Mazda Furai

The Mazda Furai doesn’t look like your typical race car or even concept show car. The car’s unusual-yet-striking appearance exuded an organic and natural characteristic, which is what designer Franz von Holzhausen was trying to achieve. The Furai is the fifth example in Mazda’s Nagare (meaning “flow” in English) series of concept cars.

Unlike most concept cars, the Furai is a fully-functional model and runs exceptionally fast. Its swoopy and seductive body race car chassis that’s light and extremely rigid. What’s special about the car is the engine fitted into the Furai by the talented crew at Mazdaspeed, the company’s in house tuner and high-performance race division. Powering the car was an eco-friendly 458 HP three-rotor Wankel engine that used pure ethanol (E100) for fuel. It’s the first rotary engine ever to use E100. As for the rest of the car, Mazda north looked to many other specialists in making the Furai a reality, such as Swift Engineering (aerodynamic), Motec (engine management system), Brembo (brakes), and BP (ethanol racing fuel).

Will the Mazda Furai eventually make it onto the grid of famous endurance race like the 24 hours of Le Mans or the Rolex 24 at Daytona? Probably not, but if it ever did, the car would undoubtedly attract attention for its amazing speed and unique styling.