A little over five years since the unveiling of the Roma, Ferrari has now unveiled its successor, the Amalfi. Essentially an upgrade to the Roma, the Amalfi gets some noticeable design updates inside and out along with upgrades under the skin liberating more power and offering improved performance.
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Starting with the looks, the Amalfi drops the body coloured cheesegrater grille of the Roma, instead featuring new sleeker headlamps connected by a slim grille. The bumper too looks a lot cleaner with a wide air dam while the splitter at the bottom also appear more prominent. Additionally, the bonnet design has also been revamped with the power bulge a lot smoother than on the Roma.
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In profile, the Amalfi retains the sleek proportions of the Roma with its elongated bonnet, coupe roofline and prominent rear haunch. The more notable design updates come at the rear where the Amalfi gets a new active rear spoiler atop the rear lip, slightly lower set slit-like tail lamps and a cleaner looking rear bumper. The quad tip exhaust and diffuser element at the base of the bumper accentuates the Amalfi’s sporting pedigree.
Moving to the cabin, the Amalfi gets some notable design updates over its predecessor. The biggest change is that Ferrari has dropped the high-set floating centre console with the high-set portrait-oriented touchscreen replaced by a landscape display sitting lower down. The twin-cockpit design of the dashboard is retained with the driver getting a large digital instrument cluster flanked by air-con vents and a majority of the driver-centric control surfaces littered across the steering. Speaking of the steering, the Amalfi now features actual physical buttons for the audio and phone controls as well as the start-stop button – compared to the touch-sensitive controls of its predecessor.
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The co-driver also gets two dedicated air-con vents with the option for a dedicated third display for personalised infotainment.
Focusing on the powertrain, the Amalfi retains the twin-turbo V8 though updates to the unit means that it now produces 631 bhp and 760 Nm – up from the Roma’s 620 bhp. Upgrades to the engine include tweaks to the turbochargers, a new lightweight crankshaft and a revised engine block that has also helped reduce weight. Power is sent to the rear wheels via an 8-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox with Ferrari claiming a 0-100 kmph time of 3.3 seconds and a 0-200 kmph time of 9 seconds – 0.1 sec and 0.3 sec faster than the Roma. Ferrari says that the Amalfi also gets a retuned steering, a new brake-by-wire system and a new ABS Evo control unit to offer sharper dynamics.
The Amalfi is expected to go on sale starting from 2026 and could spawn a convertible down the road that would replace the Roma Spider that for now looks set to soldier on.
