2024 Ferrari Roma Spider: Entry-level drop-top costs $520K

The Ferrari Roma Spider is now available to order in Australia from $520,300, with customer deliveries of Maranello's most affordable drop-top beginning in Q2 2024.

“We’re thrilled to be sharing the Ferrari Roma Spider with our clients here in Australia", said president of Ferrari Australasia, Dr. Jan Hendrik Voss.

"This timeless soft-top is attracting attention from those who already love the open-top experience of our cars, and from clients who are now looking forward to their first open-air Ferrari."

27

A full $110,000 dearer than the Roma coupe, the Spider is equipped with a power-retractable soft top that can open in 13.5 seconds at speeds of up to 60km/h. It also becomes the first rag-top 'Rari in more than half a century.

With 456kW and 760Nm sent from its 3.9-litre turbo-petrol V8 to the rear wheels via an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, the Roma Spider (with its 85kg weight penalty) can reach 100km/h from rest in 3.4 seconds and boasts a 320km/h top speed.

Available to order from Ferrari dealers now, the Roma Spider will arrive in the second quarter of next year following the brand's first four-door vehicle – that it won't call an SUV – the V12 Purosangue. Wheels will experience the Roma Spider for the first time next week.

27

2024 Ferrari Roma pricing

Our original story, below, continues unchanged

March 17: Ferrari Roma Spider unveiled

Ferrari has lifted the cover on its first front-engined soft-top in more than half a century.

The 2024 Ferrari Roma Spider replaces the coupe's fixed roof with a retractable soft-top that can be opened in 13.5 seconds.

US publication Road and Track reports it will replace the Portofino M in the Italian marque's lineup, with the Roma featuring a more-potent version of the 3.9-litre F154 twin-turbocharged V8.

It is the first front-engined Ferrari fabric-top since the 365 GTS/4 – also known as the Daytona Spyder – ended production in the early 1970s.

27

To create the Roma Spider, Ferrari's engineers added a five-millimetre nolder to the top of the windscreen for aerodynamics, an automatic "patented" wind deflector, and modified the active rear spoiler.

Under the bonnet, the Roma Spider retains the familiar 3.9-litre twin-turbocharged V8 producing 456kW and 760Nm, with power sent to the rear wheels through an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.

Despite an 84-kilogram weight increase, it has an identical 3.4-second 0-100km/h sprint time, with a 320km/h top speed.

27

Inside, the Roma Spider is again familiar, with a digital instrument cluster, a portrait-orientated 8.4-inch infotainment system, optional passenger display, and a centre console bridge separating the driver and front passenger.

The 2024 Ferrari Roma has been confirmed for Australia, with local pricing and details to be announced closer to its launch.

Currently, the 2023 Ferrari Roma hardtop is priced from $409,888 before on-road costs in Australia, with a price increase likely for the Spider.