What it is
Ferrari brought the 849 Testarossa Spider to the Laundry Green display at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed for its public debut, running it up the hill alongside the rest of Maranello's dynamic programme. It is the drop-top version of the 849 Testarossa, the plug-in hybrid flagship that replaced the SF90 Stradale and brought back the Testarossa name.
The important part: the Spider gives up none of the coupe's performance to lose its roof.
The roof
The headline hardware is a retractable hard top. It folds away in 14 seconds, and it will do so on the move at speeds up to 45 km/h (28 mph), so you can drop the roof rolling up to a set of lights rather than sitting at them. Folded, it tucks under a tonneau that preserves the 849's aggressive rear deck rather than spoiling the profile the way a stack of fabric would.
The powertrain
Underneath, nothing has been softened. The Spider runs the same 1,050 PS (772 kW) plug-in hybrid system as the coupe: a twin-turbo V8 working with three electric motors, one on the rear axle and two on the front for through-the-corner torque vectoring.
Performance is effectively identical to the closed car. Ferrari quotes 0-60 mph in under 2.3 seconds and a top speed of 211 mph (340 km/h). Carrying the roof mechanism adds mass, but not enough to move the numbers that matter.
Where it sits
The 849 Testarossa was unveiled to the public in September 2025 and enters production in the middle of 2026. The Spider is the convertible half of that lineup, the natural successor to the SF90 Spider, and the open-top halo above everything short of Ferrari's limited-run specials.
It also sits in a very different part of Ferrari's world from the 12Cilindri, the naturally aspirated V12 grand tourer, and the Luce, the brand's first EV. The 849 is the hybrid middle: the technology flagship that does the numbers.
Our take
Convertible supercars usually ask for a compromise, in stiffness, in weight, or in the way they look with the roof stowed. The 849 Testarossa Spider asks for very little of it. A hard top that folds at speed, the full 1,050 PS, and a sub-2.3-second 0-60 is close to having it both ways.
For buyers deciding between the coupe and the Spider, this is no longer a case of trading speed for sky. It is just a question of whether you want the roof. See where it lands on our fastest cars and most powerful cars lists.
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Sources: Ferrari 849 Testarossa Spider (Ferrari), Three Ferrari dynamic debuts headline its presence at the 2026 Festival of Speed (Goodwood). Photography: Ferrari.