Rotary-powered rocket: Mazda Furai concept to meet Detroit Show 2008 with RX-8 revised 2009

From the December 2007 Edition TrendOver last year, Mazda motor has a number of the sheet expressions was parading of its Nagare evolving or "flow" design language around the car show circuit. So it is not surprising that the Japanese automaker's latest Nagare-inspired Schaffung--based car Furai concept-make 2008 arc his world at the Detroit show. But Furai 2009 Mazda RX-8 will be joined at the revised is much more than just a design exercise. There is a strong statement of Mazda its "Zoom-Zoom relentless" (sorry, we have not tried to use it) message really means something. According to the automakers are on a given weekend in the United States, further ribs Mazda powered vehicles tracks than any other brand. That's a lot of sports cars with soul.Underpinned by a courage C65 chassis, which the company in the American Le Mans Series series two is powered by a 450 HP Furai seasons fought, three-rotor Rotary, a fans of the Rotary are bound to appreciate and endlessly speculate. Sounds like the perfect engine for RX-7, doesn't it? Teaser shots of the car, you can definitely make the top of the front wheel housing and excessive Cutline along the Bodyside Nagare style gills. It definitely has the appearance of an amp type ALMS car with a closed cockpit design. What appears to be a cooling vent Setup at the top of the car does not specify layout a mid-engine. The fuel for the Furai rotary's is 100% pure ethanol produced in partnership with oil has huge BP.According, Franz von Holzhausen, Mazda North American Director of the design: "Furai deliberately blurring boundaries, the traditional street cars from track cars have made a difference." In the past there was a gap between single-purpose cars and street-legal opportunity-General super sports cars-called, to emulate the real drivers on the road. "Furai bridges the gap as no car at all has done before." Sounds great to us, Franz. Everything can be done to a supercar to make we are even more great behind 110 percent. For the 2009 RX-8, Mazda was much less forthcoming, but says the car will be visually refreshed, function, improved handling, acceleration, and overall quality and come up with new features. The RX-8 is powered still automaker's Renesis rotary engine by which, although it is unclear at this point if Mazda's next-generation, direct fuel injected version of the Rotary it on October's Tokyo Auto show will be presented on board for 2009.Joining Mazda Rotary-powered parade in Detroit the Taiki Tokyo seen for the first time. The fourth of the Nagare concept clan (Ryuga, hakaze concept and Nagare were the others, all four are shown) Taiki is sporting the automaker's next gen engine under its flowing lines of the robe. Mazda trio for this year's Motown Show is a great statement committing the brain trust in Hiroshima Rotary for the long haul.Stay MotorTrend.com for all the latest leading up to and during the 2008 Detroit show press days, Jan. 13-15, 2008.Get a free and easy new car price quote in minutes with connected is.