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Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Weather and darkness will not be an issue — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:48:40 EST

compare:[www.supercars.net]
with: [www.supercars.net]

The airbox has a variable length snout on it!

Weather and darkness will not be an issue

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Weather and darkness will not be an issue — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:34:54 EST

Anyone else notice that the airbox has a variable length snout? er nostril? er intake.

Weather and darkness will not be an issue

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

curlyfry81 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:24:13 EST

Or if Megatron fucked an RX-8

curlyfry81

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

dankicksass — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:25:10 EST

If a LeMans racer fucked a dragon...

dankicksass

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

skulldriveshaft — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:45:21 EST

@HiroProtagonist: THAT'S MY LINE :p

keep it going - damned wraith movie - translucent metallic BROWN!

keep this pictures on your hard drives - print it on photo paper - burn it to cd - we may never see something like this for a LONG time.

skulldriveshaft

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

HiroProtagonist — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:34:34 EST

OMG!!!! It's the car from THE WRAITH!!!

H.P.

HiroProtagonist

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

jdepould — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:32:10 EST

@Novaload: As long there's a corkscrew near Alpha Centauri.

jdepould

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:27:23 EST

@yellofury: I'm with you. That is definitely alien technology. I just knew it.
@piththeelder: Would it be so bad to live in this dreamboat? To curl up at night happy, enclosed in that alien, dangerous beautiful -- well, not "car" certainly--let's say "entity" knowing you might wake up outside of Alpha Centauri--but that would be just fine.

NovaloadMissesPolar

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

m3_of_doom — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:01:05 EST

@spaceman7: hey, what can i say? i'm a glass half full kinda guy...

m3_of_doom

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Shapeshifter — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:45:47 EST

@bazzword:

I think "my first playboy" (or "playgirl", if you desire) is just about the right reaction to this. Then again, a part of me is saying you have to be an adult (you know, non-virginal) to appreciate something this sexy.

Wait, why can't i stop talking about this car in terms of sex?

Shapeshifter

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

wonkydonky — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:35:53 EST

@m3_of_doom: [www.youtube.com] (from about ~2:10 on)
:)

wonkydonky

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Brian B — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:39:50 EST

One more photo of that machine and I would've made my "O" face!

Brian B

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

m3_of_doom — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:54:33 EST

ok..i vote for an edit comment option, cause my blackberry is misspelling like a mofo...k..thx..

m3_of_doom

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Hunter555 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:48:10 EST

I would love to have this thing in my garage but that engine bay made me laugh. Typical Mazda rotary engine bay. My rx7 has a mass of vacuum tubes and wires poking every which way under the manifold.

Hunter555

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

wheels OF satan! — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:36:39 EST

where's the FRIGGIN ENGINE?
maybe its just 5000 hamsters hidden in those wires...

wheels OF satan!

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

m3_of_doom — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:16:07 EST

*AT me..pass AT me..dammit man

m3_of_doom

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

m3_of_doom — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:15:42 EST

i understand this will never be built..i get it...but just cause jessica alba's never made a pass me doesn't mean she never won't (right?) and so i sit and hope against hope...

i reiterate...good.god.gimmie.

m3_of_doom

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:54:28 EST

Sorry Freeman, that's a stamped heat shield. No crazy advances in carbon fiber technology today.

Ben Wojdyla

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:50:55 EST

[jalopnik.com] is that a carbon fiber header I spy? If not, that's the neatest bit of exhaust taping I've ever seen!

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

jdepould — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:49:11 EST

This car needs 3 seats.

jdepould

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

SeanKHotay — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:46:00 EST

@ash78: If you're asking, I think it indeed does mean "fry" (as in fried vegetables); TTBOMK, it might also mean "fly" too.

Buncha visuals in that name, I tell ya..."Furai down the Mulsanne Straight".

SeanKHotay

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

wonkydonky — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:40:08 EST

I said before, I'll say it again:
Teh Mazdah Furayy PWNZ U, Kris Banghle!!!!!!!!!
Take DAT, flame surfacing!!!!!!!!!!!!

wonkydonky

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

AndyDuncan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:32:33 EST

here's some engine porn of the ALMS version:

[www.mulsannescorner.com]

AndyDuncan

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

AndyDuncan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:24:32 EST

@AndyDuncan: Unfortunately, of course.

AndyDuncan

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

AndyDuncan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:24:09 EST

Pretty amazing, but since this is basically an awesome body slapped onto an existing ALMS platform, I doubt we'll see anything like it ever produced.

AndyDuncan

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

bazzword — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:58:36 EST

Nothing new to say here, just one more voice in the choir saying that this shows what companies are capable of when they truly love the things they create. This is seriously the most beautiful thing I could ever hope to see with four wheels. I felt like a teenager seeing Playboy for the first time when I heard the audio the other day.
Zoom f-ing zoom indeed.

bazzword

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Euromobile — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:46:28 EST

@Mad_Science: Fire extinguisher / fire supression system I suspect.

That splitter ruins the front a bit, but otherwise...wow. That engine bay is a tech masterpiece.

Would it be too much to mention dragons again?

Euromobile

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

-chet — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:13:38 EST

O-face made my day.

-chet

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

piththeelder — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:56:11 EST

I love this car. Mazda, I promise if you build this and sell it for something remotely close to the outer limits of what I can spend on a vehicle without having to live in it all of the time, I will buy it.

piththeelder

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

jimmythefly — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:41:30 EST

Screw plasticky covers, that's more like what an engine bay should look like.

jimmythefly

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Mad_Science — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:38:54 EST

Epically beautiful.

Small detail: is that the fuel tank under the passenger's legs?

Tangentially related: Mike Relm has a killer video/audio mix involving the "O face."

Mad_Science

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

aCiD — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:38:49 EST

Dear god that is hot.

Mazda always has the best concepts. Keep at it boys.

aCiD

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

damnelantra™ — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:32:42 EST

god bless it i say

damnelantra™

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

workingonyourinvoice — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:32:01 EST

That engine bay is pure messy, mind bogglingly complex, asymmetrical perfection. OH face made me laugh my ass off. Thanks Ben.

workingonyourinvoice

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

NICKNICK — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:30:27 EST

so, uh, hows about confirming the 2009 RX-8. last time you showed it, you said it was the RS or something like that and that it would be *close* to the 09 RX-8.

I see it in the background, and i'd like some answers/closure.

also, polar, get a job, or get back to work if you haven't been fired yet ;)

NICKNICK

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

yellofury * * * * * — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:24:09 EST

oh yes Ill be bringing my OH! face

little do you know this car isnt made by a bunch of little Japanese engineers in white suits oh nooooooo
its bred from a mechanical beanpod from some alien planet
its so dang fluid looking and whats with the alien wave pattern in the back??? damn I love this car
If this goes in the Fantasy Garage poll i vote YES

yellofury * * * * *

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Sivart_R1 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:19:41 EST

Please oh please bring something similar to production...the world needs something to compete with godzilla....

Sivart_R1

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:14:11 EST

Ha Ha Ha Ha
Furai happy Mazdas laughing (ha ha ha ha)
Mazda's having fun,
Hooning, hooning
See them jump and run.
Hooning, hooning
laughing all the while
Cheerful cheerful
Flashing a big smile
That's a perfect sign
That they're doing just fine

Furai happy Mazdas driving mad
Furai happy Mazdas looking rad
Furai happy Mazdas hooning

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

danms6 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:13:57 EST

That engine bay more than makes up for the Silly Tribal Tattoo Rear.

danms6

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

FLB — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:13:38 EST

WOO-HOO! Thank you, Ben!

FLB

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

poxpopulus — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:05:20 EST

Engine wiring by Coolio.

poxpopulus

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

The Name's Ash78, Housewares — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:04:51 EST

This name sound like the Japanese analog for "Fry," which I somehow find humorous.

The Name's Ash78, Housewares

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:04:16 EST

Never before have I found a mass of wires so compelling...

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Ω ß®ªғғ — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:53 EST

IN my circle... damnit, now I only have one friend and he makes the O face...

Ω ß®ªғғ

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Ω ß®ªғғ — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:19 EST

I think that last guy is my Alltel Circle of friends...

Ω ß®ªғғ

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

leberkäs — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:01 EST

Spent.

leberkäs

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

skaz — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:01:04 EST

It's simply phenomenal that you guys decided to throw in the "o face."

Thank you guys. You made my day.

skaz

Detroit Auto Show: Up Close and Personal with the 2008 Mazda Furai

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:58:40 EST

Where is the NSFW tags?

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star