The 599 comes with side airbags along with driver and passenger bags, seatbelt pretensioners and the clever F1-trac adjustable electronic stability system. Cars built from 2008 came with carbon brakes which are tremendously powerful.

Here’s where the front-engined layout really pays off. This is still a vast car, with a long sloping bonnet, but visibility is far better than many supercars (although parking sensors cost extra). There’s even a proper boot located at the back of the car and with 320 litres of luggage space it can carry as much as a family hatchback.