Ferrari 599 Cabrio to be revealed at Pebble Beach
Aug 23, 2010 | 09:07 AM
#47
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I also had an insider scoop from Ferrari Europe. He said the car would have a GTS type of removable or electric type top with CF everywhere, equipped with GTO engine and mechanics and would be priced twice of a GTO.
Sounds exciting...
Sounds exciting...
Aug 26, 2010 | 08:40 AM
#48
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New info from ONEOFEW on fchat:
"It was near the Quail, inside the gated section of the golf course, up in the hills. Even with the invitation it was hard to find the Location. As for photos, it would be extremely difficult for anyone to take a pic, they ask us to surrender all cameras and cell phones. Also there were as many of them in the room as the invited guests at any given time.
From what they told me the car on display was the only one in existence, first time ever out of the factory grounds. The front end of the car is 599 convertible specific, looks great, it will be equipped with the GTO engine with the single clutch F1 system. Definitely the new retractable top raised some eyebrows, according to them it would take only a few seconds to put in on and off, but it took two of them one each side of the car to place it back on. Good news is convertible will weigh exactly same as a GTB. There are three new convertible specific colors; a new Red, a Navy and Black, all have some sort of sheen in them.
They anticipate on releasing the car spring of 2011, there is no name for it yet, I think it may end up being called a Barchetta, I asked how many they intend to build, all they said was going to be in very limited amounts, far less then the Barchetta or the Superamerica."
"It was near the Quail, inside the gated section of the golf course, up in the hills. Even with the invitation it was hard to find the Location. As for photos, it would be extremely difficult for anyone to take a pic, they ask us to surrender all cameras and cell phones. Also there were as many of them in the room as the invited guests at any given time.
From what they told me the car on display was the only one in existence, first time ever out of the factory grounds. The front end of the car is 599 convertible specific, looks great, it will be equipped with the GTO engine with the single clutch F1 system. Definitely the new retractable top raised some eyebrows, according to them it would take only a few seconds to put in on and off, but it took two of them one each side of the car to place it back on. Good news is convertible will weigh exactly same as a GTB. There are three new convertible specific colors; a new Red, a Navy and Black, all have some sort of sheen in them.
They anticipate on releasing the car spring of 2011, there is no name for it yet, I think it may end up being called a Barchetta, I asked how many they intend to build, all they said was going to be in very limited amounts, far less then the Barchetta or the Superamerica."
Aug 31, 2010 | 01:29 PM
#49
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And he is absolutely right. One friend of mine who saw the pics and know the specs basically confirmed this. He added that car looks great, wait for more details when car will be released in September, first to the owners, then media release. Could be called possibly just the 599 Roadster.
