Category: Exotic Sports 
Price Range: £197,673 to £197,673
Hugely fast with sensational acceleration; enormous grip with foolproof, friendly handling and fine feedback; looks terrific and sounds even better; good ride and great usability
Handbrake needs a hefty tug; some early build-quality glitches on test car; will be very expensive
Here's the ultimate front-engined supercar, a car that makes a Mercedes SLR McLaren feel aloof and clumsy. Quicker than an F40 yet a hundredth as frightening, the 599 GTB is a towering achievement, a new benchmark and the fastest-accelerating car we have ever driven on the road
Approx £170,000. On sale in UK October
There's no EuroNCAP rating just yet and crash-testing a Ferrari must be a painful business, but the 599 is designed to perform well in a crash. The aluminium structure has a 34% greater torsional stiffness than the 575's steel one and high-strength aluminium is designed to reduce side-impact intrusion. There are four airbags (two front, two in the doors) and the first crash test result at the factory exceeded all current worldwide regulations according to Ferrari. The 599 also meets ACEA Phase One Car-to-Pedestrian impact standards.
Then there's the F1-Trac system. This is a massively fast car, but it's good to know that there are systems on board which help you avoid the accident in the first place.
As for security, there's the usual automatic immobiliser system and various annoying beeps to remind you to extract the ignition key.
