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  • LOL , what if Jason is the new Stig ? ...

  • Plato>Clarkson

  • Unbelievable tekkers Plato! Respect!

  • I wrote Ferrari asking them to give you more laps. No, seriously, I did. Doubt it'll do anything but I would like more. You need to be able to do full on testing with this beast.

  • Get Hammond out of Top Gear and put this guy in his place. It's a no brainer.

  • this guy may laugh but i see clearly hes not 100%confident... leave it to needell, the only pure driver in this show

  • @MrLoose26 dude, he's been a pro racing driver for over 20 years....he knows what he's doing...

  • @racingmylife15 Lol, I read the guy's comment bellow your response first, thought exactly what you said, then saw your comment. Well said. Plato is one of the world's great drivers, and the best the BTCC has to offer.

  • I have to admit Jezza didn't give this car a good review, especially when he went on about the heritage crap. But I liked the name Kato

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  • @lucarioguy111 price tag of the enzo was what? $1 million or 2? F50 was $500,000 no? And this car is cheaper!

  • @lucarioguy111 thanks man for the info. u know this GTO is crazy nuts man. i love how the F50 looks and the Enzo. yet this one is cheaper! i bet u the guys who own the F50 and the Enzo r sick of this GTO!

  • @lucarioguy111 Have you driven it before?

  • Did they really just make 599 of them ?? :/

  • gtfo

  • So from the stats he was saying about the GTO in the beginning we can come to the conclusion the 599 GTO > $1M Ferrari Enzo?

  • This is so much better than Clarkson's review. Clarkson just bangs on about how it doesn't deserve the badge and trivial nonsense that has NOTHING to do with the car.

    I wish Clarkson would sort himself out.

  • this is faster then enzo, F50, and F40?

  • Plato just prove that Clarkson is a shit driver

  • id watch 5th gear if they got needle and the fat man with the beard. Just saying. Love this car. think it might be close to replacing the F40...sacrilege i know but its such a sexy fucking beast!!!!

  • Hey Ferrari , More Laps for Platom Please

  • Jason plato knows his stuff he should have his own show i was trying to figure out why some test drives on this car look terrible and undignified on the track and other test driver its looks like a proper racing horse.the stig fought this thing all over the track.putting this car in race mode cleans up your mistakes what a concept.seems like it would be the opposite like lamborghinis corsa mode.

  • wOOOHHHH YA FIGHTA ! lol

  • I'm having difficulty understanding this video having "6 dislikes". How does anyone even get to a Ferrari-related video - much less a 599 GTO - and give it a thumbs down? I'm so bloody confused.

  • HAHA. It's allways a "propper bit of kit" when Jason likes a car :)

    It is quite a machine. on top gear, clarkson was saying its not a propper GTO because its a road car but then he complains about it being undriveable. Is this not the most self contradictory thing he could possibly say?.

    Of course its a propper GTO, Given that, is this not the car that the 599 should have been all along?

    Check out the road and track tests of the 599 and the new MP4-12C on EVOTV channel. They're really good.

  • @DumpValvesAndDnB Well, Clarkson's right. It's not a proper GTO. That having been said, it's still an amazing Ferrari, regardless of the flakey GTO moniker.

  • try reading the article

    jalopnik . com/#!5760248/how-ferrari-spin­s

  • @BHassan786 that was in his dvd special, and they let him drift because it wasn't ferrari's own car..was it?

  • Veyron 0<599 Ferrari.

  • who saw the top gear test of this car? when jeremy turned the traction control off and kept spinning it

  • @BHassan786 watch that clip again, Clarkson was driving it in the WET! Of course it'll keep spinning it has A LOT of power going to the rear wheels!

  • @BHassan786 Thats cuz he was in the wet dumbass

  • @BHassan786 ... In the rain

  • This guy is a proper driver. Very few people could handle this car in race mode at that speed. And yes, I'd take this over a Veyron any day thank you.

  • @PapaQuark ... you mean you would take three of those over a Veyron ;)

  • i heard they used the TC when doing the hotlap round the Nurburgring in this car, just a rumour i guess though unless proven otherwise

  • FORZA FERRARI PER SEMPRE !! VA FANCULO ALTRI !!!

  • fucking gay ferrari wont even let them power slide, its a god dam CAR SHOW

  • Two pussy-hurt, pre-teen fanboys under me.

  • FERRARI FOREVER AND EVER!!! THE BEST CARS IN THE WORLD....ITALIANS DO IT BETTER PEOPLE!!!

  • what has britain given us? mg rover? british leyland? italy, fiat? those alwaysrun dont they? we had luxury carmakers, most of them are dead. duesenburgs for example are worth more than vintage ferraris. nor hennessey has the venom gt, and that 1200hp beast will kill off everything from europe. so now what? even the mustang is as fast as the m3, how pathetic. you idiots will ay anything for a badge.

  • @EatmyDust1311 Fiat? how about Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo, Bugatti,Lancia,Ducati etc......all things you will never afford , so please shut your fucking mouth before i slap you faggot

  • @Fabhaven cann afford more than you, faggot. exactly, if i want a fast car that i can afford, drive everyday and not break down you buy a american car. mustang gt, 30k and matches or beats the m3 in every single category..

  • @EatmyDust1311 Mustang.....are you serious, you must be 13 years old, if thats what your striving for best of luck.....you fucking loser

  • @Fabhaven just a point, that solid axle brute can beat the finest from europe. i can have a mustang all day if i wanted one. already got a raptor, what else do i need? not your shitty badge hyped cars. when a corvette is faster than ferraris million dollar exotic, you know where the money is going...

  • @EatmyDust1311 I can make a honda civic with your 400 pound mother in it beat any car on the planet, what does speed have to do with anything

  • @Fabhaven not stock. is that your ambition, a civic? or is that just what your parents could buy you? that proves nothing abut honda, just the tuner. my point is a stock corvette will beat a stock (enter eurobrand here)

  • @EatmyDust1311 I have a vette, watch my two videos , it's tuned through the nose, it's alot of fun but the things a piece of shit

  • @Fabhaven say you spend 120k on a corvette zr1. say your freind spends 32ok on a 599 gtb. your corvette is faster than his car, outperforms it on a track, is cheaper to maintain, gets better gas mileage (which does matter in endurance races) and costs less to begin with. is the ferraris interior really worth the extra 200k? because there is not an extra 200k in engineering.

    and no, intake/exhaust is not "tuned through the nose"

  • @EatmyDust1311 A ZR1 is not faster than a 599GTO! This car laps fiorano 1 sec per lap faster than an enzo. An enzo that has already beaten the ZR1`s lap times on almost every track they have official times for including the nurburgring.

  • @aieljose im guessing not in customer stock spec. google "how ferrari spins" and then tell me you buy that BS

  • @EatmyDust1311 No clue wtf you are talking about but yes if i had the money i would buy one in a heartbeat.

  • @aieljose 2 days ago jalopnik posted a article about how ferrari sets there cars up, tunes the engines tires and suspensions, for each venue and press drive. the numbers in mags are not numbers the actual production cars will see under real world use in the same conditions.

  • @EatmyDust1311 Im sure everyone does that. Did you know the ZR1 that posted the 7:26 nurburgring lap had a roll cage and other tweaks? That`s just the way it is but it doesn`t take away from the ZR1 or GTO. You clearly don't understand the performance of this car claiming the ZR1 is Faster. This car is just in a entirely different league and im not talking about just performance alone.

  • @aieljose ferrari are the only ones that do that. all makes cheat on the ring times (slick tires). did you even read the article? also, i never said a zr1 was faster than a GTO, just the regular 599

  • @EatmyDust1311 First of all only the 599xx and 599gtb have official nurburgring lap times. The 599gtb's lap was done by sport auto i believe and was done on stock tires. The 599xx was done on slicks but it's fair game as it's a non street legal semi racing version which wasn't competing for the production lap record only the preduction derived recored. And if you really believe Ferrari are the only manufacturer to tweek their cars then you are truly deluded.

  • @aieljose i am not talking about nurburgring times, 99% of those are cheated on. but when ferrari say there car will do a track in x amount of time, and will let you take thier car around and almost match it that is fine. but then the mag took a privately owned car and couldnt come within 2 seconds of that time, there is a problem and only ferrari does it that was. also, for press events they bring 2 cars, one for acceleration tests and one for handing tests. only one that does it that way.

  • @EatmyDust1311 So? All that proves is that the customers car was slower then ferrari's tester. That doesn't prove Ferrari have tweaked their tester to make it faster. Could be the customers car had a problem or needed a tune up. wouldn't you agree that's possibility? There's alot of assumtions in your claims without any proof to substantiate any of it.

  • @aieljose you dont know how modern ECU's work? they dont need a "tune up". once they are tuned thats it. the maintenance on a ferrari is insane, and anybody that doesnt keep thier car in top shape (especially if they are giving it to a mag to test) dont have the brains to make the money to buy a ferrari. a manufactuer should not be allowed to custom tune thier car for each test because it cannot represent accurately what the actual customer cars are like.

  • @EatmyDust1311 Like i said there is no evidence to prove Ferrari have tweeked their cars to make them performe better in testing. Theres also alot of assumtions in your post but i guess i can't blame you for critisizing Ferrari. Many do...

  • @aieljose there is evidence. no owner can come close to reproducing the numbers ferrari claims. why can a press car do things that a private car cannot? because they tuned it and set it up for the specific conditions... some people would call id "fraud" but no, ferrari gets to play by a special "ferrari only" rulebook"

  • @EatmyDust1311 Bullshit! You don't think a car like a 458 with 570hp an a 3100lb curb weight can do a 11.2 sec 1/4 mile like ferrari claim? Or a 599 with 620 hp can do an 11.2 sec 1/4? If you really believe that then you are a moron.

  • @aieljose its definately possible, but its not a real world number. when a customer cars does that time under circumstances not controlled and optimized by ferrari i will beleive it.

  • @EatmyDust1311 Look up dragtimesdotcom. A 458 ran an official 11.2 @130+mph a couple of days ago at a strip in Maryland. If that's not enough then there's simply no convincing you.

  • @aieljose they claim a 10 sec 1/4 for that (with lc)

  • @EatmyDust1311 Yeah? Show me where it says that!

  • @aieljose fastestlaps com/cars/ferrari_458_italia.ht­ml

    claim a 10.8

  • @EatmyDust1311 LMAO! That's not ferrari's claim. That's the fastest official 1/4 mile time done in a 458. Ferrari don't claim 1/4 mile performance figures. If you go to their website they claim a 0-60 time of less than 3.5 seconds and a top speed of over 200mph. That's it! Almost everyone has gone under 3.5 seconds and gotten quartermile times right around 11.2 secs. Motortrend Road and track Car and driver...ect. So you basically accusing Ferrari of tweeking all of those cars which is funny

  • @aieljose The 458 does 11 flat in the quarer mile. The 599 GTB does 11.1. The 599 GTO does about 10.7 seconds in theory, but I haven't seen any actual times. I suspect they're very close nonetheless.

  • @EatmyDust1311 That run in Maryland on dragtimes was also done done with a customer car so you have been proven wrong just admit it and move on.

  • @EatmyDust1311 Nobody has come close to matching GM and Nissans nurburgring times. Not even porsche who handed a gtr to a nurburgring specialist. How do you explain this? The only logical and smart conclusion is that they cheated.

  • good review but seriously the camera work and production quality on Fifth Gear is sub standard for a well established automotive program

  • If I entrusted a car to him with some simple rules like 'Do not take out of Race setting' and he did, he would get the biggest kick up the arse.

    Dick.

  • cmon ferrari... i know impotent old bankers, doctors etc are your main clientel, but if at least some guys drive your cars like they're supposed to be driven, for fuck's sake, let them do it!

  • How can anyone argue that they Veyron is a piece of junk? It just clearly isn't. It's not my favourite car but it certainly isn't a piece of junk, just look at any review of it.

  • every car manufacturer can do this ? what

    how do you think bugatti is still in biz there selling those cars for over a

    million retail and still have no prob paying the people who design and build

    them if any manufacturer could do this they would bugatti has the rep on building the fastest prod car in the world. ferrari cant even beat nissan around a track

    only thing a ferrari is good for is getting laid and herpes

  • @socal1000 Bugatti made a loss when they sold each veyron to the public... its VW's money that kept them alive.

    as for your comment on Ferrari, no matter how much you dislike, they are a major part of the history of cars and a major part of the future. they bring in so much of the new technologies that make your average car what it is today. when you buy a Ferrari (or something of the like) you get the equivalent of a stylish version of the top class M series BMW, available in 20 years+

  • Amazing car!

  • brits are better at talking and describing the car while driving

  • The noise on the down changes. umhuoooohuh

  • jimmyhayers fifth gear only says facts and that is not nearly enough to give an opinion on a car. Top gear is amusing and gives facts who the hell wants to see facts that you can just read online.

  • That car, in the same wasy as a Zonda, gives me funny feelings in my genitals. Squirm.

  • he reminds me of Tony Montana.

  • fifth gear is serious show. its kinda grown on me!

  • i am a lamborghini fan. and my fav is superveloce dunno if they are comparable or not. but fuck! me, this sounds kinda wicked :P downshift ..brum.....downshift...vruum. lolz :P

  • i am a lamborghini fan. and my fav is superveloce right now. but fuck me this sounds awesome :P downshif ..brum .....downshift...vruum. lolz :P

  • Fifth gear is a real Car enthusiast show. Only real enthusiast will find it interesting, others need top gear with all the jokes, and the explosions and the clowning around to find a car show entertaining. So for all those who thinks fifth gear is shit, you just dont get it.....

  • @lerlo the fifth gear hosts try to crack jokes too they are just not funny thats why its strictly car tests.

  • ah good size flappy paddle that is great not like some other cars. not even talking about the crap ones attached to the steering wheel those are the worst by far.

  • fifth gear is a lot worse than top gear, get an actual show and all you can say is facts give a real personality pop some jokes, i almost fell asleep

  • @Mra97 Fifth Gear is good if you actually want to know about cars rather than just wanting to see something mildly amusing

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  • it seems like only Fifth Gear get the permission to test drive Ferraris at Fioano... Top Gear didnt even come here once... But then of course they have their own test track...

  • @MultiTopgearfan yeah i think its more ferrari let top gear take their cars to their own track lol. must be nice

  • @bmancodgta4 tats why EVERYONE wants their job...

  • @MultiTopgearfan What I would do to get it... what I would do

  • Top Gear... :D

    fifth gear is shit... Top Gear is comendy

  • you have the best job in the world for me!!!

  • I love how the engine barks back at you when you downshift.

  • mmmm 0-62 in 3.35..... What they mean is 3.4 (everbody rounds there numbers on 0.1 not 0.01) but then this wont have anything special.... does it?? Yes IT DOES, this car is amazing!

    still, it doesn't have the thrill of a lambo of course :P

    p.s for the noobs who say... shut up you've never driven one blah... blah....

    ferrari and lambo can't compete with each other Lambo is amazing maddness, ferrari is playboy's car! :P

  • @lamborgfan no... lambo's are for wankers, rappers, and americans. i would rather this over any lambo.

  • @tubestick00 No those cars are called cadillac! Dodge, and other american, silicon made cars :)

  • Plato offers *actual* driving insight. Technical descriptions of balance and behavior. Top Gear is just eye candy. Top Gear is great fun, granted, but Fifth Gear has the real drivers.

  • @Uberwagon Exactly

  • @Uberwagon This. 

  • @Uberwagon Sure! Jeremy C is not and was never a pro driver.

  • nice powerslides even with all the toys off...

  • TOP GEAR STILL IS THE BEST CAR SHOW IN THE WORLD

  • I have this insane urge to scroll down the comments, look for anyone who made an argument in favour of the ZR1, Hunt him down and slap him silly!!

  • Some people are very fucking stupid, the veyron was a car to say hey look @ us , our car goes 260mph, big deal, any car manufacturer can do this!!!!! But what's the point , I would rather go around a track as fast as possible around turns and such..... And for all the Americans that wanna say zr1, corvettes a bigger piece of junk than the veyron ...... This 599 is awesome

  • @Fabhaven yeah 599 is awesome, probably my favorite car of the moment, but saying the ZR-1 is junk is pure ignorance. You probably read some snob English magazine and have never driven anything on a track. You just sound like that... very fu**in stupid?

  • @tikrik78 I own a C6 ragtop.......it's fun but its a big piece of junk

  • @Fabhaven Not every manufacturer can make a 260mph car that is still a luxury car, is practical, and can last for 10 or 20 years. That's what's impressive about the Veyron. And the ZR1 is a great car. It may not be as advanced but it's just supposed to be fun and fucking fast. 599 is great. Corvette is great. Veyron is great. Stop picking sides and just appreciate great cars for what they are.

  • @jakefini777 Especially since most of them have never driven anything remotely fast...

  • @jakefini777 you must agree that alot of it is down to personal preference as well, like of the cars mentioned here, I would take the 'Vette every time

  • @jakefini777 Very well said...

  • @Fabhaven the zr1 will go around a track at about the same speed as this but it less tahn half the price so id i wouldnt say its junk

  • @Fabhaven This is one of my favourite ever cars and I am not the biggest Veyron fan, but to say any manufacturer can do what they did is just plainly ignorant.

  • @Fabhaven You've driven all of them have you? Just a rubbish comment.

  • @lucrativeelfmongrel That veyron did 2 laps around a track and the breaks cought fire........

  • @Fabhaven Yeah but that's surely a pretty rare occurance. They wouldn't allow a car to be produced if its brakes caught fire every 5 miles.

  • @Fabhaven those piece of shit american cars are only good after some serious tuning, they only know drag nothing else, and the interiors are horrible, crude and unfinished... very well said, BRAVO!!!

  • @63Jax still living in 1985? wake up, american car bashing is so 15 years ago

  • @EatmyDust1311 it never gets old, and no zr1 doesn't even stink compared to 599 gto, you're wrong again!

  • @63Jax i never said anything about the gto, just that the zr1 is faster than the 599. and you can laugh all day when american cars are kicking your asses again, because they will be the one laughing last.

  • @EatmyDust1311 When exactly your cars beat ours? What do you have on the same level with Rolls, Bentley, Maybach, Merc, Bmw, Fezza, Porsche, Jaguar, Aston, Lambo, Bugatti, McLaren? Exactly nothing, only cheap plastic cars that only you buy them and no one else. You even had a pathetic attempt on entering F1 and you failed miserably, don't be a child and accept the reality, cars are not your thing. You have NASA, McDonald, homosexuals, rockets, wars, bla,bla,bla, but let the cars to us.

  • @63Jax ssc beats the bugatti. caddilac beats the bmws + mercedes, ford and chevy and dodges viper beat all the italian supercars. jag and aston wouldnt be here if ford hadnt bought them. our "cheap plastic cars" are at the top of all reliability and quality surveys, and are mt's car of the year for the last 2. yes, we have NASA who put man on the moon over 40 years ago and are the only ones who have ever done it. mcdonalds, which is eaten everywhere in the world, is a huge sucess....

  • @EatmyDust1311 i can't believe your hypocrisy... you must be a hard core american patriot who believes that only that shit made in his country is the best. to say that a plastic Cadillac beats Mercs and Bemers that totally fuck up. and that crappy Viper which is unable to take a fucking corner whit out eating some grass you call it a supercar? man, maybe you're just too young to actually know some real facts, but you really are amazing...

  • @63Jax again, do you live in the 90s? ford has alreadybeaten toyota in reliability and quality to be the no1 non-luxury brand in the world, and gm is catching up very quickly. cadiilac has indeed caught the germans, and the cts-v is the fastest sport sedan in the world. i suppose you will aslo tell me it doesnt handle? the viper is the fastest prodction car around the ring bar track only specials.. not a all american patriot, just informed about cars... unlike you.

  • @EatmyDust1311 then tell me why all smart americans with money and good taste buy our cars? an american car doesn't give you any kind of status, just average Joe driving his average car nothing more. but when you have a Fezza a Merc or something on this caliber you automatically are Someone not just a random guy. and that viper you talk about was highly tuned, Hardcore Package when they put it on the Ring with a professional driver on it.

  • @63Jax the viper was completely stock. also, i can pick up a merc AMG sl55 for less than 30k. depreciate much? also, hear about the uy that traded his BUGATTI VEYRON in for a corvette zr1? yeah thought so

  • @EatmyDust1311 ok dude you enlighten my mind. USA is the best, the meanest, the strongest, it has the best cars in the world, most beautiful girls in the world, best food in the world, we the rest are all poor and good for nothing, you rule the world... in understand now, thank you !

  • @63Jax is that a hint of sarcasm I hear in your voice?

  • @danciuchris86 normal te-ai prins, vezi ca am reusit sa redau sarcasmul perfect... cu americanii astia altcumva nu se poate.

  • @63Jax troll much no? of course european cars are better. which is why they sell more cars than ford. i never said they were thebest, ad that euro cars werent. your a troll stuck in the 80s though, and amercan cars are back

  • @Fabhaven the veyron does 253, so they are really saying "hey look @ au, our car does 250mph" and yes, the corvette zr1 will beat the crap out of the 599

  • @Fabhaven u're full of shit

  • @Fabhaven Spoken like a true supercar owner...

  • @Fabhaven the bugatti is a car built around an engine, not everyone can put a 1000 horsepower engine into a car and have it stay on the ground, if u put that engine into the 599 its gonna fly whenever it approaches a corner, thats y the bugatti is so heavy and uniquely shaped (to give enough downward force)

    ferrrari has a wonderful philosophy when it comes to cars but bugatti has their own unique style as well, dont criticise if you obviously don't know enough, its a personal choice

  • Lol @ his unnecessary steering at 2:50

  • i wish i had his job =( test drive amazing cars all day id explode in my pants! all the time!

  • seriously i don't like any more top gear reviews. hammond does horrible reviews. james simply doesn´t do them and jezza lost the sparkle that he had in past seasons. fifth gear do good revie. but they look expecially in this season on a hurry. then they put the great tiff needell doing crappy review to electric car instead of gto or gt3 rs. and this 30 MINUTES EPISODE REALY SUCKS

  • @stronghold10a absolutely rite on all fronts there mate. under-utilizing Tiff is the worst for me. at least they gave him the LFA for a review.

  • I've never heard the word "pointy" in the context of handling characteristics. What did he mean by pointy?

  • i'd rather have 6 spd if they offer it.

  • @lolayesss1 So you could waste this car's blistering performance?

  • I tend to respect Fifth Gears serious car reviews like this more than when Top Gear attempt it, although when Fifth Gear tries to copy Top Gear at the entertainment side of things by thinking up wacky ideas it shows itself up for a second rate show.

    I think Fifth Gear should concentrate on serious car reviews which will then differentiate it from Top Gear.

  • Top Gear is a lot of fun to watch but they got nothing on Fifth Gear, Fitfth Gear is much better.

  • Absolutely terrific! I felt I was right in the seat with you! You are just a wonderful commentator. Thank you so much for this!

  • sigh... its auto???

  • @JubeJube1993 paddle shifting.

  • If you died right now are you 100% sure you'd go to heaven?

  • so why would you chose an enzo over this

  • Ferrari screwed up big time by announcing they would only make 599 of them and now they decided to make a little over 3,000! I bet a lot of pre-orders were cancelled.

  • I have a lot of fun watching Top Gear, but for real reviews, nothing beats Fifth Gear!!

  • Per closing remark - this video does convey the car's awesome abilities somewhat - and yet I suggest we need more video of more laps - can't get enough.

  • 1 person accidentally hit dislike

  • Excellent review and a fantastic car, one of the worlds most desirable cars in my oppinion!

  • better power to weight than an enzo?

  • this is how ferraris should be made, not some soft exotic car, but a race car for the road!

  • Why do they tell people to not do things?

    Does anyone listen? lol

    The very first thing that is going to happen when you tell someone not to do something is that they are going to do it.

  • I will say it again, This car has THE BEST exhaust note of all!

  • @freeweekday could you say it again please?

  • I'm very envious of Jason. You can tell how much fun he's having driving this race-going road car, all the while being very respectful of it. I think he gave us a real sense of how awesome it is, and how far Ferrari has taken this car. This is clearly one of the better reviews, to me anyway. The critics can say what they want, but this guy really understands driving dynamics.

  • @Marshmallowrex tell them again lol

  • can't compare turbos to NA like that. well built v6 turbos can easily hit 1000hp. but turbos have a distinctive flatlining at the beginning of the rev range, while NA engines provide a very consistent torque increase. NA respond faster, which is why makers like ferrari honda mclaren still use NA engines instead of turbo.