Straightline - 2008 Detroit Auto Show preview: Mazda Furai Concept

2008 Detroit Auto Show preview: Mazda Furai Concept

Mazda will show their latest expression of their new Nagare (pronounced na-ga-reh) Design Language in a concept vehicle called the Furai at the Detroit Auto Show. Nagare is Japanese for "flow and the embodiment of motion." Others may see folding drapery (or the morbidly obese, depending on your point of view) .

The Furai (pronounced foo-RYE) is built upon a 2005 Courage C65 chassis, and hints at the fact that Mazda may re-enter endurance racing at some point. If you recall, they won Le Mans in 1991.

Mazda Furai Concept

Detroit Auto Show Preview: Mazda Furai

Posted by Bob Dec 28, 2007 7:47 am

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kurtamaxxxguy - Dec 28, 2007 8:25 am (#1 Total: 6)

portland or

Truly Dark and Sinister looking. Perhaps a fine alternate ride for the Batman?
LA, CA will love this one.

felonious - Dec 28, 2007 9:26 am (#2 Total: 6)

United States of America

Kurt, that's exactly my wife's first comment too! Very funny. I said that's what Batman would drive if he competed in F1.

This is my favorite concept car in a looong time, possibly ever! The fact that it runs, and runs well, is extremely impressive. I LOVE the looks and that air fang is awesome. Go Mazda!

ateixeira - Dec 28, 2007 10:09 am (#3 Total: 6)

Recife, PE, Brazil

This looks cool, but how this will translate into production styling is anyone's guess.

I for one think Mazda styling peaked about a generation of cars ago. This is trying too hard.

estreka - Dec 28, 2007 12:21 pm (#4 Total: 6)

subarctic north - Great Falls, MT

I like the styling very much. I can't see such language reaching production, but I'd enjoy watching Mazda shoehorn a 4 rotor engine into this like the 787B and reenter LeMans.

r33 - Dec 29, 2007 8:59 am (#5 Total: 6)

desregarding the way it runs(and by the way looks preety impressive on this part too!)its the look of the thing that really call atencion!
its very cool to see a big factory going bonkers on the design department not only in a prototype for a show saloon ,but to go further and put to racing too!
a 4 rotor engine its probably only for the race car,and a 3 rotor for a production model !
why not mazda!?

stovt001 - Dec 29, 2007 5:54 pm (#6 Total: 6)

Well, at least we finally have a concept that looks like a car. Could anything have been quite the waste of time and resources as the past year's Mazda "design" concepts?

And yes, its been said a thousand times, but when I saw this I thought it was a story about the next Batmobile. Very nice looking.