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 owners.“ It is a modern Ferrari, after all, so it has a twin-turbocharged flat-plane-crank V-8; light and incredibly precise electric power steering; an instant-shifting 8-speed dual-clutch automatic; and suspension tuning that makes it feel as though it weighs just 2500 lb.