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Mazda Furai --'Sound of the wind'Inspired by the fact that, on any given weekend, there are more Mazdas and Mazda-powered racing cars in action on circuits across the United States than any other brand, Mazda has created the Mazda Furai. It is the sort of car that could only come from a company that incorporates the 'Soul of a Sports Car' into everything it builds, but with an eye toward the future and the environment through the use of ethanol (E100) produced by BP. Furai takes Mazda's unique Nagare (Japanese for 'flow') design language a step further as it is translated into a concept car based on an American Le Mans Series (ALMS) sports racing car. The car utilizes the Courage C65 chassis the company campaigned in the ALMS series only two seasons ago, and the 450-hp three-rotor rotary engine that distinguishes it from anything else on the track. "Furai purposely blurs boundaries that have traditionally distinguished street cars from racing cars," says Franz von Holzhausen, Mazda's North American director of design. "Historically, there has been a gap between single-purpose racecars and the sportiest of street-legal production models — commonly called supercars — that emulate the real racers on the road. Furai bridges that gap like no car has ever done before. "Mazda's critically acclaimed Nagare design language describes the flow of water, air, people or things moving in one direction. Mazda Nagare is flow, with an insightful and spirited styling, which, in Mazda Furai, invokes a raw, unfettered desire to possess everything this car represents," enthuses Holzhausen. Thank you for reading this post.If you would like more Mazda motor news along with motor news from all of Europe, then point your browser to EuropeanMotorNews.comManny O.