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Top Gear apologises for destruction of Mazda concept car

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    It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to people to learn that I am an enormous fan of all things Mazda. It is with no small degree of sadness then, that I see that one of the most beautiful cars that Mazda has ever made – the priceless one-off concept car, the Mazda Furai – has been destroyed while on loan to Top Gear Magazine. Built around a Courage LMP2 chassis, mated to a triple-rotor engine derived from the Renesis found in the RX-8, running on Bioethanol, the Furai was meant to be the ultimate expression of the Nagare design philosophy which inspired a new generation of Mazda road cars.

    There are no official details on what exactly happened, but pictures make it very clear that the car was utterly destroyed by fire. Top Gear were loaned the car for a feature in their 20th Anniversary magazine. A statement appeared on their website, but was later retracted, seeming to claim responsibility for the destruction of the car (complete with apology), though it appears that the car was being driven by Mazda’s official demo driver at the time of the accident.

    Further details along with pictures can be found here: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130911/CARNEWS/130919979

    Warning – website contains images which some viewers may find upsetting.

    RIP Mazda Furai :(

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