Mazda Furai
| Mazda | |
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| Furai | |
| Presentation year: | 2008 |
| Vehicle fair: | NAIAS |
| Class : | race car |
| Body shape : | Coupe |
| Engine: |
Otto-Wankel : 2.0 liters (331 kW) |
| Length: | 4563 mm |
| Width: | 1956 mm |
| Height: | 977 mm |
| Wheelbase: | 2790 mm |
| Production model: | none |
The Mazda Furai (Japanese: 風 籟, Fūrai "sound of the wind") was a concept vehicle from the Japanese automaker Mazda , which was presented in January 2008 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit .
The Furai was the fifth model in the Nagare concept vehicle line manufactured by Mazda since 2006. The chassis was based on the Le Mans prototype C65 of Courage Compétition , the Mazda last two years before in the American Le Mans Series was used and the Furai was with a new 3-disc Wankel engine (bhp 450, 335 kW) equipped that was equipped for the use of bioethanol . The rotary engine and the trochoidal muffler were developed by Racing Beat , a tuner for rotary engines based on the 20B . The engine was not completely redesigned.
The car carried the number 55 of its predecessor 787B , which won the 1991 Le Mans 24-hour race . Unlike many other concept vehicles, the Furai is fully functional and has been tested on various racetracks, for example in Laguna Seca and Buttonwillow .
On August 19, 2008, the Furai prototype was completely destroyed by fire during a test drive by the testers of the Top Gear car show .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nunez, Alex: Mazda Furai Concept, 2009 RX-8 to Debut , Autoblog, Weblogs Inc., December 28, 2007 (English)
- ↑ Racing Beat website ( Memento from March 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Mazda Furai Concept is dead and Top Gear is to blame report on the destruction of the Furai
- ↑ Exclusive: How the Mazda Furai died
Web links
- Mazda Furai in Detroit: The sound of the wind on four wheels. In: Auto-News online edition. January 9, 2008, accessed February 21, 2010 .