sunrunner_pei
12-27-2007, 10:40 PM
Filed under: Concept Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/), Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/), Mazda (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mazda/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiledlead.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548777/)
We got a small preview of the Mazda Furai Concept with a teaser photo released by Mazda (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/11/mazda-furai-concept-2009-rx-8-to-debut-at-detroit/) a few weeks ago, but Inside Line (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/detroit/2008/mazdafuraiconcept.html?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopa nel..1.*#mazdafurai02500) has let the cat out of the bag with a full set of photos and more details about the car. The Furai, which translates to "sound of wind" is built on a Courage C65 chassis that was campaigned by Mazda in the 2005 ALMS season. It features a fully-running three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine that runs on E100 ethanol and produces around 450 horsepower. The flowing shape of the Furai was co-designed by Mazda and Swift Engineering (http://www.swiftengineering.com/) at Mazda's design studio in Southern California. Expect the full details and tons of photos when we see the car in person at the Detroit Auto Show in just a few weeks. Until then, fix your eyes on the gallery of photos below.
Gallery: Mazda Furai Concept
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548777/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548778/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548779/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548780/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548776/)
[Source: Inside Line via Jalopnik (http://jalopnik.com/338324/detroit-auto-show-mazda-furai-revealed)]
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiledlead.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548777/)
We got a small preview of the Mazda Furai Concept with a teaser photo released by Mazda (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/11/mazda-furai-concept-2009-rx-8-to-debut-at-detroit/) a few weeks ago, but Inside Line (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/detroit/2008/mazdafuraiconcept.html?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopa nel..1.*#mazdafurai02500) has let the cat out of the bag with a full set of photos and more details about the car. The Furai, which translates to "sound of wind" is built on a Courage C65 chassis that was campaigned by Mazda in the 2005 ALMS season. It features a fully-running three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine that runs on E100 ethanol and produces around 450 horsepower. The flowing shape of the Furai was co-designed by Mazda and Swift Engineering (http://www.swiftengineering.com/) at Mazda's design studio in Southern California. Expect the full details and tons of photos when we see the car in person at the Detroit Auto Show in just a few weeks. Until then, fix your eyes on the gallery of photos below.
Gallery: Mazda Furai Concept
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548777/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548778/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548779/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548780/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/furaiunveiled5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/548776/)
[Source: Inside Line via Jalopnik (http://jalopnik.com/338324/detroit-auto-show-mazda-furai-revealed)]
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