Golden 612

I saw a photo shoot of a Sessanta in that color, had gold accents on the dash as well. Could be it.

 

That would be the one-off P540 Superfast Aperta.

 

This URL has interesting info on the golden aperta...

http://m.autoblog.com/2009/12/11/ferrari-p540-superfast-aperta-revealed-second-from-special-proj/

Apparently, commissioned by son of the inventor of cable TV. I'd say that was a money maker!

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Indeed

 

Interestingly it has a 599 dashboard. I'll upload the picture from my computer in a bit

 

Actually, found one online.

The rear haunches, body lines and stance tell me it's actually a 599 underneath.
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That is a Ferrari 599 with a one-off open top bodywork. Nothing else.

 

Yeah, exactly. I didn't know much about the car (even though I saw it last weekend) and had just noted the 599 interior. Looked up the specs on google out of curiosity and realized it's a 599, not a 612.

 

The only clue in that first picture here were the hood vents which I might have seen but didn't quite register. I realize any 1 of 1 Ferrari deserves it's due respect, but this one is really hard for me to appreciate just yet.

 

The front end is actually quite attractive in person, much more striking than in the pictures. It also helps that I really like the 612's headlights. The rear of the car didn't sit well with me though. It's a cluster of mismatched proportions and styling cues from various generations that don't mesh well together.

It's been upgraded to GTO wheels from the 599 Challenge wheels it originally had.

 

+1 on this. Looks better coming than going IMO. Looking at gallery of Google images, car seems smooth & curvy from front, angular from back. Nitpicking though since it's a beautiful car nonetheless...T

 

Agree. I've seen this car in the flesh during the presentation of the 599 GTO 4 years ago at the Classiche Department and it is a beautiful car.

 

Here are some pics I saved a while back - I believe this is the same car:
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Bit of the series 2 GTO about the rear end ?

 

Good call! To my untrained eye, they do look similar...T
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I've noticed the rear diffusor seems to be similar as the GTO diffusor...