Ferrari Roma: the Italian coupé made for enjoying the “Dolce Vita”

The new Ferrari Roma is an elegant coupé with a 620 CV twin-turbo V8 engine, which the brand has just unveiled in the city that gives it its name.

What a year of new releases it has been for Ferrari. The latest, the new Ferrari Roma, a 2+2 coupé presented at an exclusive event for the brand’s customers. And as it could not be otherwise, the presentation took place in the “Eternal City”, which gives the car its name. The new model joins the Ferrari F8 Tributo, F8 Spider, SF90 Stradale and 812 GTS.

Not much information has been revealed about the new model, which will have the Aston Martin DB11 as one of its most direct rivals. But the images speak for themselves. We are looking at a classic coupé with the engine in a front-mid position, with very sharp lines and an elegant design. According to the Italian brand, it pays homage to the philosophy of the “Dolce Vita”, that particular lifestyle that defined Rome in the 1950s, immortalised in the famous film of the same name.

From the brief technical sheet we can extract the first dimensional data: 4.56 metres in length, 1.97 in width and 1.30 in height. The wheelbase is 2.67 metres, with a dry weight of 1,472 kg.

620 CV twin-turbo V8 engine

What Ferrari has revealed is the powerunit hidden under the new Ferrari Roma’s elongated bonnet. It is a 3,855 cm³ twin-turbo V8, belonging to the same engine family that has already won the International Engine of the Year award four years in a row.

It delivers a maximum output of 620 CV between 5,750 and 7,500 rpm, and a maximum torque of 760 Nm between 3,000 and 5,750 rpm. Ferrari has also revealed its performance: a top speed of more than 320 km/h, acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds, and 9.3 seconds to reach 200 km/h from a standing start.

To transmit power to the wheels, it uses an eight-speed dual-clutch DCT gearbox, which debuted in the brand’s first hybrid sports car, the Ferrari SF90 Stradale