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What is it?

Regular Ferrari 599 GTB not quite hardcore enough for you? This is the Ferrari 599 HGTE option package, comprising a raft of suspension changes aimed at making it a sharper and keener drive. The key letter in the package is H, for Handling. GT is for, er, GT, and E for Evoluzione.

The changes incorporate stiffer springs, 17 per cent at the front and 15 per cent at the rear, which also lower the ride height by 10mm, while there's a stiffer rear anti-roll bar and a softer compound for the Pirelli P Zero tyres. They run on marginally wider wheels at the front, though the tyres themselves are no wider. There's a tad extra camber, too, and revised calibration on the magnetic dampers.

An extra sprinkling of carbonfibre makes its way into the cabin, including for the shells of two brilliantly supportive new seats, but there's little inside you couldn't tick on the options list of a standard 599.

Power remains unchanged at 611bhp, which we've always found ample.

All in, the HGTE package adds around £14,000 to the 599's list price



Full Story: Autocar - Ferrari 599 HGTE


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Looks like they honestly thought "Handling GTE" was such a great name it deserved to be stitched on the seats.

Can't actually belive that the best Ferrari has the engine in front

^Scud is the best Ferrari..IMO