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What does "FXX" stand for?

Discussion in '288GTO/F40/F50/Enzo/LaFerrari/F80' started by BlackRivazza, Sep 14, 2007.

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  1. BlackRivazza

    BlackRivazza Formula Junior

    Sep 3, 2006
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    Is it an abbreviation? Roman numerals for 20? X for unlimited or something like that?

    Thanks so far, Jens
     
  2. davebuchner

    davebuchner Formula 3

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    it's an abbreviation for Fxxxxxx Fast!
     
  3. GTB4NART

    GTB4NART Formula Junior

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    The Enzo is officially the F60 and the Enzo modificato has no designation so the F60 Modificato is FXX. In other words, XX is 60 with the numbers crossed or "X'd" out.

     
  4. menoy

    menoy F1 Rookie

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    The Enzo is NOT officially the F60.
     
  5. GTB4NART

    GTB4NART Formula Junior

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    Okay, F131 officially.

     
  6. Joe360

    Joe360 Formula Junior

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    IIRC the Enzo's codename was FX so I guess they called it FXX because it is a derivative of the Enzo.
     
  7. serdvc

    serdvc Rookie

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    There is already an FX, so perhaps they had to add another x??
     
  8. amenasce

    amenasce Three Time F1 World Champ
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    I read somewhere that the FXX was named this way because the Enzo was internally named FX. So they named it FXX to show it was twice an Enzo or something along those lines.
     
  9. SSNISTR

    SSNISTR F1 Veteran

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    No, officially it is the Enzo Ferrari.
     
  10. Rev.ATARI

    Rev.ATARI Formula Junior

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    When will people ever learn that what the media says is not always true
    There was a “one off” car made called the FX.
    Yes the Ferrari Enzo Ferrari “full name BTW” was codenamed FX by Ferrari so the natural progression would be FXX.
     
  11. manoreken

    manoreken Rookie

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    In the book "フェラーリと鉄瓶" Ken Okuyama wrote that
    Enzo Ferrari project was started to create the Ferrari 55th anniversary car.
     
  12. nthfinity

    nthfinity F1 Veteran

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    In general, I would venture a guess that FX <- enzo codename, ... then the FXX... the additional X moniker denotes experimental

    However, when comparing the MC12 vs. the MC12 Corsa (or is it MCC?) Maseratti Competizion Corsa? yeah... i may be just blowing wind.
     
  13. starboy444

    starboy444 F1 Veteran

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    This is correct.

    "XX" is slang for a limited prototype.... as in the spy "Agent X".
     
  14. Tarek K.

    Tarek K. F1 World Champ

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    Oh yeah...like Mr. X and the X-files...now I get it ;).
     
  15. gbrown37

    gbrown37 Formula 3

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    The FX was not a "one-off" project. I believe 7 of them were built, all but one of them went to the Brunei for the Sultan and his brother. Dick Marconi (Marconi Museum) has the only other one.
     
  16. Tarek K.

    Tarek K. F1 World Champ

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia XX may refer to:

    20 (number), or 20 AD, XX in Roman Numerals
    XX chromosomes, see XY sex-determination system
    Dos Equis ("Two Xs"), a brand of Mexican beer
    "XX" (CSI episode), the seventeenth episode in the fourth season of CSI
    XX Angel Rabbie, an alternative title of Tenbatsu! Angel Rabbie anime series
    The XX System, a British deception operation in the Second World War
    XX (album), an album from the band Mushroomhead in 2001
    The XX (organization), a fictitious organisation in the comic book XIII (comic).
    xx by mexx, a fashion brand.


    ;)
     
  17. Alex1015

    Alex1015 Formula Junior

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    No, the 360 is internally known as the F131, and the F430 the F131 Evo. Internally the Enzo was known as the FX (unrelated to the similarly named Sultan of Brunei car) and so they just added another X to it. I believe for experimental. The Enzo is not the F60 for the millionth time.
     
  18. Far Out

    Far Out F1 Veteran

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    I guess that it just, well, sounded cool to them and fit the FX codename for the Enzo ;)
     
  19. tohu

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    Its eXperimentale

    when the Enzo was launched in 2002 it was named FX or ferrari experimentale, so does the ferrari of the sultan, the reason of this, is because they have features previously unseen in other ferraris, and features that we will have in near future, since the FXX is an evolution of the enzo, wich is codenamed FX, so the name is FX Experimentale, o FXX...
     
  20. mat

    mat Formula Junior

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    it's FXX because first they planned to make 20 cars. period.
     
  21. Far Out

    Far Out F1 Veteran

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    English "experimental" = Italian "sperimentale". No 'x' in there.
     
  22. starboy444

    starboy444 F1 Veteran

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    Thats possible. Can you prove it?
     
  23. RufMD

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    Have any FXX's officially changed hands ?
     
  24. Kami

    Kami Formula Junior

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    Not even close

    +1 absolutely correct. As described on the Ferrari website.
     
  25. Kami

    Kami Formula Junior

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    No FX was the name for the Enzo before it was released.
     

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