Ferrari’s latest model, the Roma, has been
given a subtle nip-and-tuck and a healthy performance boost by Germany’s
Wheelsandmore. The company’s designers brief was to upgrade the Roma without
changing the design of the elegant coupe too much. The safest way to achieve
that was to fit custom wheels, which are available in 21 or 22 inches, in three
different designs that Wheelsandmore claims are perfectly suitable for the 2+2
coupe.
Customers can choose to paint each of the
three wheel models in their desired color and with the surface finish of their
liking. The custom wheels will soon be accompanied by a lowering kit for the
suspension, which is currently under development. Wheelsandmore will also offer
a flap-controlled exhaust system and throughput-optimized sports catalytic
converters.
The icing on the cake is hidden under the
sculpted hood and consists of a performance upgrade for the Roma’s 3.9-liter
twin-turbo V8 engine. An easily installable box increases power to 700 PS, while peak torque is boosted to 885 Nm. These are generous
gains of 80 PS and 125 Nm, respectively.
Wheelsandmore does not say how the
upgraded power and torque influence the Roma’s performance, but it’s safe to
say the 0-100 km/h acceleration should be improved by at least one
or two tenths of a second. In stock form, the sleek Italian coupe sprints to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds and does 0-200 km/h in 9.3 seconds.
The changes should be enough to push the top speed beyond the standard model’s
320 km/h.
