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Mazda Furai concept
Hiroshima, Japan - Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premieres of its all-new Mazda RX-8 and Mazda Furai concept vehicles at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
The company will also present the North American debut of its Mazda Taiki concept vehicle, the first time it has been shown outside of Japan. It was debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show in October.
Using Mazda's "Nagare" design language, the Furai is based on an American Le Mans Series (ALMS) racing car and uses E100 ethanol produced by British Petroleum. The car uses the Courage C65 chassis the company campaigned in the ALMS series two seasons ago, with a 450-horsepower three-rotor rotary engine.
"Furai purposely blurs boundaries that have traditionally distinguished street cars from track cars," said Franz von Holzhausen, Mazda's North American director of design. "Historically, there has been a gap between single-purpose race cars and street-legal models commonly called super cars that emulate the real racers on the road. Furai bridges that gap like no car has ever done before."
