The team was headed by Andrea Bertolini, a professional race car driver who has won several championships for Ferrari. The FXX was developed by the Ferrari Corse Clienti department, a team responsible for managing Ferrari’s customer racing programs. The development of the Ferrari FXX began in 2004 when Ferrari decided to create a new car that would be faster and more technologically advanced than anything they had produced before. The FXX was developed as a successor to the Ferrari Enzo and was designed to push the limits of automotive engineering and performance, without needing to be road legal or comply with emissions restrictions. The car was the first in the Ferrari XX range, which was a series of cars designed for a carefully selected group of Ferrari’s most loyal customers, who want to experience the thrill of driving a race-specification Ferrari on track.

The Ferrari FXX was introduced in 2005 as a high-performance track-only supercar that, controversially, would remain in the possession of Ferrari even after a customer bought it. It was given a series of modifications, renamed the F140 DA V12, and by the time it was ready for installation into the FXX it had a displacement of 6,262cc and the power output had been raised from 660 bhp to 789 bhp at 8,500 rpm.Ībove Video: This is the Top Gear segment on the Ferrari FXX, it includes the Stig doing a hot lap around the test circuit and it shows where the car ended up on the famous Top Gear lap time board.

The 65º V12 used in the FXX was directly sourced from the earlier (and closely related) Ferrari Enzo. The engine was intended as a spare for use in the Ferrari FXX track-only supercar, and once fitted to a car it’ll be capable of producing approximately 789+ bhp at 8,500 rpm. This is an original, unused Ferrari FXX V12 engine that’s still sitting in its factory crate.

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