Beauty is back - It's not the Ferrari 600 Imola after all, but the 599GTB looks like a winner

摘要

Everyone was off by one digit. Rumors had swirled regarding the successor to the 575M Maranello, and disguised prototypes had been spotted on the streets surrounding Ferrari's factory. The new car, according to the automotive grapevine, would be called the 600 Imola: 600 would represent the 6.0-liter displacement of its V-12 engine, and Imola would reference the famous Italian racetrack. Instead, Ferrari chose a literal interpretation of the V-12's 5999-cc displacement, so the car is called the 599GTB. The letters GTB, of course, have a long history with Ferrari. Consider such noteworthy front-engine, V-12, two-seat berlinettas as the 275 GTB and the legendary Daytona, the 365GTB/4.