Not a US Car, imported from Germany....Guy might be a story teller...Wont share VIN, window sticker or anything without a "substantial" deposit....smells fishy to me....
Apparently not officially homologated on the GTO. Although some members have commented that this is strange since they are homologated on the 458....
Time and cost of homologation for certain volume cars makes this option cost beneficial or not. Considering the thousands of 458's coming to the USA it's worth it, with a hundred or so GTO's for the USA and Canada, not so much.
That seems quite logical indeed. Although, is the seat in the 599 GTO not the same one as featured as an optional in the 458? Guess not then. My thoughts would be that therefor the need for homologation isn't necessary.
Same seat. Though could be the DOT requires data re: what may happen to a passenger in one of those seats in a 599 in event of an accident. If so, cost/volume math may not have panned out.
Another thing to consider is whetherthe GTO is classified as a different car to the normal 599. I dont know if these seats are/were available on the normal one. So assuming (Im not sure of this) the 599 is near the end of its production, and of the total 599 of the GTOs, the number that would come to the US, it probaly didnt make financial sense to crash test/etc another chasis to certify the seat. Whereas the 458 is just begining its sales cycle, so it would be worth the hassle, and the profit margins on the seat sales over the years would make it very profitable!
