Mazda Furai Concept

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Mazda unveiled a stunning race-inspired Furai concept car at the Detroit auto show this week. Adhering to the design language of the Nagare concept, the Furai takes the styling in a different direction — raw perfomance. The Furai is based on the Courage C65 platform that underpinned Mazda's entrant into ALMS racing two years ago.

Power for the Furai is sourced from an three-rotor engine — that runs on E100 Ethanol — and develops 450 horsepower.

Mazda also announced that a revised version of the 2009 RX-8 will share the automaker's stage at the Detroit show. No specific details were given, but Mazda says the new RX-8 will have better quality and design, as well as better handling and acceleration.

Spy photographers spotted an RX-8 prototype testing earlier this week, leaving us to wonder if it was actually a 2010 model or the 2009 that Mazda is bringing to Detroit.

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