Ferrari ZXX: It Isn't Really A Review, But A Tale

"Victorious Secret" (victorioussecret)
08/20/2013 at 13:28 • Filed to: None

How do you review a monster like this? I think you just do the right thing and run away from it.

Note: Ferrari wanted me to not drive this so bad they made the original owner crash it a few times, once into an ocean, send it all the way to EDO to fix it up and make it more powerful (because Ferrari will NEVER touch this car) then have it run the Ring a few times before coming back to the quiet and restrained Canadian countryside.

Another note: I'm pretty sure I got put on the blacklist by just sitting in this car

We have here a car that is loud, painfully fast and exceptionally unforgiving to your senses. If there was ever a car that blurred the line between road car and race car, this is probably the one.

I remember the first few minutes after it taking off down straight at WOT were amazing. My ears however were demolished and I could feel a slight headache coming along. Madness. Road going madness.

Throughout the day, this was having much fun with a Murcielago, more impressive is that the Murcie was keeping up with this thing at all (driver skill as always matters as much if not more than the amount of power the car produces).

The thing corners flat. Flatter than flat. I can't tell if its because it wasn't being pushed hard enough or if it was just that well setup for track duties that it wasn't bothered by anything at all.

For the price of the car and the work done, I'd damn well expect perfection and just as a spectator this came pretty close to it. It isn't my cup of tea however. A few million for a hotted up Ferrari that might get burned by your neighbours 200k GT-R, and to be honest while I respect just what it is and how it performs it wasn't rustling my jimmies. I wasn't grinning like an idiot at the sight of it. For me, it was missing that little bit of character.

Oh well, still an incredible car and its hard not to be when you start with an Enzo and then crank everything up to 12.

DISCUSSION (13)

HMMMA > Victorious Secret
08/20/2013 at 13:40

How much did it hurt?

Blondude > Victorious Secret
08/20/2013 at 13:51

Luckily this didn't happen.

Random Commenter > HMMMA
08/20/2013 at 23:05

That's an FXX, isn't it? If so...

A: How did they make it street legal?
B: How did they get Ferrari to let them take possession of it?

Jason Adrian > Random Commenter
08/20/2013 at 23:16

You know how the Italians feel about 'rules'

Squid > Random Commenter
08/21/2013 at 00:01

I believe this is the Enzo that was crashed while racing the Targa Newfoundland, this car started as a base enzo and then had all the FXX bits added on but I'm assuming with out Ferrari's blessing. This may be a product of just having too much money. . .

Random Commenter > Squid
08/21/2013 at 00:09

Ah... Well, that's one thing to do with a wrecked Enzo... And hey, if I had the cash and a wrecked Enzo, I'd probably do the same thing.

Hell Toupee > Victorious Secret
08/21/2013 at 01:15

Meh, I still don't like this car. Don't get me wrong, I respect it for what it is but I feel like this car was built to garner attention first and be driven second. Or maybe it's just because I don't like Zahir. Especially after I saw that wrapped F40 at Driven. I do respect what he's done for himself and while I may not like him I am close with one of his nephews and can say he doesn't seem like a bad guy, he just has different tastes than me. All in all, for my supercar fix I'd head over to Kulu Motorcar before ZR Autos.

Victorious Secret > Hell Toupee
08/21/2013 at 01:35

In person he's a bit of a modest dick, I don't like what he does to any of his cars, but I'm here and he's all the way up there.

He gave me a carbon fiber business card, gotta count for something.

kenhitch > Victorious Secret
08/21/2013 at 02:42

Hotted up Enzo that sees regular track time? Color me drooling.

Fezzasus > Victorious Secret
08/21/2013 at 04:32

"If there was ever a car that blurred the line between road car and race car, this is probably the one."

er.. what? this car isn't street legal, at least not by Ferrari's intention. Therefore not a road car and certainly a race car. There's no line to blur here.

Victorious Secret > Fezzasus
08/21/2013 at 11:12

Hey genius, notice how I didn't call it an FXX because it isn't an FXX?

It just has FXX parts and then went to EDO Competition to extract even more performance out of the car, more than the FXX offers.

Hence why the thing is branded as a ZXX.

Learn how to read, better yet learn how to Google if you're going to try and give me shit for my lines.

Jagvar > Victorious Secret
08/21/2013 at 11:15

This response immediately made me think of this.

therotaryisdeadlonglivetherotary > Victorious Secret
08/21/2013 at 12:17

A carbon fibre business card must be the best humble brag in the world.