{"id":9421,"date":"2020-02-11T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=9421"},"modified":"2020-02-10T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:39:48","slug":"ferrari-fxx-hot-wheels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/ferrari-fxx-hot-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari FXX – Hot Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2005 Ferrari FXX <\/strong>\nHot Wheels - N5610 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 02\/11\/20<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ferrari Enzo<\/a> was Maranello\u2019s flagship, named as homage to the company\u2019s founder. Although not directly stated as so, it came as the successor to cars like the 250 GTO<\/a>, F40<\/a> and F50. Released in 2002, the Enzo (or F60) is a project coming directly from Ferrari\u2019s F1 know-how and experience. Maranello used technologies and systems lifted directly from their F1 cars. For instance, it had a carbon fiber body, electrohydraulic shift transmission and carbon fiber and ceramic composite disc brakes. The engine was Ferrari’s F140B<\/a>, a naturally aspirated 65\u00b0 V12. It displaced 5999 cm\u00b3 and with DOHC and 48 valves, produced 660 hp. That was enough to take the car from 0 to 100 km\/h in 3.65 seconds, with a top speed of over 350 km\/h. Produced from 2002 to 2004, a total of 400 units left the Maranello factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Just striking in pearlescent whit!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
But as with all high-end sports cars brands, Ferrari can\u2019t rest on past laurels. So in 2005, with a design heavily based on the Enzo, they released the FXX<\/a>. Contrarily to the Enzo, the FXX was a track day special. In addition, almost every aspect of the car received improvements. The engine, for example, now displaced 6262 cm\u00b3. With tweaks everywhere from the Bosch Motronic ME7 electronic fuel injection to the valvetrain, it delivered 789 hp. The whole body was reworked for downforce and low drag, receiving new aerodynamic elements. And the Enzo\u2019s gearbox, already absurdly fast, also was upgraded. With the upgrades, shift times for the FXX is under 100 milliseconds. Literally, that\u2019s faster than a blink of an eye. Consequently, all those improvements meant a 0 to 100 km\/h in 2.5 seconds! Ferrari produced a total of 30 cars, and when new each cost about \u00a32 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Since this is the original track-only version, no rear-view cameras on the fenders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
However, there was a caveat to all that speed and technology. First, even if you had the money, you couldn\u2019t buy one, Ferrari chose the owners. Secondly, even if Ferrari \u201callowed\u201d you to buy the FXX, you couldn\u2019t take it home. Your car would be \u201ckept safe\u201d at Maranello. AND, you could only drive it in special events from Ferrari\u2019s Corse Clienti<\/em> program \ud83e\udd10. Although the car was practically an F1 car covered by a carbon fiber body, that\u2019s too much. In fact, these are THE <\/strong>most stupid and ridiculous requirements I\u2019ve ever heard for a super or hypercar. The worst part is that after the FXX Ferrari does that to all their special track cars, like the 599XX and FXX-K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Track car and road car. Differences are subtle, but they’re not the same mold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m not a big fan of Ferrari (if there was any doubt). I do like some of their cars, but I don\u2019t like how the brand shaped itself as divine in the automotive world. \u201cOf course it\u2019s great, it\u2019s a Ferrari\u201d <\/em>– that credo began with Enzo Ferrari himself and persists today. And that bothers me. So why did I buy an FXX? And worse, this is my second FXX (I already had an FXX Evoluzione<\/a>). Well\u2026 To summarize, I think the FXX looks badass. And I thought it would be cool to make the shot above. So here it is. Basically it\u2019s as good ( = fantastic) as my FXX Evo, and look very similar. However Hot Wheels went the extra mile and made them different with some minute details. In the end it\u2019s a great model, but maybe having more than one is only for the ferraristi<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Mercury, what have I done?!? People will now think I\u2019m a ferrarista!!! \ud83d\ude2b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2005 Ferrari FXX  Hot Wheels – N5610 (diecast) Published 02\/11\/20 The Ferrari Enzo was Maranello\u2019s flagship, named as homage to the company\u2019s founder. Although not directly stated as so, it came as the successor to cars like the 250 GTO, F40 and F50. Released in 2002, the Enzo (or F60) is a project coming directly … Continue reading “Ferrari FXX  – Hot Wheels”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9421","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9421"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9651,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9421\/revisions\/9651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}