The new Ferrari Portofino is the de facto successor of the best-selling Ferrari in history – the Ferrari California T. See: All Ferrari Portofino Articles / Portofino In-Depth Ferrari has produced another masterpiece with the 488 Spider. What about performance? Well the stunning drop-top version of the 488 GTB can sprint to 60 mph in about 3-second and hit a 205 mph top speed. The 488 Spider is amazingly efficient, fast and enjoyable and there is a strong case to be made that the Ferrari 488 Spider is the single greatest modern automobile for sale today. Just as good as the coupe in terms of performance, speed, styling with all the benefits of open top fun. The 488 Spider is all the car you would ever need and it is better than its sibling 488 GTB coupe. It basically destroys every other car on this list in terms of outright performance (LaFerrari being the exception) thanks to its 3.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that churns 661 bhp and 560 lb ft of torque and just won engine of the year (again). This is the one car on this list you could drive every day and thrash on weekends and even take it to the track and its awesome at all three. See: All Ferrari 488 Articles / 488 Spider In-Depth
If you are looking for a new Ferrari that is also a convertible there are only two options at the moment. Whenever we put these lists together we almost immediately get questions from readers looking to buy new cars wanting to know what they can waltz into the showroom to buy. Here are the best Ferrari convertibles and open top models our friends at Maranello have ever made:
We also included a few convertible Ferraris you can walk into a dealer and buy new, some bargain convertibles and some priceless Ferraris you can only hope to buy if you’re a billionaire. Some on the list are old cars that helped define the brand while others are the legitimate top of their game performance machines. We then categorized them and only included the ones we believed deserved a spot on our list. We went through every Ferrari model ever made, picked out the convertible and open top models and then ranked them. Myths out of the way it is time to talk about our methodology for creating this list. Technology, materials science and chassis design have all progressed to the point where a convertible Ferrari can match its coupe sibling pound for pound in the performance and fun stakes with none of the downsides. Sure, back in the day open top cars were dynamically flawed but in the last decade, we can’t think of a single open top Ferrari that hasn’t been anything but astonishing to drive. The second myth about Ferrari convertibles is that they are compromised performance cars. Like my friend, if I had to choose between a Ferrari I get to drive every single day and one that stays locked in my garage most of the time, I’ll take the former every time. The California is more practical, has more space, more comfort and is gets used all the time. He had traded in his 458 for a California because he never drove the 458. The California I drove was a friend’s car. I recently drove a Ferrari California and while it is no 488 dynamically it was the perfect daily driver. First myth is that Ferrari convertibles are not real Ferraris. Should a 488 Spider outrank a 355 Spider? Sure, it is much faster and more advanced, but is it truly better? How do you rank cars that we are never going to ever drive like the 250 GT SWB California Spyder? Lots of tough choices make these lists a fiery affair.īefore we get into the list, we want to talk about a few myths that annoy us.
The Ferrari lists we create are almost always controversial because any best of Ferrari models discussion is hard to have given the brands long history.
Today we are ranking the best open top and convertible Ferraris ever made by our friends at Maranello.
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