01 FERRARI ROMA

BEAUTIFUL AND REDOLENT of the past in its ideals if not, thankfully, its design, the new Ferrari Roma ($409K) sits just above the Portofino ($399K) and promises to be both a GT and a sports car, as well as the first of a new breed of more usable, everyday Ferrari.

So, is it just a Portofino coupe? Kind of, but much of what differentiates the two bodes well for the Roma’s sports car aspirations. The aluminium structure is based on that of the Portofino but Maranello claims 70 per cent of the body and structure is new or substantially