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. Until then, fix your eyes on the gallery of photos below.

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From http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mazda-furai-concept/

 

Interesting looking car. Don't know what to say about that.

 

Damn! It's nasty.

 

Holy crap! That thing would look killer racing around the track in ALMS! It's gorgeous!

 

The side profile reminds me of the Lexus concept car in the movie Minority Report.

 

i'll take 2.
they showed an earlier concept running the new mazda 16C 2-rotor rotary engine as well.

 

I would buy it if they changed the front. The side profile and rear look kinda like a F1

 

I can't believe you guys like that. It looks like the bottom of my shoe. Literally.

 

Very impressed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEOHn7rspsk

God Bless,

 

wow! sexy!

 

That car is amazing looking and sounding. I love the concept of Furai, the wind. I wonder if Mazda will ever produce any of these for consumer purchase.

 

That is just pure ****! dammnnn. I read the car and tg magazine but they didnt state the power or engine size. Does anybody have any idea?

 

sorry: by power i meant weight to hp ratio