MILAN — Ferrari has unveiled the Roma Spider, the primary of 4 new fashions to be launched this yr.
The two+2 automobile is Ferrari’s first softtop front-engine roadster because the 1969 365 GTS4.
It’s powered by a 3.9-liter turbocharged V-8 engine with 612-hp (620 cv) derived from the Roma coupe.
High pace is greater than 320 kph (200 mph) and it could actually speed up from 0 to 100 kph (0-62 mph) in 3.4 seconds.
The engine is coupled with the eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox additionally used on the Purosangue four-door crossover.
The Roma Spider weighs 1,556 kg, 84 kg greater than the coupe.
Deliveries are anticipated to start out earlier than the top of the yr.
The bottom worth can be round 250,000 euros in Italy. The Roma coupe, which prices 209,705 euros, is Ferrari’s least costly mannequin.
The primary design change from the coupe is the cabin form and the retractable cloth roof.
The softtop retracts in 13.5 seconds at speeds of as much as 60 kph (37 mph).
The Roma Spider’s bodywork modifications additionally required a brand new cellular spoiler geometry on the rear of the automobile’s higher physique.
Its smaller dimensions allow to attenuate the lack of trunk house from the coupe model.
The Roma Spider has a 255-liter trunk, down from 272 liters within the coupe
It additionally has a brand new wind deflector built-in into the backrest of the rear bench, which will be deployed by a button on the central tunnel.
Ferrari has a long-standing custom of roadsters, both as standalone fashions or as derivatives of its sport coupes.
Its present vary contains the V-8-powered Portofino M and F8 Spider (each within the runout section), the hybrid V-6 296GTS, the hybrid V-8 SF90 Spider and the V-12-powered 812GTS. In contrast to the Roma Spider, all of them have hardtops.
The Roma coupe was unveiled in 2019.
Ferrari doesn’t disclose gross sales by mannequin. In line with Dataforce, 981 items of the Roma have been bought in Europe in 2022, down from 1,057 in 2021.
The Roma was the automaker’s second hottest mannequin in Europe after the V-8-powered F8 sport coupe.