Ferrari 599 Replacement (F152)2013

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about a replacement for the Ferrari 599 Fiorano, but this is the first time we can offer more details about the new sports car. For starters, expect it to make its official at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March with sales beginning later in the year.

The 599 replacement will be built on an all-new chassis and will borrow design elements from both the 2012 Ferrari FF and the Ferrari California. The model will get modified bumpers and new headlamps, a modified bonnet, and a new exhaust system with tips that sit higher than on the current 599.

Fans of true sportscars can also breathe easier knowing that the replacement 599 will not be a hybrid model. It will instead be powered by a direct injected 6.3-liter V-12 - the same as in the the FF - with a total output of 700 HP. The engine will be combined with a rear-wheel drive system and the Ferrari’s latest seven-speed dual clutch gearbox.

YouTube member, Marchettino, is at it again and this time he was able to capture the Ferrari 599 replacement during some testing at the Fiorano racetrack. Hit the jump to watch the vehicle in action!

In an interview with Car & Driver, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa has confirmed that the 599 successor will retain its front-engine arrangement and will be constructed not of carbon composites, but largely from aluminum alloys. The engine will develop "more than 700 [metric] horsepower (690 bhp), but it’s not because of the Aventador." Sure it isn’t.