Roma Spider

ChrisQP09

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The quantity of DB11 on Autotrader is immense!

For £65k for a 30k example, I could be tempted but too much of a gamble for anything more.
 

Felonious Crud

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The quantity of DB11 on Autotrader is immense!

For £65k for a 30k example, I could be tempted but too much of a gamble for anything more.
Personally I'd take a Vanquish S over a DB11 any day of the week.

But you're right, used DB11s are plentiful.
 

MrMickS

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I actually love that it's a ragtop

And correct me if I am wrong but wasn't the Crossfire an SLK underneath...?
Living with the folding metal roof on the Cali and issues that causes with packing. At least with a ragtop going away into its separate compartment there is no change in boot space with roof up or down.

You also don't need the space behind to lower/raise the roof, it's not going to be affected by a faulty parking sensor either. A big improvement.
 

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Although I like it Im not that keen. Prefer the coupe. Was hoping it would be a folding hardtop. Before I got my CaliT I was never bothered about open top but its such an enhanced driving experience with the roof down I think Id miss it now.
I know folding hardtops take space but something more simpe targa-esque, like the 488 spyder would have been better
 

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Think this looks great. I wasn’t sure about the grille like others have mentioned but looks ok in the darker colours and nice to see a piece of design that doesn’t look like every other car (seems rare in modern car design). After years of always opting for convertibles I would now only go for coupes. Getting old obviously, but I’d rarely have the roof down and would want to avoid the additional weight, complexity and reliability downsides of a cab mechanism of any type, that I’d rarely see the benefit of.
 

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Saw a Roma (well heard first) driving through Singapore. First time I've seen one in the flesh .... just beautiful
 

MrMickS

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I went along to the Roma Spider reveal at the local dealer last Friday.

First impressions are that it's a lovely car. The rear seats are as usable as those in my California, so not really. The roof mechanism is good but has the same impact on the boot space as the hard roof on the Cali and the Portofino. In fact the chap announcing the car kept talking about putting "Golf balls" in the boot. We all thought it was an Italian misuse of the word and he meant golf clubs. Looking at the boot entrance, he wasn't ;)

It does have a trick wind deflector that automatically deploys from the back of the rear seats and doesn't protrude above the line of the body so won't mess up the lines.

Would I swap the Cali for one? Not sure. The boot space was a surprise and, as I'd be using it for touring, relevant to me. Then there is the iPad like screen which is bad enough in the coupe and would be pretty useless with the roof down on a sunny day. Looking at pricing it starts at the £200k mark but expect to pay £230-250k to get one built and £300k for a fully optioned car. With all that said I still might be tempted when I decide to change the Cali. It really is that pretty.

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Felonious Crud

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I went along to the Roma Spider reveal at the local dealer last Friday.

First impressions are that it's a lovely car. The rear seats are as usable as those in my California, so not really. The roof mechanism is good but has the same impact on the boot space as the hard roof on the Cali and the Portofino. In fact the chap announcing the car kept talking about putting "Golf balls" in the boot. We all thought it was an Italian misuse of the word and he meant golf clubs. Looking at the boot entrance, he wasn't ;)

It does have a trick wind deflector that automatically deploys from the back of the rear seats and doesn't protrude above the line of the body so won't mess up the lines.

Would I swap the Cali for one? Not sure. The boot space was a surprise and, as I'd be using it for touring, relevant to me. Then there is the iPad like screen which is bad enough in the coupe and would be pretty useless with the roof down on a sunny day. Looking at pricing it starts at the £200k mark but expect to pay £230-250k to get one built and £300k for a fully optioned car. With all that said I still might be tempted when I decide to change the Cali. It really is that pretty.

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It looks good, and the front grill is a big improvement. It should help push down the prices of the Portofino M, which I think is a cracking car.
 
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Andyk

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MC20 Cielo for me over the Roma Convertible but I do like it. Not a fan of the Ferrari over styled range apart from the Roma which is a beauty compare to the rest of the range.