Is it prettier than the coupé? Possibly, which is no mean feat.
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The new Roma Spider has just been shown to an exclusive crop of Ferrari customers in El Badi Palace in Marrakesh, and here are the pictures. Ferrari points out that this is its first front-engined soft top since the 365 GTS4 Daytona 54-years ago. The hood opens and closes in 13.5 seconds at speeds up to 37mph, and, as you can see, the company's moved away from the folding metal roof design of the Portofino, which helps the looks and the weight.
There's no change to the power unit, though. That’s still the mighty turbocharged flat-plane crank 3.9-litre V8, and it still produces 620hp and 561lb ft – both considerable amounts. The difference is you’ll hear it more clearly howling away at 7,500rpm when the hood is down, through an exhaust system that ditches the rear silencers entirely and controls the sound using bypass valves. Actually, there is one change to the engine. A new oil pump.
Arguably, the most important aerodynamic property for a convertible is not to mess up your hair, and on that score, there are a couple of different solutions that help. One is a 5mm nolder along the top of the windscreen rail – and a nolder, I learned on the 296 GTS launch, is something that breaks the flow of air but it's essentially a little ridge. The second is an electrically deployable wind deflector, which as far as I can tell is the back seats.
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