Gated Ferrari 575M FHP v Ferrari Roma

Look forward to your evaluation!

 

I'm going to see a Roma tomorrow. Mainly, I want to see if I think it's better looking in person, because I WANT to like it but I'm just not sure. Will be interesting to get your opinion

 

Obviously very different cars and I can only assume… I’ve test driven a Roma for a day and was pleasantly surprised by the power and especially the handling. Gonna be much more nimble than the 575. I have a FF and F12 TDF (front V12’s) and they are not nearly as nimble as the Roma. I take that back with the TDF because of the RWS. I just think the Roma is going to be much more agile than the 575. That would be my choice.


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Roma = 4 sandwiches short of a picnic.

Very pretty though - much better looking than most of Ferrari's recent offerings.

 

It is. Still not sure about the grille though. It looks nice on the silver car I looked at yesterday, but the reds, blues, etc...too much color up front for my taste.

Overall, though I do think it's the best looking thing they've done in years, 812 right behind that.

 

I had one for a day and could not get on with the interior-neither the style nor the haptic controls and screens.

 

In case anyone is interested, here is the one I looked at yesterday…Autohaus in Williamsburg, VA.


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From the Roma forums… your thoughts on the grill are already being explored

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/roma-with-classic-front-bumper.668402/

 

My goodness!!! HUGE improvement!!

 

Original grille, regardless of color, just does not do it for me. The modded one looks great.

 

It’s an odd choice, isn’t it? I’m just not sure what they were going for.

 

I did a brief Roma test drive.
It was fine.
Which for a Ferrari is not fine.

 

To be fair though there was little opportunity to exploit the performance, which having owned a Lusso V8T I know is there.

 

Yeah, I had the 550 NEW, Now a 575....Drove the Roma more than once.
Here is why IMHO you cant compare. The 550 was at the time the top dog then.
The Roma is the entry car now.
I like it but.......and I would love to LOVE IT but.......
The front grille.....
The flat side boards like the Aston or Jag Ftype....
Ehhhh, its a nice car but........
See the theme?
IMHO. Unless you wait a year and it tanks 60 percent.
Then okay but the 550/575 , there is a feeling when it goes buy, a RICH feeling a COMMANDING feeling.
I just dont think the Roma in real life is the same.....IMHO
GTJOEY1314

 

With new grille made by someone outside - not even Ferrari - it is better but it is odd because the car is not even an original Ferrari anymore with it... and fixed with some other company fixer upper design.

And now ....someone has to fix the back taillights!!! Very weak too. Too generic.

Imagine.. you are driving and seeing this car ahead....The car is too far away..Wait..Is it an Aston? Wait..maybe a new Mc Laren? or I got it. I think it is a Jaguar.

Now let's see it on the side profile...yes it 'kind of' swooping and nice.. but i like it only because it reminds me of another car, the more beautiful Maranello...

Then I may as well like the original Maranello, with a V12. Might as well get the original.

BTW What is happening at Ferrari management and marketing? Enzo is turning in his grave. Roma, Portofino. Are we getting a Ferrari Venezia soon?

Even the model name tells that the car was designed by marketers for a tourist market strategy...they should make it come with a free Vespa.

Yet, I am sure is a great car to drive. But many modern cars do that as well.

 

The whole car has beauty...

but it is ruined by the wrong emotional design components and attention details that convey cheap.

I can not look at that grille again for more than a sec....that is totally chicken or rabbit coop!! Now I buy a car and after delivery I have to take it to a local tuning/accessory auto parts store to buy a Ferrari looking grille to make it look like they should have done it?

The Ferrari logo placed on the glass window that looks like an adhesive decal??? Not good. A timeless brand name and logo icon should be positioned in special place, bolted metal on metal, as a precious, enduring jewel.

NOT GOOD

 

What was the rear tail light MOD?
I love the grille mod.......
gtjoey1314

 

I don't think they have done it yet.I am afraid it would require a restyling of the entire back lid or bumper.

PS. Fundamentally it is really an overall Ferrari in-house design and marketing team problem: generic styling and lost DNA branding with the new entry level cars. The high end models are fine.

Thank god the engine and and chassis engineers are always doing an amazing job with both the old and new cars, so that helps save the overall Ferrari's image and brand.

 

Whats funny is if you look at the current F TYPE or current Vantage, both suffered the same outcome.
The minute the Vantage came out there were after market grille designs and the same with the F type.
All 3 are the same era and all 3 suffered the design by committee vote.
Thats why there is NO NAME that stands out today in design, Callum being really the last.
That capristo grille really transforms the car.
gtjoey1314

 

Got the Roma for a drive when my 812 SF was at Service.

It's a fantastic car which impressed me very much.

Daniel

 

Darius- A peek under the hood and a count of cylinders could have sped up that process.

 

Having owned a Gated 575 with FHP and now a Roma which just arrived.

My thoughts are;

The 575 steering was more precise as the Roma’s steering feels vague to me.

The Roma makes a nice noise albeit quite synthetic. The 575 needs an exhaust.

These cars are from a completely different era and the performance of the Roma is just from another dimension and to be honest a 575 wouldn’t see which way the Roma went on a fast run!

The auto box in the Roma is frustratingly annoying as are the touch controls.

I think both cars are beautiful in their own way with the 575 having more Ferrariness about it if there is such a word??

https://fastestlaps.com/comparisons/nk2ss2nalp81

Ultimately the Roma is a far better daily driver and the 575 is a special car for special drives.

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