550, it's a big old girl and if we're being honest it does have some rather unflattering angles...

Hill starts are the peak of hilarity, the handbrake's down by the fucking seat controls (on the left too), fortunately there's so much torque that you generally get away with it.

550

This is my fat Fiat.

Are you entirely sure the Huayra needs a manual transmission? I have a 485bhp V12 with a manual transmission and the clutch is fucking murder in day-to-day use. I'd hate to think what the pedal pressure to engage the clutch in a manual Huayra would be.

Nobody does "hit or miss" better than Zagato.

As far as I know, no F50GTs were ever homologated for the road. I know a couple of shops modified standard (and I use the term very loosely) F50s with wings and wheels that made them look like F50GTs...

Senza un'azienda che opera nel settore la vedo dura comprare una targa prova.

But wasn't in any way, shape or form road-legal.

Unfortunately it isn't actually road legal, which is why it changes hands relatively frequently. Ferrari used it with test plates, but it never received approval to be registered by private citizens.

There's a great picture of Gregor Fisken getting APB 1 ludicrously sideways at Goodwood in the Ferrari 250GTO Haynes manual. It fills me with joy seeing priceless art being used like that.

What a fucking tool. I hope he does get charged. But I've got to wonder (and don't think that I'm condoning his actions in any way shape or form) after that first brake check, wouldn't you back right up and give this idiot miles of room?

Neutral: Do You Want Any Chinese Cars?

Well, it is a Fiat.

The turbo 'Mezger' engine didn't have IMS problems like the normal 996 engines.

I was once a passenger in a Fiat Stilo which hit a wild boar at great speed. Airbags exploded, the boar exploded and the Stilo was killed.

Monday really sucks huh?

That looked a bit lively.

Wise words sir.

I for one have absolutely nothing against the standard F12, but this is utterly stunning. It adds a degree of elegance and understatement which is sorely missing in recent Ferraris. Paint it dark blue, silver or black and discreetly deploy your 700+ ponies. The only tiny criticism I could find is the exposed carbon…