Mazda Furai on the Race Track!

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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 Furai : Race Track - YouTube

Mazda Furai : Race Track - YouTube

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!