Soft-top 2+2 GT — restrained styling, ferocious V8.
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The Ferrari Roma Spider is one of those cars best understood by what its maker chose to prioritise. Soft-top 2+2 GT — restrained styling, ferocious V8.
Under the bonnet sits a 3.9L Twin-Turbo V8, sending 612 hp to a RWD driveline. That's enough for 3.2 seconds to 60 mph and a 199 mph maximum — figures that say as much about the gearing and aerodynamics as they do about the engine. At roughly 3,650 lb it carries about 6.0 lb per horsepower, which is the number that actually predicts how it feels on a road rather than on a spec sheet.
Mechanically it's a conventional, well-understood package rather than an experiment, which is a large part of why it works as an everyday car.
Sports cars live or die on feel. Grip, steering weight, gearshift quality and how progressively the chassis lets go matter far more here than a headline power figure. At around $285,000, the Roma Spider is priced as a car people genuinely use, and our value score of 8.4/10 reflects what you get for that against its direct rivals rather than against the market as a whole.
Owned properly, it rewards drivers who care about how a car does something more than how fast it did it.
Practical guide for everything a new owner asks on day one — starting the car, finding the gear selector, drive modes, infotainment, driver aids, and easy-to-miss features.
Step on the brake, then press the red Engine Start button on the steering-wheel — left spoke. The car beeps, the cluster flashes, and the V8/V12 fires. On PHEV models (296/SF90), the start button engages eDrive silently; you must press 'eManettino → Performance' to wake the ICE.
Ferrari uses steering-wheel-mounted carbon paddles plus center-console buttons labeled R, Auto, M, and Launch — there is no traditional stick. Press the brake, then tap 'Auto' to engage drive or pull the right paddle to manually grab 1st.
Drive modes are accessed via the Manettino dial on the steering wheel. Available modes typically include Wet, Sport, Race, CT-Off, ESC-Off, eManettino: eDrive/Hybrid/Performance/Qualify (PHEV). Each mode reshuffles throttle mapping, steering weight, adaptive dampers (if equipped), exhaust valves, and stability-control thresholds. On performance trims, an 'Individual' or 'Custom' slot lets you save your favorite combination so you can recall it with one click instead of nesting through menus.
The driver display is a Fully digital 16-inch curved cluster. Use the steering-wheel left thumb-pad to cycle layouts (Classic, Sport, Navigation, Minimal). When in Sport / Track mode the cluster automatically swaps to a wide tach with gear indicator and tire-temperature readout. The head-up display brightness, height, and content are configured from Settings → Displays → HUD.
Infotainment runs on Dual-screen with passenger display (296/SF90/12 Cilindri). Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard; pair from Settings → Connections the first time, then it auto-connects whenever your phone is in range. Steering-wheel push-to-talk wakes the in-car assistant for nav, climate, calls, and messaging without touching the screen. The main display also hosts vehicle-specific apps: tire pressures, performance data recorder (where fitted), drive-mode customizer, and the camera views.
Standard driver aids include adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. Toggle each system individually from the driver-assist menu (steering-wheel left-pad → Assistance). Highway-driving assist (hands-off in marked lanes on supported roads), automatic lane-change on indicator tap, traffic-jam assist for stop-and-go, and a 360° surround camera with transparent-hood mode are all available and worth enabling for the first time before driving in heavy traffic.
Premium unleaded (91 or 93 octane) is required on Ferrari performance models — the engine timing is set for it and lower octane causes audible knock and reduced power. Fuel-cap release is a button on the driver door panel; the cap is capless (just push the nozzle in).
Beyond the physical key, this car supports Ferrari smart key with passive entry. Set up phone-as-key from the Ferrari Connect app: it provisions a secure credential to your phone's wallet so a tap on the door handle unlocks the car and placing the phone on the wireless charging pad authorizes ignition. You can also share temporary keys to family members (with optional speed and area limits on performance trims) directly from the app.
A few things every new owner tells us they wish they'd known on day one:
