The Ferrari Roma is a return to Italian elegance, Revelations with Jason Cammisa, Ep. 06

The Roma is a sign that things are changing at Ferrari. For the last decade or so, Ferrari s sports cars have gotten more and more aggressive in looks that s the opposite of the cars that Enzo Ferrari loved: comfortable, drivable GTs. In this episode, we examine the meaning behind the Gran Turismo and how it s an obsolete term today. But also how the Roma, more so than the Ferrari California upon which it s based, is a return to the idea of an everyday Ferrari. It has adaptive cruise control, free scheduled maintenance, and a back seat. And while it has a rear spoiler, it has no button to make it go up and down perhaps a way of saying, leave those showoff antics to the Lamborghini It is a modern Ferrari, after all, so it has a twinturbocharged flatplanecrank V8; light and incredibly precise electric power steering; an instantshifting 8speed dualclutch automatic; and suspension tuning that makes it feel as though it weighs just 2500 lb.