Ferrari Amalfi

Roma successor brings vital updates for Maranello’s entry-level car Ferrari tends not to do ‘facelifts’. Updated cars usually get an entirely new name, such as with the 360 and F430 or the F12 and 812. But they do tend to be pretty big updates that incorporate some major technical changes.This brings us to the new Ferrari Amalfi, which we can all see is the facelifted version of the Roma, Ferrari’s front-engined V8 sports GT that’s a distant descendant of the California and has been the entry point to the Ferrari range since 2020.Visually, there’s a clear evolution from the sinuous style of the Roma and towards the more angular 12Cilindri but, as we’ll see, the mechanical updates are relatively minor. Then again, the ‘old’ Roma saw off the then brand-new Aston Martin Vantage in both coupé and roadster group tests in the past year, so there weren’t an awful lot of wrongs to right. The Amalfi is more about keeping it fresh and, importantly in today’s regulatory climate, legal to sell in Europe.