Petrolheads love a track special. Whether it be RS for Porsche, CSL for BMW, or Black Series for Mercedes-Benz, these machines take an already potent driver’s car and throw passenger comfort and any sense of modesty out the window in pursuit of all-out track performance. However, in the realm of track-focused driver’s cars, there are two special letters that are sit above the rest, guaranteed to get the pulse racing of any car lover in the world: XX.
Only affixed to Ferrari’s most exclusive and razor sharp track cars; XX prancing horses are so extreme that the factory won’t even let you park them in your own stable, instead caring for them in their homeland of Maranello. It was a concept met with some derision when it was first introduced: who would pay millions for a non-road legal car they would barely ever see? However, these doubts almost instantly dissolved at the sight, sound, and above all, lap times that accompanied rare glimpses of these XX models. Now, RM Sotheby’s are offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire three of the first (and finest) XX Ferraris as part of their Tailored for Speed Collection auction on October 11th in Zurich. Let’s take a look at this triplet of track maniacs and understand what separates them from any other track-focused hypercar on the planet.
2008 Ferrari FXX Evo
This is where the XX story begins. Spurred on by the success of their Challenge Series, Ferrari began working on an ultra-exclusive track-only hypercar, available to a small circle of their most preferred clients. The platform for this first-of-its-kind track special couldn’t have been better — the legendary Ferrari Enzo — and much of its design DNA is evident in the FXX that it spawned. However, in terms of performance, the FXX was in an entirely different ball park.
Developed with shock-inducing lap times at its core, the FXX was endowed with the Enzo’s mid-mounted dry-sump V12 engine, only in this application it was bored out to 6.3-litres and retuned to develop a whopping 789 horsepower and 506 pound-feet of torque. These stats are still on the forefront of performance today, as are the FXX’s 0-60mph time of just 2.7 seconds and 214 mph top speed. Further enhancements came in the form of a retuned Formula 1 gearbox for sub-100-millisecond shifts and Brembo carbon fibre-reinforced silicon-carbide-ceramic-composite disc brakes, while the exterior was re-sculpted in the name of maximum downforce.
However, this car, chassis number 161517, takes things even further. The third-to-last FXX ever built from the run of approximately 38 cars, this example was delivered to its first Hong Kong-based owner with the full Evo specification, which includes a remapped, more powerful engine, new transmission software enabling quicker shifts, improved traction control and onboard telemetry, and revised bodywork that endowed the FXX with yet more downforce. Currently wearing a Blu Corsa Opaco wrap to match its XX siblings also offered in this sale, this FXX Evo shows just 2,711 kilometres after being driven in a handful of Corse Clienti events.
2012 Ferrari 599XX Evo
The 599XX marked only the second time those two hallowed letters had appeared on a Ferrari model when it was unveiled in Miami in March 2010. Its slightly less exotic starting point — the 599 GTB — might have seemed like a step backwards, had it not silenced any naysayers with a lightning fast Nürburgring lap time of just 6 minutes and 58.16 seconds; almost half a minute faster than the Enzo’s. Then there was the aero package, which added a dive planes, vents, and wings galore, not to mention the fans that sucked air from the under tray and out through the apertures where the tail lights once were.
Indeed, while the silhouette was reminiscent of the 599 GTB, the 599XX’s internals were a radical departure from the road-going grand tourer. Under the bonnet, the revised Tipo F140C V12 engine now produced 730 horsepower and 506 pound-feet of torque, giving the 599XX a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.9 seconds. However, like the FXX above, this 599XX was delivered with the Evoluzione package that added an extra 10 horses, a shortened final drive ratio that noticeably sharpened acceleration, and one of the earliest applications of active aerodynamics in a Ferrari vehicle, including a Formula 1-inspired DRS-enabled twin-profile rear wing. The Evo package didn’t end there: a lightweight exhaust system with side-pipes, revised suspension geometry, and bespoke, track-specific wheels shod with Pirelli racing slicks gave the 599XX Evo an Enzo-trumping Fiorano time of just 1 minute and 15 seconds.
Approximately 45 units of the 599XX ever left Maranello, making it one of the rarest prancing horses ever. This particular example, chassis number 187956, belongs to the final batch of cars built in 2012 and was originally finished in the incredible shade of Rosso Fuoco, which has since been protected by a Blu Corsa Opaco wrap. With 10,806 kilometres of spirited-but-limited use behind it, this 599XX Evo is looking for a new custodian.
2016 Ferrari FXX-K Evo
After the La Ferrari first broke cover at Geneva in 2013, enthusiasts were already awaiting a true successor to the mid-engined FXX, and they didn’t have to wait long, because at the Finali Mondiali held at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in 2014, Ferrari unveiled the LaFerrari-based FXX K. It followed the same formula as its forebears, taking the La Ferrari’s platform and upping the power and downforce while slashing the weight to create a machine capable of truly biblical levels of performance. Propelled by a Formula 1-derived Hy-Kers hybrid powerplant that combined a 6.3-litre 848 horsepower V12 with a 187 horsepower electric motor, the FXX-K boosted the La Ferrari’s output by 85 horsepower for a grand total of 1,035 hp.
As with every XX Ferrari, the drivetrain was just the start, and the La Ferrari’s bodywork was transformed with a new nose featuring a two-part splitter with vertical fins on either end as well as a new rear end complete with twin spoiler-ettes to manage airflow. Again, this example was treated to the full Evoluzione package, which included redesigned rear brake intakes and a fixed full-width dual rear wing that sits over an active spoiler, resulting in a 23 percent increase in downforce over the ‘standard’ FXX-K, and a whopping 75 percent increase over the road-going La Ferrari’s figure. Combined with a 90kg diet over the road car, and you have a track special capable of lapping Fiorano in just 1 minute and 14 seconds, five seconds faster than the LaFerrari and more than worthy of the four letter expletive that some credit as the origin of its name.
One of just 60 ever built, this FXX-K was finished from factory in the extremely rare livery of two-tone Blu Corsa Opaco with Nero Stellato Opaco accents. Delivered in March 2016, it returned to Maranello in 2017 for its full Evo transformation, while its most recent outing was in 2024 at Monza. Having covered just 5,709 kilometres, this FXX-K remains in outstanding health and is ready to show its next custodian just how fast a 1,000-plus horsepower track-bred Ferrari truly is.
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