The Story
After our drive, we realize that thanks to its sharper V-8, smarter cabin, and everyday comfort, the 2027 Ferrari Amalfi Spider grand tourer is a better car than ever.
A sharper V-8, smarter cabin, and everyday comfort make Ferrari’s GT better than ever. Ferrari changes model names faster than most automakers change paint colors. In the past 12 years alone, its entry car has been called the California T, the Portofino, then the Roma, and now the Amalfi. Through all those badge changes, the basic architectural attributes—namely a twin-turbo…
But to call the Amalfi and its Spider variant a face-lift of the Roma, which is a face-lift of the Portofino, which is a face-lift of the California T, would miss the bigger picture. Every iteration of Ferrari’s front-engine, V-8-powered grand tourer moves closer to perfecting the species. In fact, spending those 12 years sharpening the same basic recipe is why a car like the…
Even as an update of the Roma, the Amalfi goes further than the average Buick face-lift. Mirroring the changes between the Roma to the Amalfi coupe, the Spider gains 19 hp, a heavily revised cockpit, and a rear spoiler with two raised positions instead of one. New modern minimalist fascias work well with a lightly creased version of the Roma’s sculptural shape and connect the…
The tifosi might turn their noses up at the most accessible Ferrari, but Maranello isn’t trying to fool anyone about what a car like the Amalfi Spider is and what it isn’t. On a scale showing how athletic each car is, Ferrari places the $300,131 Amalfi Spider at one end, as far from the $3.9 million F80 as possible. Out on the road, the Spider owns that role, hoovering up…
Three layers of rubber sandwiched between the soft top’s inner and outer layers quell wind and road noise nearly as well as a metal roof, and the suspension soaks up bumps with a just-right squish that’s simultaneously comfortable and taut when the magnetic current in the dampers is turned down low. The thin-rimmed steering wheel twirls with quick and light action (as is the…
Why It Matters
With the Amalfi in Comfort mode, the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission races for top gear like the EPA’s sniffers are stuck up the car’s four exhaust tips.
CarMotion Daily’s Take
The tifosi might turn their noses up at the most accessible Ferrari, but Maranello isn’t trying to fool anyone about what a car like the Amalfi Spider is and what it isn’t. Watch this space over the coming weeks.
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