05-16-2008, 02:43 PM
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Furai at Buttonwillow (inside cam)
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Mazda ALMS driver Ben Devlin takes Mazda designer Ken Saward for a few laps around Buttonwillow in the Mazda Furai Concept Car, which made its debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit this past January. Keep in mind that this is a concept car...
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Also featured at Top Gear news: http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/2854/
Furai in motion
The Mazda Furai just keeps getting better and better.
When we first saw the Nagare-themed race concept at the Detroit show in January, we were immediately smitten. A couple of weeks later, we spent a few days getting up close and personal with its incredible, swoopy bodywork and decided it might just be the coolest thing in the history of ever.
And now, having just seen this video of the Furai lapping the Buttonwillow circuit in South California, we reckon we were right. Just a tip: if you're at work, you might want to turn your speakers down a touch.
Watch the Furai on YouTube
What a sound. We know the picture is bit grainy and you can't really see what's going on outside the cabin, but just listen to it. That's a 450bhp three-rotor rotary engine making that noise: a noise like Satan's own fleet of killer bumblebees.
We love the way the passenger keeps looking across at the driver. We can only imagine he's mouthing the words: 'Do you have anything to stop my ears bleeding?'
Now just imagine it round the Porsche Curves at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Make it happen, Mazda.
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i think i'm deaf now...
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