Ferrari Amalfi

Ferrari Amalfi Revealed as More Powerful Roma Replacement

Replacing the Roma in Ferrari’s model portfolio, the Italian marque has whipped the wraps off the Amalfi.

The Ferrari Roma made its global debut in 2019. Now, six years later, this Prancing Horse’s successor has been revealed, with the Italian automaker unveiling the Amalfi.

The Amalfi employs the “latest evolution” of the Maranello manufacturer’s F154 powertrain. Positioned in a front-mid-mounted configuration, the 3.9-litre, twin-turbocharged V8 is endowed with 470 kW, an increase of 14 kW over the Roma, and 760 N.m of torque. Power and twisting force are exclusively delivered to the rear wheels via an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.

Ferrari claims the (1 470 kg, dry) Amalfi completes the obligatory 0-100 km/h sprint in 3.3 seconds, before breaching the 200 km/h marker 5.7 seconds later. Compared to the Roma, the Amalfi is one-tenth of a second quicker to the one-tonne and three-tenths of a second quicker to 200 km/h from a standstill. The top speed is quoted at 320 km/h.

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Ferrari Amalfi Revealed as More Powerful Roma Replacement

Replacing the Roma in Ferrari’s model portfolio, the Italian marque has whipped the wraps off the Amalfi ...
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New face of elegance? Ferrari Amalfi revealed as Roma’s replacement

Ferrari doesn’t seem to enjoy the term ‘facelift’ or ‘midcycle refresh’, both used to describe when car is given a makeover halfway through its life to make it more attractive to new buyers. The company seems to prefer a full name change and calling the re-release a new model.

The Ferrari FF became the Lusso, the Portofino replaced the California and 488 turned into the F8 Tributo. Now the Roma turns into the Ferrari Amalfi.

The ‘new’ model has a revised appearance. Ferrari’s design team has made the body-wide black strip a signature of recent new releases. We first saw it on the 12Clindri. An even more pronounced version appeared on the F80 hypercar. Thankfully, the Amalfi has a far more discreet application of this new design cue. The strip links new, slimmer headlamps. Gone is the ‘egg-crate’ lower air intake.

The sleek overall silhouette remains pretty unchanged. A long bonnet and short rear overhang are still the order of the day. The rear-end, too, doesn’t seem like a radical departure. There is an active rear spoiler that deploys at different heights depending on the chosen drive mode. Ferrari says that in high downforce mode there is an increase in downforce of 110kg at 250km/h with less than a 4% increase in drag.

Ferrari’s press material states that the interior has been simplified to achieve a clean and contemporary language, with extensive use of premium materials and integrated technological solutions. We have no experience with the Roma, so we can’t really tell you what was wrong before. We can say that the Amalfi looks pretty snazzy inside.

 
quovadis said:
For me, the front end & light design, as with all new Ferraris, isn’t great. I prefer the Roma’s front end tbh.
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I quite like the design, but those colours are terrible. The cyan one just feels dumb, but I also don't like the orange with the yellow interior.

The off-white one looks quite good though.
 
Frank Stephenson on the Ferrari Amalfi: "the emotional spark feels missing here"

Frank shares his... frank views on Ferrari's Roma replacement with TG...

Frank Stephenson is a car designer with more hits than the Beatles, including the Escort RS Cossie, first BMW Mini, Maser MC12, numerous Ferraris and the McLaren P1. These days he runs his own consultancy – Frank Stephenson Design. Here he shares his views on Ferrari's Roma replacement - the new Amalfi - with Top Gear.

The new Ferrari Amalfi - or perhaps the second generation of the Ferrari Roma – is, overall, a well proportioned luxury GT car. At first glance, I see the intent towards a simplification of details and minimal design evolution, but I don’t immediately see Ferrari. For me, Ferrari is all about ‘fare la bella figura’, meaning it should accomplish this through casual elegance and breathtaking, striking details. The emotional spark feels missing here.

That said, the Amalfi has great proportions, looking well-balanced and hunkered down with a phenomenal stance on the road. While there are certain front end elements that leave me at a loss for words (that tongue, those reptilian eyes, not to mention the pencil line moustache), the surface sculpting of the bonnet and front fenders is exceptionally well executed, but hindered by ill-placed line cuts.

The rear is a step backward. A large, flat surfaced wall separates overly simplified, almost generic tail-lights from the back bumper and tortured diffuser area. Where have Ferrari’s recognisable round tail-lights gone? Equally as painful, the mess of split lines just above feels overly busy and incongruent.

 
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