Cars by Model Type => Cosmo's and Other Rotary Powered Vehicles => Topic started by: g.miller on July 17, 2008, 08:40:42 PM
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: g.miller on July 17, 2008, 08:40:42 PM
Very Loud.
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Nik da Greek on July 17, 2008, 08:47:24 PM
Very loud, and well cool! It was class watching the Mazda guys sart it in the pits, the technician said in that very polite American way to the punter stood right behind it "You probably really don\'t want to stay standing there sir". Sure enough, ten seconds later it was belching flames out the arse of it just where the bloke had been stood! Very much like your rather fine second pic there.
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: shaunwil on July 17, 2008, 08:51:42 PM
Somebody has just bunged this on you tube :D
Shaun
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Nik da Greek on July 17, 2008, 08:58:06 PM
It\'s in the Top Gear Supercar special this month as well, and a perfunctory couple of pages in Banzai about the Nagare concepts, too (oh, along with Lum\'s old car!)
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Prof on July 17, 2008, 09:15:18 PM
I don\'t suppose there is a cat in hells chance of getting this for Rotorstock 5 ?
Oh well, we can but hope... :Thumbsup!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: g.miller on July 17, 2008, 09:18:17 PM
Great idea, Who do we need to ask/ bribe?
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: cyman on July 17, 2008, 09:53:25 PM
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Lil-Steve on July 18, 2008, 07:52:36 AM
It would be great to see it put into production for racing, but no doubt it would be banned after the first season for the same reasons as the 787B.
[Daydream] It would be nice to see it run with the pack just once though :mmmm
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: fil_auto on July 18, 2008, 01:28:27 PM
omg! that\'s not TOO loud at all is it! Looks and sounds fab #;o) I want one.....
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Adriansturgess on July 22, 2008, 05:08:48 PM
Makes most other supercars look very ordinary. Not sure if this vid has already been posted (apologies if it has) but the sound of the Furai coming down the straight at speed is spine tingling (even on my tinny laptop speakers).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Xl0i4uNGU
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: kevint on July 22, 2008, 09:37:33 PM
16:45-17:45 ITV4 on Saturday 26th - Goodwood Festival of Speed 2008
Kevin
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Lisa on July 22, 2008, 10:25:40 PM
Quote from: Prof;517776I don\'t suppose there is a cat in hells chance of getting this for Rotorstock 5 ?
Oh well, we can but hope... :Thumbsup!
Clive\'s working on it - will remind him to put a call into Mazda tomorrow - they ask for enough favours!!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: AMH on July 23, 2008, 12:41:16 PM
Quote from: Lisa;518910Clive\'s working on it - will remind him to put a call into Mazda tomorrow - they ask for enough favours!!
Now that really would be something!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: FEED Addict on July 23, 2008, 12:52:04 PM
All those that are going to the motor show over the next week could spend an hour hassling Mazda to get it to Rotorstock! I`m sure they would appreciate it!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Laeeq on July 23, 2008, 01:31:34 PM
Quote from: gary dickens;518990All those that are going to the motor show over the next week could spend an hour hassling Mazda to get it to Rotorstock! I`m sure they would appreciate it!
yep:spank im there on Friday evening:Thumbsup!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Laeeq on July 23, 2008, 01:32:31 PM
Quote from: Prof;517776I don\'t suppose there is a cat in hells chance of getting this for Rotorstock 5 ?
Oh well, we can but hope... :Thumbsup!
and run it on the strip...:yes:yes:yes
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Brett on July 23, 2008, 01:57:04 PM
Never mind the strip - run it through poddington!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: FEED Addict on July 23, 2008, 02:05:39 PM
Get down to your local dealer and demand it to be there on our club stand! Maybe if we all done this it would happen:D
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: clive on July 23, 2008, 07:34:09 PM
Quote from: gary dickens;518990All those that are going to the motor show over the next week could spend an hour hassling Mazda to get it to Rotorstock! I`m sure they would appreciate it!
I have personally bulk mailed Mazda from the PR dept right through to the MD directly to ask for the Furai to attend R5 along with the RX-8/R3.
I have done my best to try convince them that Rotorstock was conceived to promote the Rotary and that they need to attend to wow a potentially untapped market at what is NOW a premier Japanese enthusiasts event with the Furai.
I have explained that I feel that that they have an untapped market because enthusiasts at R5 would not necessarily go to Goodwood or the Motorshow and have also given the reminder that we help supply them with cars for their events and could we now have assistance with ours please.
Tried to get the 787B from them last year to no avail, fingers crossed, __________________
Title: Reply from Mazda
Post by: clive on July 23, 2008, 11:47:18 PM
Hi Clive
Thank you for your e-mail. As you can imagine the Furai, as the only one of its kind in the World, is in much demand around the globe. Currently we have to do some work on the car here in the UK following the motorshow and then it goes back to Germany and then on California and then down to Mexico where it is due to appear in their motorshow in September. You and the Mazda rotary club do a lot to help us and that is much appreciated and I wish I could help you with this request but unfortunately the car does not have time in its schedule. The other issue is that the car could not run as it currently does not have its engine in situ as you will see if you watch Top Gear on Sunday.
Kind regards and sorry I cannot help
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: seanp on July 24, 2008, 01:16:15 AM
Oh well! Thanks for trying Clive. It would have been awesome to see it in the flesh (maybe the *only* reason for me to visit the motor show this year?!); even more so if they\'d put it up strip :lol: :burnout
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: kevint on July 24, 2008, 10:39:00 AM
Clive,
Great that you tried and they implied that if it fitted into the schedule they would like to have helped. How about responding saying that as soon as we have a date for 2009 we will let them know so they can put it into their schedule earlier? Hopefully there will be additional rotary concepts going around next year.
What happened to the engine? Hope it didn\'t go pop on the most popular motoring TV show.
Kevin
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: AMH on July 24, 2008, 12:36:03 PM
Quote from: seanp;519110Oh well! Thanks for trying Clive. It would have been awesome to see it in the flesh (maybe the *only* reason for me to visit the motor show this year?!); even more so if they\'d put it up strip :lol: :burnout
It was fab to see it at Goodwood Sean, and the new RX-8. Check out my pics here (http://picasaweb.google.com/neiljcarter/GoodwoodFoS08)
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: FEED Addict on July 24, 2008, 01:11:46 PM
Nice work Clive, I like your style!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Brett on July 24, 2008, 02:50:08 PM
Sounds like TG thrashed it to death then?
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: jurgen on July 24, 2008, 05:28:11 PM
if it goes pop in top gear then that just gives mazda a great name..
hope it doesnt it
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: clive on July 24, 2008, 08:09:00 PM
Quote from: Kevint;519140Clive,
Great that you tried and they implied that if it fitted into the schedule they would like to have helped. How about responding saying that as soon as we have a date for 2009 we will let them know so they can put it into their schedule earlier? Hopefully there will be additional rotary concepts going around next year.
What happened to the engine? Hope it didn\'t go pop on the most popular motoring TV show.
Kevin
Hi Kevin
Here you go, this was my response to Mazda\'s PR Director that was met with a favorable reply that would blow the minds of ALL Jap car enthusiasts if it comes off at R6 :Thumbs-up
Hi ****** hope your well,
Thank you for the reply and as you must realise I need to ask these questions on behalf of our Rotary community and also that we actually want to show owners of “other†makes of vehicle the best Mazda has to offer .
I do realise you all operate within a certain budget but it would be nice if next year Mazda could support us with some sort of “live attraction†at our Rotorstock event just as Mazda does for my American friends who operate Sevenstock every year.
Kind REgards
Clive Haynsford
The response to the above is that Mazda have come back today and asked for next years Rotorstock date and that they will try and help next years event with "something special" that moves :mmmm.
It would not be prudent to divulge any more, lest it jeopardises anything :Thumbsup!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: kevint on July 24, 2008, 09:26:12 PM
Cool :cool
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: kevint on July 25, 2008, 06:34:01 PM
No mention of the Furai in the Top Gear preview:
http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/3075/
Kevin
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Bulla on July 25, 2008, 06:53:21 PM
Quote from: shaunwil;517762Somebody has just bunged this on you tube :D
Shaun
**** me I want one !
Bulla
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: karl_tate on July 25, 2008, 07:05:09 PM
any one got any new on why the engine is out??
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Paul-Tll on July 27, 2008, 09:52:44 AM
Don\'t know but at the \'motortshow\' on Tuesday and will be taking another closer look Paul...:wave
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: mpk490p on July 27, 2008, 10:01:02 AM
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Prof on July 27, 2008, 12:41:37 PM
Well done to Clive for trying - what ever they can give us for RS6 is likely to be a good croud puller. Would be good to get Mazda to attend Rotorstock as it adds even more credibility to what seems a growing interest in the Rotary market.
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Ricco_04 on July 27, 2008, 10:28:23 PM
Would be rather good to secure something for R6 - something that makes \'us\' grin and everyone else say WOW! :cool
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: iaint on July 28, 2008, 09:30:41 AM
Anyone see this on TG last niget? Just static int he studio as it was broken apparently!
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Adriansturgess on July 28, 2008, 12:36:32 PM
Bit dissapointed with TG. Very low-key presentation - very unflattering camera shots and no explaination as to why it isn\'t working.
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: AMH on July 28, 2008, 01:09:35 PM
Quote from: iaint;519999Anyone see this on TG last niget? Just static int he studio as it was broken apparently!
There\'s a separate thread about TG Iain.
Mazda told Clive in their statement that it was broken and it would be on TG - but I assumed that meant we\'d find out what had happened.
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: FEED Rocket on August 01, 2008, 02:31:00 PM
Looks like Mazda will be releasing some kind of pure sports machine in the distant future, firstly by getting to their motorsport rotary roots. I can see that 3 rotor engine being put in some R8 destroying vehicle, and theyve hinted at maybe a road going version at the Furai, but we shall see.
Title: furai at Goodwood
Post by: Laeeq on August 01, 2008, 02:43:44 PM
Quote from: Adriansturgess;520053Bit dissapointed with TG. Very low-key presentation - very unflattering camera shots and no explaination as to why it isn\'t working.