The Italian automotive legend that is Ferrari have just unveiled the prestige Ferrari Amalfi Spider, a new 2+ spider from their base at Maranello. This exquisite example of the car maker’s art features a front-mid-mounted twin-turbo V8 engine and proud owners can expect a perfect balance of performance, elegance, driving pleasure, ease of use and versatility; all the attributes that make a Ferrari one of the finest sports cars … in the world.
The Bullet Points
The tailor-made to suit, or technical-fabric, soft top opens in just 13.5 seconds, even at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour (60KMH) and, together with the car’s compact dimensions and generous luggage capacity, places the Ferrari Amalfi Spider among the leaders in its class of wind-in-your-hair thrillers.
It’s that award-winning 631BHP (640PS) twin-turbo V8 again and it delivers outstanding performance and immediate response in all driving conditions. The latest brake-by-wire system ensures more precise vehicle control, while ‘ABS Evo’, effective across all grip conditions, enhances braking performance and stability. Active aerodynamics, with a three-position rear wing and an integrated wind deflector operated at the touch of a button, improve the open-air driving experience. And there’s more:
The Beautiful Exterior
Designed in-house by the Ferrari Design Studio, the Ferrari Amalfi Spider embodies Ferrari’s sporting lifestyle in an open-air configuration, thanks to its 2+ spider architecture with a fabric soft top engineered to fully preserve the proportions and formal purity of the hardtop Ferrari Amalfi.
As you can see in our images, the silhouette is elegant, fluid and instantly recognisable, whether the roof is open or closed. The design language demonstrates both refinement and energy, taking shape as a sleek and sculptural design that gives the car a modern, fresh character while retaining that unrivalled Ferrari elegance. The approach is refreshingly minimalist and functional, built around a precise styling of volumes and clean surfaces, all sculpted by light.
As noted above, the soft top is available in four tailor-made fabric colours and two technical fabric options, including the new ‘Tecnico Ottanio’, a fabric weave that generates an iridescent three-dimensional effect that enhances the roof in all light conditions and is inspired by the car’s overall colour mood, apparently. With the roof open, the technical fabric can also extend over the tonneau and adjacent rear surfaces, creating unprecedented material continuity across the exterior and lending visual momentum to the rear, perceived as a natural extension of the roof. So not just simply an ordinary fabric soft-top then.
With the Ferrari Amalfi Spider, the prestige brand introduces the new ‘Rosso Tramonto’ colour (see photos), an exclusive shade that enriches the chromatic journey inspired by the hues of the Amalfi Coast. The signature colour embodies, they say, the character and distinctive elegance of the landscape and sunsets infused with subtle orange undertones that inspired it. Romantic perhaps, but there’s nothing wrong with a little motoring romance; you can picture the scene and reach for your Renauld Mustang sunglasses.
The Premium Interior
The interior of the 2026 Ferrari Amalfi Spider carries forward the same concept of elegant, usable sporting character within a cockpit designed for open-top driving. The dual-cockpit architecture creates a pronounced cocooning effect, enveloping both driver and passenger in two distinct yet visually connected spaces. The layout extends from the front seats across the dashboard and door panels, flowing seamlessly into the central tunnel, while the rear seats play a secondary role, to the benefit of versatility without compromising the overall clarity of the design.
The interior design is deliberately clean, minimalist and contemporary, shaped by a process of subtraction (the less is more principle) that highlights materials and surfaces rather than superfluous trinkets. For the first time, the instrument cluster and air vents are brought together within a single monolithic cockpit, evenly divided between driver and passenger. The central tunnel adopts a pure, essential form: a suspended bridge machined from solid aluminium houses the primary controls, while secondary functions are positioned further back to improve ergonomics and clean visuals.
The door panels introduce a sail motif – sculptural elements that integrate the handles and armrests. Personalisation also extends to the interior, with selected components optionally trimmed in the same fabric as the soft top, including the tonneau cover, door panels and seat backs, creating a continuity between exterior and cockpit even with the roof stowed.
The new steering wheel, featuring physical buttons marking a blessed return to tactile controls, has a layout engineered to ensure maximum ergonomics and immediate recognisability in all driving conditions. On the left, the return of the iconic anodised aluminium start button establishes an immediate bond between driver and car from the very first moment of start-up. The controls are functionally distributed: on the left spoke are the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), adaptive cruise control, phone, and voice commands, while on the right are the selectors for visualisation and interaction with the instrument panel. At the rear, two rotary dials manage volume and station selection, while a dedicated button is used to switch audio sources.
The system is structured around three main displays. The 15.6 inch digital instrument cluster provides all driving and vehicle dynamics information. At the centre of the dashboard, a 10.25 inch display allows the driver and passenger to access the main functions: multimedia, radio, phone, screen mirroring, climate control, seat adjustments, and vehicle settings. Finally, the 8.8 inch passenger display offers a true co-driver experience, showing parameters such as G-forces and engine revs.
The Power
Driving through an eight-speed dual-clutch oil-bath transmission, which has previously been widely acclaimed, gear-shifting has been further optimised with a more powerful control unit and enhanced integration with the engine software, improving the smoothness and speed of gear changes.
The engine of the Ferrari Amalfi Spider, like that of the Ferrari Amalfi itself, represents the latest evolution of the 3855-cc V8 twin-turbo, a unit that has won the most international awards in recent automotive history. In this configuration, the engine has been optimised to deliver a maximum output at 7,500 rpm, with a red line raised to 7,600 rpm, allowing it to get the most out of the continuously increasing power curve.
A performance increase has been achieved through an advanced turbo-charging management system, enabling independent control of the rotational speed of the two turbochargers with dedicated calibration and an increase in the maximum turbo speed up to 171,000 rpm. This approach improves throttle response and boosts pressure control precision, we learn. Throttle response is now even quicker thanks to a series of advanced technical solutions the elements of which contribute to a sensation of continuous and progressive power delivery.
The Drive
Five driver settings (‘Wet’, ‘Comfort’, ‘Sport’, ‘Race’, ‘ESC-Off’) enable the driver to select the level of intervention of various systems such as the F1-Trac, suspension damping and the e-diff. The dynamic range of the Ferrari Amalfi Spider has been refined and expanded, thanks to the more dynamic character of the ‘Sport’ and ‘Race’ calibrations compared to those on this car’s predecessor. The transition between settings is now more gradual, helping to make driving easier, we are told.
To support these new dynamics, the desirable sports car also employs a rear active spoiler, which is activated depending on longitudinal and lateral acceleration. In dynamic driving conditions, such as during hard braking or high-speed cornering, the spoiler automatically shifts to the ‘High Downforce’ configuration, generating additional rear aerodynamic downforce and contributing to the car’s overall stability.
In terms of safety and driver assistance, the Ferrari Amalfi Spider is equipped with a comprehensive suite of next-generation ADAS systems. Among the functions included as standard are Adaptive Cruise Control, Automatic Emergency Braking, Blind Spot Detection, Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Assist, automatic high beam, traffic sign recognition and assistance and driver drowsiness and distraction detection. The last two functions are not as intrusive as they sound because driver distraction is a real ‘thing’ these days. Drowsiness maybe not so much; how could anyone become bored with this car?
MHH International & Ferrari
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