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Old 04-28-2008, 06:10 PM   #1
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Default Mazda Furai on the Race Track!
The Furai, which celebrates 40 years of Mazda's rotary engine and international motorsports heritage is seen here in full intimate detail. Furai is the latest in the Nagare design series from Mazda introduced at the 2008 Detroit AutoShow (NAIAS). Based on a US Le Mans race series Courage C65 chassis and featuring a 3 rotor rotary engine fueled by ethanol. Hear the full sound these rotors make in this intimate video.

Mazda has unveiled their Furai concept to the public. It is powered by three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine that runs on E100 ethanol and produces around 450 horsepower. Furai is built on a Courage C65 chassis that was campaigned by Mazda in the 2005 ALMS season. Furai means “sound of wind” after translation. The flowing shape of the Furai was co-designed by Mazda and Swift Engineering at Mazda’s design studio in Southern California











Pretty strange looking thing this is... too futuristic maybe?
But DAMN! What a thrilling sound it makes!
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Old 04-28-2008, 06:19 PM   #3
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Awesome, thanks for the vids!
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Old 04-28-2008, 07:08 PM   #4
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Stan?
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=53686

But the Furai is awesome.
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Old 04-29-2008, 04:07 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by HeilSvenska View Post
No no, this thread was really just about the car on the track vids
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Old 04-30-2008, 07:25 AM   #6
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This sound is awesome !! Thanks mate
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Old 04-30-2008, 08:17 AM   #7
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bloody hell...gotta say though, the front doesnt quite do it for me...the silhouette, side view, rear 3/4 just about every other angle is stunning... love the fighter jet/zonda/ caparo t1 concept esque glass bubble roof great sound!!
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Old 04-30-2008, 05:00 PM   #8
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Gotta love the sound of a rotary engine. They truely are unique.
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Old 04-30-2008, 09:27 PM   #9
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fantastic car. Great sound!
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Old 04-30-2008, 09:54 PM   #10
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good looking car, sounds awesome!
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Old 04-30-2008, 10:41 PM   #11
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I this was only a cute looking prototype... Not an actual functioning car It sounds astonishing!
I hope they put some similar looking / sounding iteration into production.. The car world needs something new and exciting to stir some passion. Lately we get excited over the latest diesel VW Golf
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Old 04-30-2008, 11:50 PM   #12
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What a cool car! I got to see it in the metal at the New York auto show, and it looked absolutely stunning. I hope we get to see this car in a series like the ALMS, battling it out with the Corvettes and Astons!
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Old 05-01-2008, 01:53 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by STiInYourEye View Post
What a cool car! I got to see it in the metal at the New York auto show, and it looked absolutely stunning. I hope we get to see this car in a series like the ALMS, battling it out with the Corvettes and Astons!
Well, technically it's already in the ALMS as the Furai makes no secret about its being built on around a Mazda LMP2 car. So, when you're watching the LMP2 class Mazdas, you're seeing this car without the extra body work and "green" status.

In short, there's no chance that it will make it to production . . . not that I'd mind P2 or P1 based production cars.

It's not a coincidence that Ben Devlin has his name on the Furai . . .
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Old 05-01-2008, 10:22 AM   #14
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Thumbs up On Track again !!
It was out on track again yesterday in California prior to being shipped to Europe to make its debut there. Ben Devlin was behind the wheel again and putting in some quick laps, which kinda confirms it is more than just a show car.
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Old 05-16-2008, 02:43 PM   #15
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Furai at Buttonwillow (inside cam)
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...
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.

i think i'm deaf now...
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