| abstract | - The Ferrari 599XX is an experimental super sports cars from the Italian car manufacturer Ferrari that is not suitable for public roads. The 599XX is based upon the 599 GTB Fiorano and is sold—just like the Ferrari FXX—as an exclusive circuit car. The supercar was first shown to the public in 2009 during the Geneva Motor Show. The 599XX is equipped with the same 6.0 L V12 engine as the 599 GTB Fiorano. Since the regulations for street legal cars don't apply to the 599XX, Ferrari was ably to raise the horsepower to 720 bhp (~540 kW) at 9,000 rpm. The semi-automatic gearbox switches gears in just 60 milliseconds. The sale of the car will be held—just as with the FXX—for a select group of customers, selected by Ferrari. These customers can then drive their 599XX at track days, organized by Ferrari, under the so called "Corse Clienti" program. The car cost €1.1 million ($1.5 million) and only 29 have been produced. In the spring of 2010, Ferrari announced that the 599XX, as the first production-based vehicle, had made a lap time of under seven minutes on the famous old circuit of the Nürburgring (the so called Nordschleife of almost 21 kilometers (13 miles) in length).
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