Launched at the Geneva Motor Show 2006 with first deliveries in 2007, the 599GTB was much sought after immediately, with a healthy waiting list for any newcomer in the Ferrari showrooms

Happily the first owner (there have only been 3 in total) must have been well thought of in his local dealership, for this car must have been specified personally, rather than just built for showroom sales, as she was first registered in April 2007, one of the first on the roads therefore

He kept her until 2016 at which point only 5700 miles had been traveled - it was resold to the second owner by the original dealership, Graypaul Edinburgh, who also issued a new Ferrari 12 month warranty to the second local owner

The third owner is London based and he purchased her in at 2018 with only 6700 miles - the mileage is now 10.775 miles and the last service was carried out in March 2020

When specified nearly all buttons were ticked on the options list, and the colour choices both inside and externally are right up there from our perspective - in fact our favourite choice

Blu Tour de France exterior with tan hide seating and blu scuro secondary hides for the sumptuous interior

Added to this are yellow brake calipers, yellow rev counter, Daytona style seating, scuderia wing shields, carboceramic brake system, carbon fibre for driving zone and lower cabin trim, blu scuro parcel shelf & carpeting with 20" Monolitic alloy wheels finishing off the amazing spec

As expected from a new model Ferrari performance was of the highest calibre and remember at the time, an output of 612bhp was

making it the most powerful series production Ferrari road car at the time

Zero to sixty miles is reached in a neck jerking 3.3 seconds and top speed is 208 mph - enough said

The strong performance and astonishingly good looks helped cement the following thereafter

The 599 is one of our favourite modern Ferrari's and against the value of 550 / 575's with similar mileages, the 599 really does make a lot of sense