We got a small preview of the Furai Concept with a teaser photo released by Mazda a few weeks ago, but Inside Line 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 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.
Source: AutoBlog
What a car! Okay so it is just a fancy body sitting on a race chassis. But Mazda has taken a very simple and easy approach. Using a tried and tested chassis and mating it with the phenomenal 20B engine, Mazda has utilized two common and proven components and shrouded it all in an absolutely beautiful body. Time to start selling everything I own in the slim hope they actually offer it for sale. More photos after the split.
