FIRST DRIVE: 1016bhp Ferrari SF90 XX Spider – How Hardcore Can A Cabrio Be?
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Published 2024-04-30
But now the XX tag has been applied to Ferrari road cars. Hardcore ones of course, but while the first – the SF90 XX Stradale – is reassuringly expensive and the fastest-ever road car around Ferrari’s Fiorano test circuit, the company will build 799 of them. And, when we drove it in late 2023, it wasn’t quite all we thought a road-going XX should be.
You could argue that’s okay. The XX sub-brand has been established – and can now be exploited – while Ferrari’s best clients switch their focus to the £5m 499P Modificata, a derestricted Le Mans car.
And yet, there’s now a convertible XX, the new SF90 XX Spider. A sacrilegious step too far, too soon? Top Gear Magazine’s Deputy Editor, Ollie Kew, has been to find out…
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All Comments (21)
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Name your favourite iteration of Ferrari XX
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To be honest, making a road legal XX model takes away the excusivity of the XX branding, being labeled as track only cars
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It's not an XX car no matter how much Ferrari try to tell us it is.
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Cant belive the sf90 is 5 years old already. Feels like yesterday...
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I'm giving this a like not because of the car, but because of Ollie. It'd be so easy to turn a blind eye and praise the car. Especially once you've been invited to Maranello for a test drive. You keeping it real with the audience instead of playing nice with Ferrari shouldn't go unnoticed.
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I will have to agree, this doesn't feel like an XX at all, this is more like a pista version.
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That’s you crossed of Ferrari’s Christmas card list 😂
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It should have been called the SF90X, then a future caged track car could be the true SF90XX
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Good on Top Gear and to Ollie for calling it how it is and holding Ferrari to account. As a diehard Ferrari and XX car fan, this is a mockery and quite a disappointment.
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Looks like some “tuner” got ahold of the regular SF90 and modified it for the Tokyo Motor Show. Just needs a giant Hello Kitty decal on the hood.
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I think the car looks great tbh, that rear end with the top down is a thing of beauty
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Nice Mansory
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Still don’t agree with the xx badge
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Honestly both Ollies, Jack Rix and Tom Ford are underrated reviewers, they have revived Top Gear's Youtube page with authenticity and enthusiasm without over the top screaming and yelling. Obviously a shoutout to the videographers and editors too.
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Gotta pay for Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Newey, innit. 😉
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Ferrari is gonna be pissed about this one 😂
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The heritage, the passion, the soul, ... the marketing department. C'mon.
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Props to Ollie for being honest in this one!!
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I appreciate Ollie sharing his skepticism here. Ferrari made this car to keep SF90 values up, plain and simple.
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Top Gear videos have steadily been getting better, I think.
