Design Critique of Roma spyder--anybody gpt picture of rear spoiler deployed?

Design Critique:The 2024 Roma spyder; somehow it seems a tad Porsche...

When Ferrari brought out the Roma coupe awhile back it was a refreshing new direction--for it was not festooned with race-like accoutrements like hood scoops, side vents, spoilers in stilts, and other "boy racer" stuff that would be almost embarrassing on a car meant 100% for the street.
The car is almost Jaguar-like, but of course much more lithe and lightweight than Jaguar's current sports car.
It would be too much to hope for they would fit a V12, to make a soyder recalling the 365GTS Daytona Spyder but the 3.9 liter V8 rated at 612 hp. (with 561 lb-ft. of torque) is no slouch. It gets the car up into the 200 mph (320 km/h) mph territory you expect from a Ferrari.


As in the coupe an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic is the only transmission.

It is nothing short of amazing this lean spyder is a four seater but then again I haven't seen it pictured with rear passengers. I expect "child seats" might be an accurate description of the rear seats.

The new roadster breaks new (or should we say "old" ground by bringing back the soft top--after it looked like open air enthussiasts were going to have to accept the metal and plastic retractable hardtop as the successor to the soft top. There is something charming and :"old world" about a canvas top, especially in the contrast between the matte surface of the cloth and the glistening paint of the body.
One thing they stuck to on the roadster is the chromeless grille--instead it is still the body colored gridework like on a stone wall--unusual even among Italian cars.
Here's my take on the design, going from pictures (at this time I don't think they've reached the US)


FRONT Glad they are sticking with the chromeless grille as it gives them a path outbound from the almost seven-plus decades of shiny bright metalwork grilles.

SIDE The styling is very traditional as far as the canvas contrasting with the shiny finish. In side profile, the rear fenders swing up to minimize the view of the top when retracted. But the upsweep of the body side aft of the doors is distractingly large, not as subtle as the shape of the Jaguar E-type roadster with the top down..The rear seat headrests seem to stick up higher than the front seat ones. Maybe they would be less noticeable if they didn't have the "fairings" behind them. On the lower rear, from side view, the flat black trim detracts from enjoying the "purity" of the side view (so do the rocker panels but not so much) Couldn't the wrap around part of the lower body be body colored on the side?

REAR Here's where it takes an odd turn, almost Porsche 911-like since the Porsche 911 is also available with a cloth top . The black portion on the rear deck recalls the grille of the old air cooled 911 roadsters.
The active rear spoiler is not shown deployed in press releases so it may be this dark section of the rear deck. I'd prefer it be body colored to avoid the Porsche 911 look, After all the Porsche 911 cabriolet is a mere $118,000 car. Why have your $280,000 Ferrari look like a much cheaper car?

In sum, Ferrari.is wise to offer a variation on the coupe
because it gives them a "way out" from the heavier looking front engined cars like the Portofino that they already offer--a new direction so to speak, one aimed at a wider audience in the luxury car world (dare I say one "more sophisticated"?). I even think it appeals to a different market--those who want a Ferrari for the driving pleasure and engineering but don't want that "boy racer"/"Look at me" impression conveyed as much as some of their other models do. It is, in a word, more discreet.
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I don't think the originl designer envisioned it that way--he was trying to break away from the 100-year old Auto Industry Iron Rule--a grille has gotta be flashy, this way it's more minimalist, there to do the job but not there to be flashy. I noticed two ads on the net for aftermarket rear spoilers for the coupe so maybe there's some worry the stock aero doesn't work hard enough. By the way here's a Ferrari factory video showing the spyder top deploying and the car on the road, though it still doesn't show the rear spoiler deployed, though I now know it has three stages of deployment.
https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/auto/ferrari-roma-spider

 

In the side view, surroding the exhaust pipes, of what significance is the black plastic? Covering a safety bumper? I was just wondring what can be removed so the side can be all body color.