Footnotes

• ‘Ferrari has developed a truly innovative technical collaboration programme around the FXX prototype aimed at its most dedicated and passionate Clients.
  ‘The FXX is the most advanced GT ever created at Maranello and its mission is to involve Ferrari’s most valued Clients as genuine Prancing Horse Test Drivers in their own right. The wealth of data and experience gathered in the course of this very special programme will be exceptionally important.
  
  ‘In fact, the feedback from these highly skilled, non-professional Client Test Drivers will be compared and supplemented with suggestions from Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello and Ferrari’s professional in-house Test Drivers.
  
  ‘Every Client who signs up for the FXX project by purchasing one of the estimated 20 or so cars being built, will actually be joining Team Ferrari, and will have his driving experiences at the wheel of this new car monitored directly by the Prancing Horse’s technicians and specialists.
  ‘The FXX is the fruit of Ferrari’s know-how in building special limited-series sports cars combined with, of course, its racing experience. It will provide the basic framework on which the specifics of future extreme models will be worked out. The exceptionally powerful FXX delivers absolutely blistering performance on all fronts.
  ‘The FXX has not been homologated for road use and thus will not be a competition model. It will be used exclusively on the track as part of a specific ongoing research and development programme featuring this first ever group of Client Test Drivers.
  
  ‘The FXX is powered by an imposing 6,262 cc V12 engine that can punch out over 800 hp at 8,500 rpm. Its gearbox is the result of the transfer of F1 strategies, delivering gear change times of under 100 ms. This is almost as fast as the F1 single-seaters, themselves the absolute pinnacle of current technological achievement.
  
  ‘The FXX’s aerodynamic design is particularly innovative too as it has resulted in a shape that produces 40% higher downforce than ever achieved before. It is also possible to adjust the FXX’s mobile spoiler configuration to suit the specific circuit.
  ‘Ferrari’s partnership with Bridgestone has resulted in the development of a specific 19” slick tyre for this particular model. Likewise Brembo has created a special brake cooling and pad system for the FXX’s extra large Composite Ceramic Material disc brakes.
  ‘The Client Test Drivers will also be able to share their unique track experience with a passenger – in fact a second seat is available.
  ‘What really sets the FXX apart, however, is the sophisticated telemetry system which will monitor and give feedback on 39 different vehicle dynamics parameters in real time. The system is also able to record other data as demanded by specific circumstances.
  ‘The information gathered will then be analysed by the Ferrari technicians working on the programme and discussed with the individual Client Drivers to ensure that the car is kept constantly updated.’
  
  – Ferrari Press Release.
  
  Developed from the Ferrari Enzo, with which it shares some components, the Ferrari FXX supercar - surely the ultimate in ‘track day’ exotica - commenced production in 2005. A mere 29 were scheduled for completion by April 2006 and despite a price tag approaching $2 million each, all were pre-sold. The fastest series-production Ferrari ever offered to paying customers, the FXX is, sadly, intended for track use only and cannot legally be used on the road.
  
  The Ferrari FXX offered here is effectively a ‘brand new’ car. Delivered to the current owner in the Netherlands in December 2005 and offered complete with tool kit, it represents a possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the most exclusive driver’s club in the world. Taxes are to be paid if the new purchaser is resident in the EU.
  
  Développée à partir de la Ferrari Enzo, avec laquelle elle partage certains composants, la “supercar” Ferrari FXX - sans doute la plus absolue des “dérivées compétition” - est entrée en production en 2005. Une série limitée à vingt-neuf voitures seulement avait été planifiée jusqu'en avril 2006 et malgré un prix “ catalogue ” proche de 2 millions de dollars, elles furent toutes pré-vendues. Ferrari de série la plus rapide de tous les temps jamais mise au catalogue de la marque, la FXX est destinée uniquement au circuit.
  
  La Ferrari FXX offerte ici est effectivement une voiture rigoureusement neuve. Livrée à son actuel propriétaire aux Pays-bas en décembre 2005 et vendue complète avec son outillage de bord, elle représente un occasion probablement unique dans une vie d'entrer dans le club de pilotes le plus fermé du monde. La TVA sera a payer àpour tout adjudicataire européen.

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