06/17/2026
Two spectacular naturally aspirated special edition V12 Ferrari. The 599 GTO was revealed in early 2010, the F12tdf late 2015. Different in many ways but both intensely demanding and with huge character.
One is a smiling assassin, oozing elegance from its beautiful design but never, ever be fooled, the limit of your capabilities is likely to be exceeded well before this supercar’s monster performance reaches its limits. The other is brutal, visceral, communicates its intoxicating badass behaviour from the get-go (no smiling assassin here) and is housed in a gorgeously aggressive body. Both sound sensational with their oem race-bred pre GPF exhaust systems.
The F12tdf’s new car OTR £ was about 20% more than the 599 GTO’s new car OTR £. Both have strongly risen in absolute terms but the delta between the two (not the absolute increase of each vs their original cost) has increased to around 40% in favour of the F12tdf.
I’ve had both on the track and both are fantastic, tbh I expected the F12tdf to be insanely quick but I was blown-away by the GTO’s razor-sharp responsiveness.
Two greats, keepers too. If you could only have one, what’s your preference? F12tdf or 599 GTO?