlinetta

Ferrari confirmed the 599's successor at a board meeting in February 2012 and showed it at the Geneva motor show in March as the F12berlinetta, with a 6,262cc V12 of 729bhp and 70kg less weight than the 599, SkiddMark reported at the time. Luca di Montezemolo, Ferrari's chairman, called it "a revolutionary new car that delivers extreme performance and unprecedented power output". Until then, buyers of a 599 could order the 60F1 paint and trim package, which CAR magazine said would be "available on every single 599 sold until the car's death".

Design and engineering

The 599 has a 65-degree V12 mounted behind the front axle, a six-speed gearbox at the rear axle, an aluminium chassis with double-wishbone suspension front and rear, and a body by Pininfarina. Ferrari's spec sheet gives a 47/53 front/rear weight distribution, and its stated aims for the car were more driving pleasure, technology from its Formula 1 cars, and better comfort, ergonomics and safety.

Pininfarina's body and the flying buttresses

Pininfarina designed the 599. evo's account of the design, written for its Art of Speed series in 2016, names Jason Castriota as the exterior designer who drew the buttresses either side of the rear window, working under Lorenzo Ramaciotti, Pininfarina's design director. PistonHeads and Sports Car Market say the car was styled under Frank Stephenson, then head of design at Ferrari. When Montezemolo saw the scale model, he asked of the buttresses: "What is it, and does it work?" Ferrari's aerodynamicist Luca Caldirola tested them in the wind tunnel and found that air sped up between the buttresses and the cabin formed a vortex over the boot lid that made downforce without adding drag. The aerodynamics rely on a flat underbody and a rear diffuser worked into the bumper, and Ferrari gives a drag coefficient of 0.336 and downforce of 160kg at 300km/h. evo picked out the slim headlights, "sharky grille" and high-set round tail lights as details taken from the Enzo.

The F140 V12 from the Enzo

The engine, the F140C, kept the Enzo's block, heads, sump and combustion chambers, and was made more compact so it would fit under the bonnet of a front-engined car. It makes 620cv at 7,600rpm and 608Nm at 5,600rpm, and revs to 8,400rpm: 900rpm more than the 575M, Ferrari says. Its 103cv per litre was the highest of any engine of that size without turbochargers. The camshafts are driven by chains, so there are no cambelts to change.

F1-SuperFast gearbox and the rare manual

Most 599s have the six-speed automated manual gearbox Ferrari called F1-SuperFast, changed with paddles fixed to the steering column. Autocar measured 100 milliseconds between the clutch opening and closing on a full-speed shift. PistonHeads' buying guide of 2015 says every GTB sold in the UK had the F1 gearbox and a few cars in other markets had the six-speed manual; its 2017 market report added that one UK customer reportedly ordered a manual 599 in 2012.

Chassis, F1-Trac and magnetic dampers

The 599 was the first Ferrari with magnetorheological dampers (Ferrari's SCM), whose fluid changes viscosity in a magnetic field. PistonHeads' buying guide says they react to the road in a quarter of the time of a conventional damper and cut body movement by 30 per cent compared with the 575M. It was also the first road car with F1-Trac, Ferrari's traction control from Formula 1. A switch on the steering wheel, the manettino, sets the dampers, gearshift speed and stability control together. Steel brakes were standard, and almost every buyer paid £11,500 for Brembo carbon-ceramic discs (398mm front, 360mm rear).

Interior

The cabin has leather on the passenger side and carbon fibre and aluminium around the driver, a central rev counter with a red or yellow face, and analogue dials beside an electronic display. evo noted in 2025 that the cabin "predates the trend for screens and haptics", with real dials and buttons for the heating and stereo. The boot holds 320 litres of luggage, and Autocar found the rear shelf big enough for a small golf bag. Ferrari's personalisation programme covered racing equipment, colours, interior materials and travel equipment; options included a carbon-fibre steering wheel with LED shift lights modelled on the Enzo's, Daytona-style seats and a £7,000 carbon interior pack.

Ferrari 599 specs and performance

A 599 GTB Fiorano reaches 100km/h in 3.7 seconds and over 330km/h (205mph); a 599 GTO takes 3.35 seconds and reaches over 335km/h (208mph). All 599s share the 5,999cc V12 and a 2,750mm wheelbase.

Sources: Ferrari's model pages for the 599 GTB Fiorano, 599 GTO, SA Aperta and 599XX, read 28 October 2026 (converted to metric where Ferrari gives only inches and pounds). Weights are for European cars.

How fast is a Ferrari 599?

Ferrari quotes over 330km/h (205mph) for the GTB and over 335km/h (208mph) for the GTO. Autocar timed a 599 GTB from rest to 60mph in 3.7 seconds and to 100mph in an average of 7.4 seconds, the same 0–100mph time it had recorded for the Pagani Zonda S. evo recorded 3.5 seconds to 62mph against Ferrari's claim of 3.7.

How much horsepower does a Ferrari 599 have?

A 599 GTB Fiorano has 620cv, which is 611bhp or 456kW; British magazines quote 611bhp or 612bhp. The GTO and SA Aperta have 670cv (661bhp, 493kW). The 599XX has 730cv on Ferrari's spec sheet, and the 599XX Evolution of 2011 has 750cv (740bhp).

Fiorano lap times

Ferrari times its road cars round its own Fiorano circuit, and the times it published for the 599 range put the GTO almost a second ahead of the Enzo.

Sources: Ferrari's 599 GTO release of April 2010, as reported by SkiddMark; Ferrari's 599XX page; Ferrari's 599XX Evolution release of December 2011, reproduced by Automoto.it.

Ferrari 599 models and special editions

Ferrari sold the 599 as the GTB Fiorano coupé, with an HGTE handling pack two years after launch, then the limited-run 599 GTO and SA Aperta, the 60F1 trim package and a China Limited Edition. It also built one-offs on the 599 for individual customers, and a hybrid prototype.

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

The GTB Fiorano is the standard coupé, and most 599s are GTBs. Wheels are 19in at the front and 20in at the rear, with 245/40 and 305/35 tyres.

599 HGTE: the handling pack

HGTE stands for Handling Gran Turismo Evoluzione, a package for the GTB with stiffer springs and rear anti-roll bar, a lower ride height, new settings for the magnetic dampers in the sportier manettino positions, softer-compound tyres, quicker gearshifts and a louder exhaust. Autocar described the aim as less pitch and roll and more grip and traction. It cost about £14,000 in the UK. Autocar found it "mildly less supple" round town but still better than most high-powered GTs or supercars over bumps, and said that if it were specifying a 599 it would "certainly tick the HGTE box".

Ferrari 599 GTO

The 599 GTO is the road-legal version of the 599XX, shown at the Beijing motor show on 23 April 2010 and limited to 599 cars. Ferrari called it its fastest road car yet. It is the third Ferrari called GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato), after the 250 GTO of 1962 and the 288 GTO of 1984, and the first not intended for racing. Ferrari made the aluminium and glass thinner and the brakes, transmission and exhaust lighter, so that its figures put the GTO 84kg below a manual GTB, dry. It has 670cv, 60-millisecond gearshifts, second-generation SCM dampers and carbon-ceramic brakes, and the 599XX's "wheel doughnuts", discs outside the brakes that cut drag and cool them. It stops from 100km/h in 32.5 metres, Ferrari says. A brochure leaked in March 2010 gave a UK price of about £285,000, SkiddMark reported; the list price was £305,676, according to PistonHeads' 2017 market report. In the US it listed at $416,550.

Ferrari 599 SA Aperta

The SA Aperta is the open variant of the 599, with no fixed roof, shown at the Paris motor show in 2010 to mark Pininfarina's 80th anniversary; SA stands for Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina. Ferrari built 80, all sold before the car was shown, and in its words the light soft top is "designed to be resorted to only if the weather gets particularly bad". It has the GTO's 670cv engine, a lower windscreen, and two fins behind the seats that carry the roll bars. Ferrari says the chassis is about as stiff as the coupé's and the weight difference negligible; its own figures give 100kg more than the GTO, dry. The US list price was $528,450.

599 GTB 60F1

The 60F1, announced in December 2011, marks 60 years from Froilán González's win in the 375 F1 at Silverstone in 1951 to Fernando Alonso's win at the same circuit in the 150° Italia in 2011. It is based on the HGTE, with a choice of three liveries from the two cars, 20in diamond-finish forged wheels, Scuderia shields on the front wings, Sabelt seats in Europe and Recaro seats in the US, and a dashboard plaque signed by González and Alonso. CAR magazine reported that Ferrari "insists the 599 GTB 60F1 isn't a special or limited edition".

China Limited Edition and the Lu Hao car

In September 2009 Ferrari announced a 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition, fewer than a dozen cars in two-tone Rosso Fuoco with a silver roof. A one-off painted by Lu Hao, the first Chinese artist to work with Ferrari, in the crackle pattern of Song dynasty Ge kiln porcelain, was auctioned at a gala dinner at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing that November. An anonymous buyer from Shanghai paid €1.2 million including taxes, SkiddMark reported, and the money paid for students from Tsinghua University's automotive engineering department to study at the Politecnico di Milano and train at Ferrari.

One-off cars on the 599

Ferrari's Special Projects department, which began in 2008, had built about 40 cars for individual customers by 2019, according to RM Sotheby's. Three of them are on the 599, and Zagato bodied others.

P540 Superfast Aperta

The P540 Superfast Aperta, built for the American collector Edward Walson and delivered at Fiorano in December 2009, is an open 599 GTB inspired by the Fantuzzi-bodied Ferrari in Federico Fellini's 1968 film Toby Dammit. SkiddMark reported that it took 14 months from design to testing and weighed 20kg more than the donor car. "I had always dreamed of designing sports cars," Walson said at its delivery.

Superamerica 45

The Superamerica 45 was built for the New York collector Peter Kalikow to mark 45 years as a Ferrari customer, and shown at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este on 20 May 2011. Ferrari's release, reproduced by Automoto.it, describes a carbon-fibre hard top that rotates into a new boot lid, and Blu Antille paint matching Kalikow's 1961 400 Superamerica cabriolet.

SP30

The SP30 of 2011 is a one-off on a 599 GTO chassis, with 599XX-style winglets, 458 Italia headlights and 599 tail lights. It was the first Special Projects car offered at public auction, in RM Sotheby's Paris sale of 6 February 2019, with 110km on its odometer.

Zagato 599 GTZ Nibbio

Zagato bodied customers' 599 GTBs from 2007 as the GTZ Nibbio, in coupé and spyder forms; RM Sotheby's catalogue of 2021 says six spyders were built, each in different colours.

599 HY-KERS hybrid prototype

At Geneva on 2 March 2010 Ferrari showed a green 599 GTB Fiorano with a hybrid system, the HY-KERS. CAR magazine reported a 40kg electric motor of more than 100bhp driving through a seven-speed twin-clutch gearbox, with flat lithium-ion batteries under the floor; Ferrari aimed for one extra horsepower for each kilogram added. An updated HY-KERS went into the LaFerrari of 2013.

Ferrari 599XX and the Nürburgring record

The 599XX is a track-only 599 that Ferrari sold to selected customers from 2009, and on 21 April 2010 it became, in Ferrari's words, "the first ever production-derived sports car to break the 7-minute barrier" on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Autocar puts its price at £1.2 million and the number made at 29.

The 599XX programme

The 599XX is not road legal and was not built to race in any series; Autocar described it as "all but rebuilt" with F1 technology. Owners drove their cars at Ferrari's own track days, and Ferrari collected the data. Ferrari reworked the engine's combustion chambers and inlet and exhaust tracts, cut internal friction, and raised the limit to 9,000rpm. The body uses composites and carbon fibre, and the brakes have carbon-fibre pads. Its Actiflow system uses two fans in the boot to draw air from under the car out through grilles beside the tail lights; with winglets on the buttresses, Ferrari quotes 280kg of downforce at 200km/h and 630kg at 300km/h. The car runs on slicks on 19in wheels, and a screen Ferrari called the virtual car engineer shows the driver how efficiently the car is being driven.

How fast did the 599XX lap the Nordschleife?

Ferrari's test driver Raffaele de Simone lapped the 20.832km Nordschleife in 6min 58.16sec on 21 April 2010, and Ferrari announced the time on 23 April, the day the 599 GTO was shown in Beijing. GoAuto reported Ferrari's account: the German touring car driver Florian Gruber lapped in 6:58.5 in a second 599XX the same day, both beat the 7:14.89 of the Donkervoort D8 270RS that Ferrari counted as the previous best for a production-derived car, and both were quicker than the 6:58.6 that gave Niki Lauda pole for the 1975 German Grand Prix in a Ferrari 312T. The lap was run at the end of an industry test day, before the circuit opened to the public. The Nürburgring photographer Tony Dewhurst, who watched it, wrote for the Pistonspy website, as SkiddMark quoted in April 2010: "The car only did 2 laps before the Touristen Fahrten … but it is the fastest most planted car I have seen on the Nordschleife for some time."

The claim was disputed from the start. AutoGuide pointed out that the 599XX is not a production car and not road legal, and that a Radical SR8 LM had lapped in 6:48. On 29 June 2010 Marc Basseng lapped in 6min 47sec in a Pagani Zonda R, which is also not road legal and also counted as production-derived, evo reported.

599XX Evolution

Ferrari showed an Evolution package for the 599XX at the Bologna motor show in December 2011, for a client programme over 2012 and 2013. It has a rear wing with two flaps that rotate to move downforce between the axles (Ferrari called the idea "opening gap"), worked by the same electronics as the ABS, stability control, dampers and F1-Trac. Downforce at 200km/h is 330kg with the flaps open and 440kg closed. Side exhausts raised power by 20cv to 750cv at 9,000rpm and torque to 700Nm, and the car is 35kg lighter. Sports Car Market put the price of the package at $200,000.

How many Ferrari 599s were made?

Ferrari limited the 599 GTO to 599 cars and the SA Aperta to 80, and Autocar puts 599XX production at 29. Sports Car Market's 2014 report on the last GTO and the last SA Aperta (numbers 599 of 599 and 80 of 80) recorded a claim by Ferrari spotters that more than 120 Apertas exist.

In the UK, 437 Ferrari 599s were on the register in the second quarter of 2026, according to the Department for Transport's licensing statistics: 256 licensed for the road and 181 declared off the road (SORN). The register held 397 in the third quarter of 2014, the earliest quarter in the table.

Source: Department for Transport, vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0120, UK, cars, counted on 28 October 2026. The model names are as registered with the DVLA.

Ferrari 599 price: new and used values

A used 599 GTB costs from about £85,000 in the UK (evo, 2025), and the median 599 GTB sold at auction has made £112,439; a 599 GTO's median is £702,118. Those medians are from The Classic Valuer's records of auction sales, read on 28 October 2026.

Price new

The 599 GTB cost about £170,000 in the UK in 2006, by evo's figures; Parkers lists the last cars at £205,843 to £211,067. The HGTE pack added about £14,000, carbon-ceramic brakes £11,500, and the carbon interior pack £7,000. Sports Car Market says Ferrari buyers spend an average of more than $40,000 on options. The GTO listed at £305,676, and in the US at $416,550 against $528,450 for the SA Aperta.

What a Ferrari 599 costs today

Source: The Classic Valuer, buyer's guides for the 599 GTB and 599 GTO, read 28 October 2026.

SA Aperta sales are rarer. The last one built, number 80, sold for $955,564 at RM's Monaco auction on 10 May 2014, and the last GTO, number 599, for $493,194 in the same sale, as Sports Car Market reported; each had covered 290km. RM Sotheby's estimated a black SA Aperta at €925,000 to €1,050,000 for its Paris sale of 2019.

Is the Ferrari 599 going up in value?

The GTB's highest auction price was set in August 2025 and the GTO's in January 2026, both in the US. In PistonHeads' 2017 market report, when good GTBs started at £100,000, Will Smith of Silverstone Auctions said 599s had "bottomed out in terms of depreciation, and are starting to climb back up". evo put the entry price at £85,000 in 2025.

Buying and owning a Ferrari 599

The 599 has a good reliability record for a V12 Ferrari: the engine and gearbox last if they are serviced, and the faults that recur are leaking dampers and radiators, worn suspension ball joints, and cosmetic ones.

Is the Ferrari 599 reliable?

The F140 engine is reliable and well understood, evo reported in 2025, and owners report more than 50,000 miles from a clutch. Christian Mineeff, chairman of the Ferrari Owners' Club, told evo his 599 had been "absolutely fabulous" and warned only of small electrical faults and parts prices: a failed mirror switch means replacing the whole panel it sits in, for a four-figure sum. The US safety regulator NHTSA lists no recalls for the 599 for any model year from 2007 to 2012 (NHTSA recall database, checked 28 October 2026).

What to check before buying

• Clutch wear, read with Ferrari's SD3 diagnostic equipment or an OBD reader; judder pulling away means a worn clutch.
• Gearbox oil changed every two years or 37,000 miles, and engine oil changes dated in the service history, since most 599s cover few miles.
• Leaking magnetic dampers (£2,500 to £3,000 a pair) and leaking radiators.
• Knocking from the suspension ball joints, about £500 a corner.
• Carbon-ceramic disc wear, measured by a dealer: a pair of discs costs about £7,000 (evo), and a full set of discs, pads and calipers £11,595 from Eurospares (PistonHeads, 2015).
• Paint polished through on the wing tops and bonnet edges, scuffs on the front spoiler and dings on a car 1,962mm wide.
• Crazed Perspex rear quarter windows, about £500 a side, and cracked rear lights.

Sources: evo (2025) and PistonHeads' buying guide pages on the engine, chassis and body (October 2015).

Running costs

Servicing at a Ferrari main dealer cost £1,500 in 2015, PistonHeads found, rising to about £2,000 every third year when the auxiliary belts are changed, and a new clutch at £5,000 fitted. Rear tyres last about 10,000 miles; a pair cost about £600 for the rear and £400 for the front. Ferrari quotes 17.9 litres per 100km (15.8mpg) combined. Autocar's advice was to expect "all the usual costs involved with running a V12 supercar", though the annual engine-out belt changes of older Ferraris are gone. Cars sold through Ferrari's Approved scheme have a two-year warranty, and Ferrari's own warranty can be bought for a V12 car after an inspection.

Road tax on a Ferrari 599

A 599 costs £790 a year to tax in the UK. With 401g/km (GTB) or 411g/km (GTO and SA Aperta) of CO2, it is in band M, the top band for cars registered from 1 March 2001 to 31 March 2017 (GOV.UK vehicle tax rates, read 28 October 2026).

Ferrari 599 rivals

Parkers lists the Aston Martin DBS, Lamborghini Murciélago and Bentley Continental GT as the 599's rivals, and evo has called the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG "Germany's answer to the Ferrari 599". When new, magazines also compared it with the Porsche 911 GT3 and Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 by evo, the Pagani Zonda S by Autocar, and the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series and Porsche 911 GT2 in a 2009 group test.

evo's Car of the Year 2006 put a 997 GT3 second. Its judges said the GT3 was "a racing car straight away", while "in the Ferrari you're in a GT, it's got some luxury, a bit more style"; evo also found the 599 changed direction more eagerly than Lamborghini's mid-engined LP640. The SL65 Black Series, GT2 and 599 were photographed together on a beach in May 2009 for a feature by Chris Harris, SkiddMark reported.

Inside Ferrari, the four-wheel-drive Ferrari FF of 2011 was the V12 four-seater sold alongside the 599, and the F12berlinetta that replaced it in 2012 had 80bhp more than the FF. The mid-engined 458 Italia was the V8 Ferrari sold alongside the 599 from 2010.

Reception and awards

The 599 GTB won evo's Car of the Year and Top Gear magazine's Supercar of the Year in 2006, and Classic Driver's Car of the Year. evo's John Barker concluded that "it will be some machine that topples it from its position as the world's greatest GT". Ferrari GB's release for Autosport International 2007, published by Racecar.com, quoted Top Gear magazine calling it "the best Ferrari of the modern era", and Classic Driver calling it "the fastest proper car this side of an Enzo or Carrera GT".

Autocar's review summed it up as "mind-blowing pace and handling" and called it "currently the most complete GT ever conceived", but found two faults. The gearbox did not always match engine and gear speeds on downshifts, and the manettino tied the damper, gearshift and stability settings together, so that on British roads Sport was too firm and Winter, the softer setting, made the gearchange sluggish. The GTO met doubt over its name. Sports Car Market wrote that "the 599 GTO would not earn its name on the track", unlike the 250 GTO, and Autocar would take the HGTE over the GTO "as a happier medium between touring comfort and still epic performance".

Questions

What does 599 GTB Fiorano stand for?

599 is the V12's capacity of 5,999cc divided by ten, GTB stands for Gran Turismo Berlinetta (a closed two-seater), and Fiorano is Ferrari's test track at Maranello.

Is the Ferrari 599 front-engined or mid-engined?

Front-engined. The V12 sits entirely behind the front axle, which Ferrari calls a mid-front position, and the gearbox is at the rear.

Does the Ferrari 599 have a manual gearbox?

Very few do. The 599 GTB was offered with a six-speed manual, but nearly every car has the F1 paddle-shift gearbox, and the GTO, SA Aperta and 599XX were F1 only.

Is the Ferrari 599 GTO road legal?

Yes. The 599 GTO is the road-legal version of the 599XX, built in a run of 599. The 599XX itself is a track-only car and cannot be registered for the road.

Is the Ferrari 599 GTO faster than the Enzo?

Round Ferrari's Fiorano track, yes: Ferrari timed the GTO at 1min 24.00sec and the Enzo at 1min 24.90sec. Ferrari says the GTO is neither quicker to 100km/h nor faster at the top end than the Enzo.

What replaced the Ferrari 599?

The F12berlinetta, shown at the Geneva motor show in March 2012, with a 6,262cc V12 of 729bhp.

How many Ferrari 599 GTOs are in the UK?

85 were on the DVLA register in the second quarter of 2026: 36 licensed for the road and 49 declared off the road, according to the Department for Transport.

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