Mazda’s latest concept (yeah I know, yet another one) has recently been revealed a tad bit ahead of schedule. Due to make it’s first appearance at the North American International Auto Show in the beginning of next month in Detroit, the Furai (Japanese for “sound of the wind”) is based on the Courage C65 American Le-Mans Series chassis and is powered by a 450hp three-rotor rotary engine. Mazda has not released an official word on if this car would reach production but it is a step forward from a company that has served the sports car industry so well over the years. The Furai would make Mazda’s giant leap into the more difficult supercar league, which is very hard to get into. Most of the manufacturers in that league have been in it very long and been very successful or are fairly new to the game. Seeing as though Mazda has been so successful in the past with their factory produced track ready (or close to) road cars, I don’t think it would be that hard to sell a supercar… not to mention it is based on a very good race-car chassis.Being a Mazda fan and adorer I don’t know what to say here. It’s either I am speechless because I like it or I am speechless because I hate it. The body shape has very nice flow towards the rear but the front doesn’t really make any sense at all to me. I am no Aerodynamicist by any means but usually the nose would be sloped downward to generate some sort of downforce, where as this design does not incorporate it. Could this pointed nose concept be something racecar designers should be considering? Who knows.
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