[Auto] Ferrari presents the Roma Spider, a Cabrio with a sophisticated design and boundless power

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The new Ferrari Roma Spider arrives. The Prancing Horse brand has presented its new convertible, a more attractive variant of the sporty entry into the Italian product range, which preserves the elegance of the Coupé by recovering a detail of the firm's essence, the canvas roof.

Ferrari was one of the brands that succumbed to the fashion of retractable hardtops, that invention to save money on two body variants by adding the coupe and the cabriolet into one. A strategy that some manufacturers used especially in roadsters, while others justified the significant extra weight -and money- of the hydraulic system, because some buyers opted for accessory covers in the winter.

Ferrari did not hide in this one, but it did in the first one when it launched the California. Equipped with a hardtop, a system that did not last long as those who used it realized that a soft top emphasized elegance much more. The new Ferrari Roma Spider has been presented to society, and returns to the most original essence with this variant of the Roma, no less than 54 years after a model intended for the mass market such as the 365 GTS 4.

 

The Ferrari Roma Spider is a two-seater to show off elegance
A model that also directly slams the successor to the California, the Portofino M, and which has been presented in the modern style of the Roma, which does not change the front or the rear at all. Only the area of the passenger compartment, which has been completely redesigned and also part of the rear. This part has undergone modification to house the canvas roof to measure and that can be folded and unfolded in record time -13.5 seconds- up to a maximum speed of 60 km/h.

Folded, the trunk offers a cargo volume of 255 liters, covered by a lid with two striking humps that enhance the sportiness, an extension of the bars that are behind the headrests of the front seats. The lid itself is also adorned with a thin carbon fiber spoiler that varies its inclination automatically and in three levels. Up to 100 km/h it remains closed but rises from 170 km/h. At 300 km/h, it stays up, increasing downforce, while at 250 km/h it exerts an extra 95 kilograms of pressure.

 

The new Ferrari Roma Spider will offer services only for two
The Roma Spider's cabin is only designed for the two front seats, although it has a tiny space behind for small companions. Almost nothing new under the sun, something that Ferrari has not allowed because it has also added a new wind deflector at the back that, at the push of a button, eliminates turbulence.

What has not changed is the engine, which remains the 3.9-liter V8 biturbo with a brutal power of 620 CV, associated with an 8-speed F1 dual-clutch automatic transmission, offering truly brutal and characteristic features to enjoy at open sky.

What has increased, and it is obvious, is the overall weight of 84 kilograms compared to the Roma, but that has not prevented it from offering truly impressive figures, because the new Ferrari Roma Spider offers a specific power of 161 CV/l, It is capable of reaching 200 km/h, from a standstill, in just 9.7 seconds and coming to a complete stop from 100 and 200 km/h in just 32 and 130 meters, respectively.

 

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