click above for new live shots of the Mazda Furai

We were looking forward to seeing the Mazda Furai, but nothing could take away from the experience of actually seeing it in person. The car simply just doesn't have a bad angle. What's really incredible is that it's not just a show car. Under that sleek body is a Mazda 20B rotary engine pushing 450 horsepower and a Courage C65 race car chassis. While you may not be personally at the show, we've done our best to bring you the high resolution photos. You can check out the new live pictures in the Furai Concept gallery, along with the 60 press shots that were added earlier today.

Gallery: Mazda Furai Concept

Detroit 2008: Mazda Furai looks even better in person originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We got a small preview of the Furai Concept with a teaser photo released by Mazda a few weeks ago, but Inside Line has let the cat out of the bag with a full set of photos and more details about the car. The Furai, which translates to "sound of wind", is built on a Courage C65 chassis that was campaigned by Mazda in the 2005 ALMS season. It features a fully-running three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine that runs on E100 ethanol and produces around 450 horsepower. The flowing shape of the Furai was co-designed by Mazda and Swift Engineering at Mazda's design studio in Southern California. Expect the full details and tons of photos when we see the car in person at the Detroit Auto Show in just a few weeks. Until then, fix your eyes on the gallery of photos below.

[Source: Inside Line]

Gallery: Mazda Furai Concept

Detroit '08 Preview: Mazda Furai breaks cover! originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.