Motoring

Along comes a Ferrari Spider

The Ferrari 296 GTS is the Italian hybrid any self-respecting supercar buyer will want to be seen in

Ferrari 296 GTS: the new model’s roof can be removed, the ‘S’ is for Spider

Once upon a time, Ferrari’s road cars were defined more by their style and image than by the numbers associated with them. Unfortunately for the buyers, the price for the untouchable image was notorious unreliability that, through rose-tinted spectacles might have been termed “Italian temperament”.

Then Ferrari changed tack around the turn of the millennium and put engineering to the fore, creating cars that were as technically impressive as they were beautiful to look at. ...