Meet Adamastor Furia: Portugal's First Supercar Just Hit Public Roads With Plate Number 400001
The Adamastor Furia, Portugal's first supercar, has begun road testing near Porto with IMT test plate 400001. Priced at €1.6 million and limited to 25 units per year, the track-bred machine represents an unprecedented chapter in Portuguese automotive history.
A sleek, track-bred machine with the registration plate "400001" has been spotted weaving through traffic near Porto and Matosinhos — and it's not an import. The Adamastor Furia, billed as Portugal's first-ever supercar, has begun public road testing after months of intensive circuit trials at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão.
The milestone marks a turning point for a country better known for cork and pastéis de nata than high-performance engineering. The Porto-based manufacturer behind the project says it designed the Furia to be "driven to the track, not trailered there" — a philosophy that sets it apart from most ultra-exclusive hypercars that rarely see a public road.
What We Know So Far
Development Prototype #1 received its test plate — the distinctive "400001" — from Portugal's Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (IMT), the authority responsible for vehicle homologation. The road testing phase is evaluating:
- Cooling system performance in stop-and-go traffic, a very different thermal challenge to continuous circuit laps
- Suspension and ride adaptability across Portugal's varied road surfaces, from cobblestones to motorway asphalt
- Component refinement ahead of final homologation and customer deliveries
The car had previously completed a rigorous development programme at the Portimão circuit, one of the most demanding tracks on the MotoGP and World Superbike calendar.
Price and Production
Each Adamastor Furia will carry a base price of €1.6 million, placing it squarely in the ultra-luxury segment alongside marques like Pagani and Koenigsegg. Production will be strictly limited to 25 units per year, a deliberate strategy to maintain exclusivity and residual value.
The manufacturer, based in Porto, positions itself as a low-volume, technology-focused builder. Final production vehicles will swap the current test plates for permanent Portuguese registration numbers.
Why It Matters
Portugal has a longer automotive history than many assume. Salvador Caetano assembled vehicles for decades, and the country is now a growing hub for electric mobility — Stellantis produces vans at its Mangualde plant, and the lithium deposits in northern Portugal have attracted battery supply chain investment.
But a ground-up Portuguese supercar brand is unprecedented. If the Adamastor project reaches series production, it could put Porto on the map alongside Modena and Stuttgart as a centre of automotive ambition — albeit on a boutique scale.
Road testing continues in the Porto metropolitan area. The company has not yet announced a delivery timeline for the first customer cars.
