Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

At £286 per bhp, the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano asks a question that its catalogue position helps answer. It sits 201st of 600 cars by used price, with a listed price of £175,000, yet its 611 bhp places it 195th for power. The answer is yes, it is worth it, because the appeal here is not a single performance statistic, but the balance of a naturally aspirated V12, rear wheel drive and a place among a very specific group of cars.

The 599 GTB Fiorano is one of 90 cars in the catalogue using a V12 layout, and one of 68 combining that engine layout with rear wheel drive. Narrow that further to naturally aspirated V12 cars and the group becomes 54. Those figures explain where this Ferrari sits. It is not defined by chasing the highest number in one category, but by bringing together a combination that fewer cars offer.

Its 6.0 litre V12 produces 611 bhp and 608 Nm from 5,999 cc, with a 0 to 100 km/h time of 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 333 km/h. Those figures place it 217th for acceleration and 101st for top speed across the full 600 car catalogue. The Ferrari is therefore not simply a performance purchase measured by the fastest result, but a choice built around a particular mechanical formula.

The 599 GTB Fiorano also sits within a strong national presence in the collection. There are 118 cars from Italy in the catalogue, while Ferrari accounts for 53 entries. Its identity comes from a two seater fixed head coupé body style and a front-to-back specification centred on a V12, naturally aspirated engine with rear wheel drive.

With Ferrari founded in 1939 in Italy, the 599 GTB Fiorano represents a chapter of that marque’s catalogue through the 2006 to 2012 model years. Its figures place it in the upper half of a very competitive field without relying on the extremes of price or outright performance.

A garage built around this Ferrari makes a measured statement. The 599 GTB Fiorano occupies a space where V12 character, rear wheel drive and naturally aspirated engineering matter as much as rankings. For a collection of 600 cars, it is the choice of a machine whose numbers are strong because they belong together.