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Ferrari has announced, the Amalfi. The Roma's replacement.
This is the Roma's replacement: meet the new Ferrari Amalfi... now with buttons!
New entry-level Ferrari keeps no-hybrid V8 and gains common sense interior. At last
Alert: a new Ferrari with a badge you can actually pronounce!
After mouthfuls like Purosangue and Dodici Cilindri, it’s a relief to meet the new Amalfi, named after the posh holiday destination on Italy’s southern coast. And that’s far from the only piece of common sense you’ll find in the new Roma-replacing coupe.
It’s also quit the power wars. While the latest Aston Martin Vantage develops north of 650bhp and the next Porsche 911 Turbo is set to breach 700, Ferrari has only added 20bhp to the Roma’s 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8. As a result, the Amalfi develops 631bhp and goes from 0-62mph in a manageable 3.3 seconds. That’s almost sensible these days. Keep your foot down and you’ll pass 125mph in nine seconds dead and top out at 200mph. Easy does it.
There’s nothing revolutionary about the mechanics. Just fettling. The Amalfi keeps its eight-speed twin-clutch gearbox at the back and drives only the rear tyres. There’s no hybrid system or complicated active AWD. Ferrari says it’s lightened the camshafts and tweaked the exhaust so the V8 feels revvier and zippy, then beavered away on the driving modes so there’s a wider spread of moods to choose between.
This is an entry-level Ferrari after all. A gateway to the kingdom. Wet and Comfort mode are apparently more relaxed than in the Roma, so newbies don’t get scared. Meanwhile the aggression in Sport and Race has been amped up, so keen wannabe ‘piloti’ feel even more heroic while sixth-generation Side Slip Control keeps them shiny side up.
Speaking of… the bodywork’s apparently all new with only glass carried over from the Roma. But the Amalfi’s had some tweaks that might prove controversial. Not so much at the back, which now has sterner looking taillight surrounds and a neater rear wing with three positions on offer, generating up to 110kg of rearward downforce.
This is the Roma's replacement: meet the new Ferrari Amalfi... now with buttons!
New entry-level Ferrari keeps no-hybrid V8 and gains common sense interior. At last
Alert: a new Ferrari with a badge you can actually pronounce!
After mouthfuls like Purosangue and Dodici Cilindri, it’s a relief to meet the new Amalfi, named after the posh holiday destination on Italy’s southern coast. And that’s far from the only piece of common sense you’ll find in the new Roma-replacing coupe.
It’s also quit the power wars. While the latest Aston Martin Vantage develops north of 650bhp and the next Porsche 911 Turbo is set to breach 700, Ferrari has only added 20bhp to the Roma’s 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8. As a result, the Amalfi develops 631bhp and goes from 0-62mph in a manageable 3.3 seconds. That’s almost sensible these days. Keep your foot down and you’ll pass 125mph in nine seconds dead and top out at 200mph. Easy does it.
There’s nothing revolutionary about the mechanics. Just fettling. The Amalfi keeps its eight-speed twin-clutch gearbox at the back and drives only the rear tyres. There’s no hybrid system or complicated active AWD. Ferrari says it’s lightened the camshafts and tweaked the exhaust so the V8 feels revvier and zippy, then beavered away on the driving modes so there’s a wider spread of moods to choose between.
This is an entry-level Ferrari after all. A gateway to the kingdom. Wet and Comfort mode are apparently more relaxed than in the Roma, so newbies don’t get scared. Meanwhile the aggression in Sport and Race has been amped up, so keen wannabe ‘piloti’ feel even more heroic while sixth-generation Side Slip Control keeps them shiny side up.
Speaking of… the bodywork’s apparently all new with only glass carried over from the Roma. But the Amalfi’s had some tweaks that might prove controversial. Not so much at the back, which now has sterner looking taillight surrounds and a neater rear wing with three positions on offer, generating up to 110kg of rearward downforce.
