GTP Cool Wall: 2008 Mazda Furai Concept

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2008 Mazda Furai Concept

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2008 Mazda Furai Concept nominated by @FerrariF1GT

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Body Style: 2-door coupe
Engine: 2.0L R20B RENESIS 3-rotor Wankel
Power: 450 hp
Torque: 330 ft-lbs
Weight: 675 kg
Transmission: X-trac 6-speed semi-automatic
Drivetrain: Mid-engine, rear wheel drive
Additional Information: Introduced in the 2008 North American International Auto Show, the Furai is Mazda's last concept car in the "Nagare" concept line. Inspired by the 787B, the car uses a Courage LMP2 carbon fibre chassis and runs on E100 ethanol. It was road tested by Top Gear where it would set on fire. The car has never been restored.​

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Props for being a working car rather than a static concept, but it's not Cool.
 
Cool in that it basically helped drive the design language for Mazda.
Not sub-zero because it was never rebuilt and sadly never became more than a one-off.
 
450hp 3 rotor? How can that not be cool? Though I would have loved to see this thing eventually lead to another rotary powered Le Mans car. Now that would have been a nice comeback for Mazda in motorsports.
 
At the end of the hooplah and hossanahs this was just a re-purposed LMP2. Oh,who am I kidding?

Sub Zero.
 
Looks Mazda like, and is very quick too. Shame that it burned up.

Cool.
 
SUBIWFITG,TISOF,AISNR! P,IAS

Seriously uncool because it was featured in TopGear, then it set on fire, and it's still not restored! Plus, it's a supercar.
 
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SUBIWFITG,TISOF,AISNR! P,IAS

Seriously uncool because it was featured in TopGear, then it set on fire, and it's still not restored! Plus, it's a supercar.
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The Furai wasn't actually featured in the TV show of Top Gear, if that's what you were thinking - they only mention in it in the show, Season 11 if I remember correct. The magazine (TopGear mag) is the one that was doing the 'road test' on it when it burnt to the ground.
http://www.topgear.com/car-news/concept/exclusive-how-mazda-furai-burned-death#1

SZ. Despite it being a concept... this is one of the most beautiful cars ever made, in my opinion.
 
SUBCC and SUBRC. But 🤬 you Mazda, broke my opinion, twice. I love this thing to death, it's perfect. But you can't ever drive it because it's a concept although a functioning one, it's a race car and it burned down. Dammit, second exception. Sub-Zero although it's ashes.
 
Too bad this car got burned. Cool.

Can we revive this car by burning the cars from Hell in the Cool Wall?
 
A rather unpleasant looking concept race car with a rotary engine? For me, this is about as uncool as cars get.
 
This car is pretty damn cool - a three rotor monster designed as a racer.

But the looks really throw me off and I can't stand its brakelights.

Meh for now.
 

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