What does Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, sangria, fiesta and bull-fighting have in common? Well, each has a more-than-close connection with Spain. A new fact connected with Spanish culture has emerged in the last couple of years, and that is the hand-manufacturing of exclusive automobiles. The a.d. Tramontana is the fruit of the work of just a few dedicated engineers and designers in the Costa Brava region of Spain.
An extremely exclusive V12-powered supercar, with just 12 units per year to be manufactured, the F1 car-lookalike Tramontana just got an R-edition, which was unveiled to the media on the 24th of February.
Just so it happens that Nick Hall had the chance to test drive one of the few 720 hp R-Edition models of the Tramontana and he even brought a camera to film it all. He was kind enough to tell us about it and now we can pass his experience on to our readers.
The whole car is technically a huge engine bolted to a 100% carbon fiber chassis. The 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V12 engine is of Mercedes-Benz origin and has two stages of power, which can be set by its driver. In normal mode it can smoke about 90% of cars on the road with the "regular" 550 hp and 890 Nm (656.4 lb ft) of torque.
If that doesn't satisfy the driver he can always flick a switch on the fighter-jet-like cockpit's dashboard and "tune" the engine to produce no less than 720 hp and 1.100 Nm (811.3 lb ft) of tire-torturing torque.
We cannot put it through our heads how it would be like to drive (or should we say manhandle?) a car weighing just a little over 1200 kilograms, with a heart-pounding V12 delivering over 700 horsepower to the rear wheels. Well, without further a due, here's the closest you can get to that experience:
An extremely exclusive V12-powered supercar, with just 12 units per year to be manufactured, the F1 car-lookalike Tramontana just got an R-edition, which was unveiled to the media on the 24th of February.
Just so it happens that Nick Hall had the chance to test drive one of the few 720 hp R-Edition models of the Tramontana and he even brought a camera to film it all. He was kind enough to tell us about it and now we can pass his experience on to our readers.
The whole car is technically a huge engine bolted to a 100% carbon fiber chassis. The 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V12 engine is of Mercedes-Benz origin and has two stages of power, which can be set by its driver. In normal mode it can smoke about 90% of cars on the road with the "regular" 550 hp and 890 Nm (656.4 lb ft) of torque.
If that doesn't satisfy the driver he can always flick a switch on the fighter-jet-like cockpit's dashboard and "tune" the engine to produce no less than 720 hp and 1.100 Nm (811.3 lb ft) of tire-torturing torque.
We cannot put it through our heads how it would be like to drive (or should we say manhandle?) a car weighing just a little over 1200 kilograms, with a heart-pounding V12 delivering over 700 horsepower to the rear wheels. Well, without further a due, here's the closest you can get to that experience: