This open-top Ferrari was introduced in 1993 as the convertible member of the 348 family, arriving after the TB and TS and extending the line into a true full Spider format. Ferrari positioned it as a more intimate, driver-focused two-seater that carried the same mid-engine V8 philosophy as the rest of the 348 range, but with a proper folding soft top rather than a removable roof panel. In Ferrari’s own history materials, the car is specifically identified as a 1993 model, and contemporary marque histories place its production run through the middle of the decade.
The model is historically notable because it marked Ferrari’s return to a series-production open two-seater after a long gap, and it helped reestablish the Spider nameplate as a central part of the company’s road-car identity. Compared with the earlier 348 targa variants, the Spider emphasized open-air touring and a more conventional convertible layout while retaining the sharp Pininfarina styling language that defined the 348 series. It also became the basis for the revised late-348 family, alongside the GTS and GTB, before the introduction of the F355 brought the next major step in Ferrari’s mid-engine V8 road-car evolution.
Among enthusiasts, the car is remembered as the final and most collectible open version of the 348 lineage, and as a bridge between Ferrari’s late-1980s V8 era and the more rounded, technically advanced sports cars that followed.