2008 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

The vendor has owned this fine 599 since 2015, when the car had around 18,000 miles on the odometer.

Today, a decade on, the number of miles on the clock has risen by just 30,000.

Somewhat spookily, you’ll see from the photographs that by the time our photographer had driven the car to its destination for the shoot, the odometer was reading precisely 48,599.

Anyway. We digress.

The car is Grigio Silverstone with a tan leather interior, and is generously specified and classily optioned.

It is in excellent overall condition and drives every bit as well as you would hope and expect of a car that’s been meticulously serviced, maintained and curated throughout its life.

It starts on the button and immediately announces, via a cacophony of throaty pops, snorts and rips, that it wants to get going sooner rather than later.

And it can certainly do that.

Flex your ankle even slightly and it will take off like a nervous cheetah at a fireworks display.

Which is, of course, want you want from your 6-litre V12 Ferrari.
 

This car really does present very well from every angle.

Ferrari have got the proportions, balance and stance just right, in our opinion, and the result is a car with a commanding and purposeful presence that’s entirely in keeping with its phenomenal capabilities.

The bodywork is untroubled by any dinks, dents, warps or creases worthy of attention and the glossy Grigio Silverstone paintwork has hung on to its shine and lustre with stubborn tenacity.

The metallic finish really pops and sings when some sunshine comes its way.

The panel gaps and shut-lines are tight, consistent and even.

Even standard wear and tear items - minor stone chips and light scratches - are few and far between on this car but, if you look closely, you’ll find a few in the usual places: around the front valance, the bonnet and the ‘nose’ of the car; and on the forward-facing aspects of the rear wheel-arches. 

The badging, Scuderia shields, lights and lenses, trim and other exterior fixtures and fittings are pretty much beyond reproach.  

Try as we might (and we do), we really can’t find anything significant to moan about.
 

The interior of this 599 is a refined, understated and classy place to spend some quality time.

You’ve bought a Ferrari, so people are going to stare at whether you like it or not.

You don’t need to attract even more attention by having electric green carpets, gold lamé headlining and leopard-print upholstery.  

Whoever first specified this interior was clearly a person of taste and discernment, because the soft tan leather sets just the right tone of understated luxury and quiet opulence.

The classic Daytona-style seats have yet to earn much more than a few light creases on the outer bolsters, let alone any time-served patina or signs of wear.

The carpets and mats are in fine fettle, as is the roof lining, and the various carbon-fibre inserts on and around the dashboard and centre console are similarly beyond criticism.

As far as we are aware, all dials, gauges, levers, buttons and switches do as they’re told without hesitation, deviation or repetition.

One or two buttons have just started to show early signs of ‘Sticky Button Syndrome’, an affliction that affected a whole generation of cars from Maranello and Modena.

Here, it’s limited to a couple of buttons and is barely noticeable.

We’ve been in some Maseratis and Ferraris where we’ve had to ask colleagues to prise our glued hands away from the centre console.

The dashboard trim at the back of the instrument binnacle and adjacent to the offside speaker grille by the windscreen has separated and lifted away from its moorings.

The very useful luggage space behind the seats is in very good condition, as is the boot, save for a broken leather retaining strap. The boot contains a car cover.
 

The engine bay is magnificently full of V12 engine.

Everything is clean, dry, tidy, present and correct, from what we can.

The undersides of the car are largely hidden from view by various protective trays and cowls, but what we can see looks, sound, solid and possessed of plenty of structural integrity.

There’s nothing anywhere to make us doubt the car’s honesty, character or structural integrity.
 

The car comes with a service book that’s fair bristling with stamps, the first three from main dealers and thereafter from the respected marque specialist, Simon Furlonger.

It also comes with its original book pack, full sets of keys, an HPI report, V5C and an MoT certificate, with no advisories whatsoever, that’s valid until 20/11/25. 
 

Most people’s default vision of a Ferrari is probably one of the firm’s mid-engined offerings.

The fact is, though, that the first mid-engined beast to leave the factory wearing a Ferrari badge (the 206 GT was technically a Dino, not a Ferrari), was the 365 GT4 BB in 1973.

Before that, all road-going Ferraris had the engine in front of the driver.

So, they’ve had quite some time to get the hang of building superlative front-engined thoroughbreds and, in our opinion, the 599 GTB Fiorano is one of the best of the bunch.

And it’s all the better, we think, for not being festooned with touch-screens and other digital sorcery.

Tastefully optioned and with a low mileage and a good service history, we believe this to be a very fine example of an exceptional car.

We are happy to offer this car for auction with an estimate in the range of £60,000 - £70,000.

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