Adamastor Furia: Razão Automóvel Drives Portugal’s First Supercar

There are occasions that need no lengthy introduction. This weekend at the Caramulo Motorfestival, Razão Automóvel will finally get behind the wheel of the Adamastor Furia. We will be the first media outlet to drive it.

Guilherme Costa, Razão Automóvel’s co-founder and director, will take control of Portugal’s first supercar on the Caramulo historic hill climb. Until now, the Furia has largely been driven by Adamastor’s development team.

Razão Automóvel drives the Adamastor Furia first

There is some history behind this return. In 2019, Razão Automóvel drove the P003RL, the prototype that represented Adamastor’s future at the time. That project was subsequently shelved so that a new one could be developed from a blank sheet. The outcome is considerably more ambitious: the Furia, a track-focused supercar that will also be offered in a road-going version.

750 hp, 1050 kg and rear-wheel drive

The Adamastor Furia we will drive is not yet a production example. It is a development prototype used by the company to validate the Furia both on circuit and, more recently, on Portuguese roads.

This supercar’s figures have evolved over time, and these are the latest known specifications: more than 750 hp and 1000 Nm from the Ford Performance 3.5 V6 twin-turbo engine, mounted longitudinally in a rear mid-engine layout. All of that power is sent solely to the rear wheels through a sequential gearbox.

You could point to electric cars with substantially higher figures, but none claims a dry weight of 1050 kg like the Furia. This figure has been achieved largely through carbon-fibre construction, used for both the monocoque and much of the bodywork.

The claimed performance reflects those numbers: around 2.5 seconds to 100 km/h, approximately seven seconds to 200 km/h, and a top speed of more than 300 km/h for the road version.

Aerodynamics, however, sit at the heart of the entire project. The vast Venturi tunnels visible beneath the Furia allow the road version to produce around 1000 kg of aerodynamic downforce at 250 km/h, without requiring an enormous rear wing.

When Guilherme takes the wheel of the supercar, he will also find an unconventional cabin. The interior has been created around the driver, featuring carbon-fibre bucket seats, a structurally functional centre console, and even an ignition button in an unusual position: on the roof.

Back at Caramulo

This first experience behind the wheel of the Adamastor Furia will take place at the Caramulo Motorfestival, and the setting could hardly be more fitting. Running next weekend, from 4 to 6 September, it was here exactly a year ago that the Furia made its first public dynamic demonstration.

As it did last year, the supercar will tackle the historic Caramulo hill climb, this time with Guilherme at the controls. It will not be alone: the 21st edition of the festival has more than 180 machines entered for the Castrol Historic Hill Climb.

Alongside the Adamastor Furia, visitors will be able to see the Ferrari F80, Maserati MCPura, Lamborghini Temerario, Bugatti Veyron and Dallara Stradale, among many others. For obvious reasons, the orange car will receive particular attention from us. We will finally discover what it is like to drive Portugal’s first supercar. Then we will tell you everything.