Ferrari said designers and engineers were careful to integrate the retractable top system to preserve performance and efficiency.
The folding roof splits into two sections that lay flush over the front of the engine bay, thus maintaining thermal dissipation characteristics and the balance of the overall design.
This also allowed designers to introduce a window in the engine cover to showcase the new V-6. When the top is retracted, the cabin and the rear deck are separated by a height-adjustable glass rear screen that protects passengers from buffeting even at high speeds, Ferrari says.
The rear wing profile and flying roof buttresses guarantee the same aerodynamic and thermal efficiency as the 296 GTB, Ferrari said, despite the constraints of the retractable targa top.
The roadster maintains the coupe’s active rear wing to generate downforce.
